Central European Folk-Devotional “God in a Bottle”, c.1890–1915A unique and rare Central European God in a Bottle devotional object, c. 18901915. Housed in an early clear glass spirits bottlealmost certainly once used for schnapps or fruit brandythe piece contains a carefully constructed wooden crucifix built inside the vessel through the narrow neck, then fully submerged in consecrated (Holy) water. Over more than a century, the liquid has taken on a warm amber tone from the natural tannins in the wood, giving