Flaschenherrgott

11:40 May 4, 2023 

Thanks, I got Arma Christi already and it's not in the question anyway. I can't make a decision though. "God in the bottle" is the name of this type of object in English apparently. But "Flaschenherrgott" is the proper name given to this specific one, it seems. That's why I think "The Lord in a bottle" might be a better translation.

11:37 May 4, 2023 

simply "The Lord in a bottle".

"Flaschenherrgott" seems to be the proper name given to this specific piece. See here here for example an article about the Finsternau museum: "Zu sehen sind aber auch eine „Kracherl-Flasche”, Kuriositäten wie der Flaschenherrgott, Zuckerbriefchen, ein Heidelbeerkamm, die Geige eines böhmischen Geigenbauers, tragbare Plattenspieler aus den 1950ern und vieles mehr."
http://museen.de/freilichtmuseum-finsterau.html

The object is called a "Flascheneingericht" or a "Geduldsflasche" in German. See here "Fünf Flascheneingerichte, Alpenländisch, vornehmlich 19. Jahrhundert, auch Geduldsflaschen genannt, Kruzifixdarstellungen mit Leidenswerkzeugen, aus Holz, teils farbig bemalt, teils originale Verschlüsse, Höhe von 11,5 bis 17,5 cm"
https://www.dorotheum.com/de/l/5784043/

11:32 May 4, 2023 

So are you going to post that as an answer, Charles?
Here's Arma Christi:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_Christi

11:13 May 4, 2023 

to be the same tradition but Irish bottles were much more rudimentary.

"Ships in Bottles and Their Origins in the Late Nineteenth Century
The origins of the craft are not ususally explored, however. ‘Salt Peter’ suggested that it was ‘a hobby and pastime of seafaring men for centuries’, while John Leonard speculated that ‘it might go back to the late eighteenth century’ and Lauder and Biggs were probably nearer the mark when the suggested the mid-nineteenth century. It has also been suggested that there is a link to the ‘God in the bottle’ or American ‘whimsies’ in bottles. The former usually consist of crucifixes with other symbols of the Passion. They seem to have been made mainly in Germany although some north country examples exist."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00253359.2013.7...

11:03 May 4, 2023 

...might help.

"The so-called ‘God in the Bottle’ was an object known to Catholics across Europe, and is thought to date from the mid-19th century. At its most basic form, it consists of a carved wooden cross depicting the passion of Christ and a ladder which are connected to a thread or a wire and inserted into a reused bottle though the neck. The threads or wires are then removed using tweezers and the bottle is filled with water or white vinegar to preserve the wood."
https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2023/02/03/keeping-the-god-...