Ships, Folk Art, and Whimsey in Bottles

Pictorial Guide to Building Watership in a Bottle

- by Frans Dekker

The following is a pictorial guide showing the steps Frans Dekker took in building his Watership in a Bottle. In its early years it was referred to as a fishing ship but now it is called a Watership. It was develop in the 15th century and the last one wrecked in 1827. In its last years, it, along with 6 to 10 others, was used as a tug where it would sail to the big sailing ships in the lower grounds of the Zuidersee at Amsterdam and pushed to the open sea.

This is best viewed by clicking on the first picture and then moving your curser to the right middle side of each picture to reveal the ">"  (forward symbol).  Click on the > symbol to advance to the next picture in sequence.