Bottle Trees
Our Bottle trees come in many colors and they are made to order. The trees are 4 feet tall. and come with 8 bottles. The bottom row of bottles are 32 inches apart. The bottles are placed 4 on the bottom row, 3 on the next row and one on top. The trees are made with a thick steel base and then extremely thick wire that get welded on to the base. The whole tree is then painted with a black paint. Some of the bottles are the original color and some of them are painted. These trees are very unique and make great conversation pieces. I actually had a neighbor come over and ask what it was. They were very interested when I explained the story behind it.
Origin
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Origin
- Most people believe the bottle tree began in the 9th century in Africa, but there is evidence that it actually began around A.D. 100. The idea of the bottle tree, however, was brought to America by African slaves.
- When bottles are hung from the bottle tree and the wind blows, you can hear whistling. It was thought that the whistling was evil spirits crying out after they were trapped in the bottles. It was believed that the evil spirits became trapped at night, and then when the sun rose in the morning, the first light would kill the trapped spirits. Blue is the preferred color for the bottles because blue was thought to attract spirits and ghosts.
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