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Matthias Buchinger was born without hands or legs, but still managed to create miniature scenes inside glass bottles. Kate Romano, one of Essential Classics’ Time Travellers, explores the history of putting ships in bottles. Hear a new Time Traveller feature every weekday on Essential Classics. Click through to the episode page or explore the Essential Classics clips page for more quirky slices of cultural history. The music in this feature is Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’ performed by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Järvi.