A Scrimshaw Corset Busk with Man and Woman

A Scrimshaw Corset Busk with Man and Woman
Mid 19th Century
cut from sperm whale panbone, illustrating a flowering plant, a female figure with ringlets flanked by spiral-pattern pillars, and surmounted with geometric devices and a male figure in sailor's clothing flanked by spiral-pattern pillars, surmounted by a gothic arch and geometric devices.
Length 13 3/4 inches.

Hindman is grateful to Stuart Frank, Senior Curator Emeritus of the New Bedford Whaling Museum for his assistance in the cataloging of the scrimshaw offered in this auction.
Property from the Collection of Dr. James Dawson, Manchester, Kentucky
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