SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK Lavishly engraved with multiple vignettes including hex signs, a sun face, a spread-wing eagle with banner,...

SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK Mid-19th Century

Lavishly engraved with multiple vignettes including hex signs, a sun face, a spread-wing eagle with banner, arrows and olive branches, and a fan with a central oval profile bust portrait. Vignettes on a stippled background surrounded by foliate, half-circle and other decorative borders. Busk is lobed at top. Length 12.25".

From a Long Island Collection.

Condition: Old break near lobed top, possibly done around the time of making. Gummy residue previously mentioned is no londer present.

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