SOLD - scrimshaw-decorated sweethearts whalebone stay busk
Ref : 14645
An early scrimshaw-decorated sweethearts stay busk, carved from whalebone and given as a love token by a mariner - worked over one side with panels that include flowers, a love heart and other decorative motifs, all set within a sharks' tooth border - a rare and fine example - until 1830, corsets were known as 'stays' and busks were inserted into the front of a stay to flatten the wearer's stomach and keep her torso straight and upright
Date circa: 1850
Country: English
~ overall length 32.3cm / 12.6in
price: SOLD
Ref : 14645
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