Object Number 1958.2592

Object Name

Busk (Scrimshaw busk)

Category

Organic (ivory, horn, etc.)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Probably New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Could possibly be of British origin?

Date

1830-1840

Subjects

Maritime; Flowers; Architecture; Scrimshaw

Materials

Bone (whale); Ink

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12.5 (L) , 1.3 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.7 (L) , 3.3 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Beautiful Busks. Antiques and Fine Art. (Summer): 142 - 143.
• Published: p. 143
[Book] Wass, Ann Buermann & Fandrich, Michelle Webb. 2010 Clothing Through American History: The Federal Era through Antebellum, 1786-1860.
• pg 75
[Book] Frank, Stuart M. 2012 Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
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[Book] Malley, Richard C. 1983 Graven by the Fisherman Themselves: Scrimshaw in Mystic Seaport Museum.
• Chapter 4, pp. 85-91.
[Book] Hellman, Nina. 1992 A Mariner's Fancy: The Whaleman's Art of Scrimshaw.
• Bone busks illustrated: pp. 65-66.