Busk
c. 1840
19th Century
12 3/4 in. x 1 1/2 in.
Object Type:
Maritime Artifact
Medium and Support:
baleen
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Mabel Harris
Accession Number:
1957.86
A baleen busk with a carved motif including a heart with flowers growing out of it, a schooner with an American flag, an urn with flowers, a diamond, a tree and a flower. There is a border of flowers on the top half and a squiggle on the bottom.
Harris, a seaman, died at sea in the South Pacific in 1850.