Chivalry Busk

Date19th Century

Mediumwhale skeletal bone

Dimensions1 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (4.4 × 35.2 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.873

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPanbone, polychrome engraved one side only. Top end is double lobed, bottom end has chamfered corners. Vignettes (top to bottom): a full-rigged ship flying USA flag at the taffrail, approaching a port (drawn in landscape format with horizontal orientation; buildings are particularly distinctive); full-length standing portrait of a man in Renaissance-era armor, holding a sword (portrait format, oriented vertically); an urn with flowering plant; a flowering tree (hibiscus?); a bird.ProvenanceGeorge Considine 10/01/1959 $20.00

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