Bison busk

Date19th Century

Mediumbaleen

Dimensions1 1/2 × 12 7/8 in. (3.8 × 32.7 cm)

Object number1973.35.12

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionTwo lobes top end, rounded on bottom, incised one side only. Vignettes (top to bottom): shield and olive branches in heart device, incorporating top lobes; tree; cresecent moon, five-pointed star, and a starboard broadside view of a full brig under sail; clapboard Federal house with three chimneys; tree; bison rampant; partial sawtooth and geometric borders.ProvenanceRosa M. Bodgette, Rowley, Mass. Acquired by Charles F. Batchelder, 1938.

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