Busk

Object number
01.301
Date
1780 – 1790
Description
Rectangular-shaped baleen inscribed with geometric designs and a verse at top and bottom: "I wish I was the busk and stays/that to thy lovely breast;/that I might be both night and day/to thy fair bosom prest. I wish I was the china cup,/from which you sup your tea/for then I know at every sip;/you'd give a kiss to me."
Materials
whale bone
Object Type
busks