Busk

Object number
01.325
Date
circa 1815
Description
Engraving is done in four colors: red, green, brown and gold. Scallop design around trees, colonial house, basket of flowers, entwined hearts, a cross and a bell. Notes from Stuart Frank's visit November 4, 2009: Mortuary motif; house of recipient?; Christian motif; double cross is unusual; color is pigment, green is verdigris, black is lamp black. Corner of top left is missing.
Materials
whale bone