Scrimshaw Busk with Initials "LH"
Maker
Unknown, American
Additional Title(s)
- Carved and Painted Busk with initials LH
ClassificationsCOSTUMES AND JEWELRY
Dateca. 1835
Mediumwhalebone and pigment
Dimensionsbusk: 14 × 1 1/2 × 1/16 in. (35.6 × 3.8 × 0.2 cm.)
mount: 2 x 2 1/2 x 5 in. (5.1 x 6.4 x 12.7 cm.)
DescriptionPolychrome busk; decorated with potted flowers and a bird in a tree and the initials “LH”; New England
InscribedWith the initials - LH.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On viewObject number2016.25.2
