Costumes and jewelry
Scrimshaw Busk with Initials "LH"
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- Date
- ca. 1835
- Accession number
- 2016.25.2
- Maker
- Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
- Dimensions
- busk: 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.)
- Medium
- whalebone and pigment
- Description
- Polychrome busk; decorated with potted flowers and a bird in a tree and the initials “LH”; New England
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
- Department
- American Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
