A Fine c.1810 Miniature Marine Ivory Scrimshaw Sailors Love Token Stay Busk sub-Antiques and workers

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while formally referred to as "His Majesty's Jack"

It is one of the best loved

The skull would have also been used to study the teeth and structural idiosyncrasies of the human form

would have been useful for digestive complaints such as flatulence

A Fine c.1810 Miniature Marine Ivory Scrimshaw Sailors Love Token Stay Busk sub-Antiques and workersOrigin: English Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 1820 Width: 1. 25 inches Length: 5. 25 inches The miniature elongated heart shape stay busk, finely incised with pigmented engraving in five sections depicting a standing couple, ship, solider with musket, gentleman and five masted galleon. Attractively designed and wonderfully tactile, the condition of this well proportioned example is excellent with no cracks or chips