SOLD FOR $4,800

Large Whaleman Scrimshawed Polychrome Busk, circa 1850, the triple arched crest with a willow tree above two American flags and shield with a ring of stars within a curtain swag; the next section depicts a flowering urn on a pedestal above a fine 3 ½ story building with steeples and clock tower with weather-vane, flanked by flowering branches; the bottom section with chevron design above an 8-point star.
Length 15 ¾ in.