Stay Busk
Rebus corset whale :
Fully engraved whale bone body busk.
1st cartridge with a flame and the motto “Until the end”.
2nd cartridge a heart and an arrow and the motto “Not one catches me”.
3rd cartridge two intertwined hearts and the motto “Amour a unite”.
Foliage decoration between the cartridges.
Double decorative frieze on the reverse.
A similar model is kept at the Louvre Museum, Department of Objects of Art from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Modern Times under number OA 179.
France,
Whale bone,
Seventeenth century.
Fully engraved whale bone body busk.
1st cartridge with a flame and the motto “Until the end”.
2nd cartridge a heart and an arrow and the motto “Not one catches me”.
3rd cartridge two intertwined hearts and the motto “Amour a unite”.
Foliage decoration between the cartridges.
Double decorative frieze on the reverse.
A similar model is kept at the Louvre Museum, Department of Objects of Art from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Modern Times under number OA 179.
France,
Whale bone,
Seventeenth century.
1 800 €
Period: 17th century
Style: Renaissance, Louis 13th
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Bone
Length: 38 cm
Width: 1,8 cm
Depth: 0,7 cm
Reference (ID): 1050126
Availability: In stock
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