A Fine c.1810 Miniature Marine Ivory Scrimshaw Sailors Love Token Stay Busk sub-Antiques He designed (amongst others) the

He designed (amongst others) the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotives

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the fact that we don’t know what this child is so upset about makes the picture all the more intriguing and although the subject is clearly not at all happy we think it makes for a very interesting and intimate picture

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

A Fine c.1810 Miniature Marine Ivory Scrimshaw Sailors Love Token Stay Busk sub-Antiques He designed (amongst others) theOrigin: 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