Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
Carved with graduated roundels with toothed wheel edges.
The tapered form with a squared edge to the narrow end thinning to a blade edge at the wider end.
In very good condition, minimal losses or wear, original lightly finished surface
Probably Welsh, intended as a sentimental / romantic gift, in the love token / love spoon tradition.
12,1/4" or 31cm Weight 25 grams
’Stay Busks. In the eighteenth century, one might have expected to find a stay busk on a country dressing-table. Stay busks had been worn for a short time in the seventeenth century, and came into use again about 1760 and remained for nearly forty years – only going out when high-waisted dresses needing no corsets came in about 1800’ ‘The busks were triangular wedge-shaped pieces of wood or horn, 12- 15” long and about 2” wide at the top, tapering to a rounded end at the bottom.they are now extremely rare, and seldom come on to the open market.’ ‘The chip carving with the busks were decorated included all the well-known symbols such as hearts, flowers,circles, initalls of both parties and a date, and in some cases – texts, which were quite long, and were carved on the flat back of the busk.’
Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
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Corset Stay Busk Welsh Treen Folk Art Love Token Hand Carved Sycamore
