18th early 19th century sycamore stay busk.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 surfaceProbably 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 t...