Two Carved Busks

Updated August 6, 2026

Lot number	0474
Estimate	$200 - $400
Opening bid	$50
Auction	Summer Americana and Native American
Date	August 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM EDT
Auction house	New England Auctions - Fred Giampietro
Location	Branford, Connecticut

Two busks. One carved whalebone with incised and painted details of weeping willow trees. The other in carved bone (baleen) with incised floral motifs and zig-zag border. New England, 19th century. L

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