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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

Busk of carved wood, curved in two directions, with inscription on reverse, and date and carvings of hearts and other motifs on the rounded front. With a narrow lip at both ends, rounded at the smaller end, with a double bow at the other end.

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Categories	Fashion Clothing Accessories Underwear Woodwork Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Stay busk
Materials and techniques	Wood, carved Wood Carving
Brief description	Stay busk, carved wood with inscription on reverse and various motifs including hearts on the rounded front, made in England, 1675
Physical description	Busk of carved wood, curved in two directions, with inscription on reverse, and date and carvings of hearts and other motifs on the rounded front. With a narrow lip at both ends, rounded at the smaller end, with a double bow at the other end.
Dimensions	Length: 38.7cm Wide end width: 2.6cm Thickness: 9mm (maximum) Width varies from 2 to 2.6cm; thickness varies from 6-9mm. In profile the busk curves out at its lower end by a distance of 5cm. Viewed head on, the busk curves by 2cm to one side. Measured NH March 2011
Marks and inscriptions	'WONC A QVSHON I WAS ASKED WHICH MAD ME RETVRN THESE ANSVRS THAT / ISAAC LOVFED RABEKAH HIS WIFE AND WHY MAY NOT I LOVE FRANSYS' (Inscription incised into surface of busk back) Translation Once a question I was asked, which made me return these answers: that Isaac loved Rebekah, his wife, and why may not I love Fransys? 'GENSIS XXIIII VERS 67 (1675)' (Genesis 24, verse 67: "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death." (King James Bible))
Collection	Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number	W.56-1929

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Record created	December 22, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O120058/stay-busk-unknown/

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