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Staybusk
Carved wooden staybusk. The front is elaborately decorated with a large heart. Initials and date carved on back: SH1779.
A staybusk is a piece of wood which was inserted into the front of a woman’s stays to keep the torso upright. A busk was often given to a woman as a love token from a suitor. Many were carved or painted with inscriptions and motifs, such as hearts, initials and flowers.
Pwnc
Bywyd Gwerin
Rhif yr Eitem
18.101
Creu/Cynhyrchu
unknown
Dyddiad: 1779
Derbyniad
Donation, 1918
Mesuriadau
Meithder
(mm): 360
Lled
(mm): 60
Techneg
carved
Deunydd
pren
Lleoliad
In store
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