Antique Sailor Made Scrimshawed Ruler and Presumed Busk Fragment slip painted pottery from “The Carpenter’s Boy” to

from “The Carpenter’s Boy” to “Crazy Ann” (driven to madness from the loss of her love to a shipwreck) to William Tell

an early American set

very lovely thing-- a gift to a Betty S

signed (incised) PAT on the underside

Closed: 14 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 7/8"

Antique Sailor Made Scrimshawed Ruler and Presumed Busk Fragment slip painted pottery from “The Carpenter’s Boy” toI'll never resist a handmade ruler, all the more so a sailor whaler made one, this one measuring seven inches. I found it along with what I believe is a fragment from a busk a common form for scrimshawing, to bring home to wives and sweethearts for use in corsets. The decoration on this one is minimal, but very fine, perhaps meant for a name to be engraved inside of it. Earlier than later 19th century New England I believe, lovely things. Ruler