Ship's port lantern
Classification:
Date:
1876-1925
Medium:
Metal, glass, rubber, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 x 11 x 10 in. ( 46.4 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Ship's port lantern with red lens in red-painted metal casing; domed top with ring-shaped handle, triangular back, rounded front with cage consisting of two vertical rods, and hinged bottom; electric cord attached.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.669
Marks:
in relief: on brass plate affixed to front shoulder: "PROCTER'S PAT. 1876 / PORT"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
13014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
2 keys
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
each approx.: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Two metal keys for winding clocks.
Object Number:
INV.256
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12988
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Telescope
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Brass, leather, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 20 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 52.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Hand-held telescope with brass and leather casing.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.380
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
12881
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Telescope
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Brass, wood, glass, paint
Dimensions:
closed: 15 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 38.4 x 6 cm )
open: 25 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. ( 64.8 x 6 cm )
Description:
Hand-held telescope with brass and red-painted wood casing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles T. Middlebrook
Object Number:
1946.59
Marks:
engraved: on side of inner cylinder: "G. Willson London / Day or Night"
engraved: on brass band below eyepiece: "Charles Trinder"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this telescope once belonged to Charles Trinder (d. 1838).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
12879
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Telescope
Classification:
Date:
1775-1825
Medium:
Brass, wood, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 15 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 39.7 x 6.4 cm )
open: 25 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 64.5 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Hand-held telescope with brass and wood casing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.165
Marks:
engraved: on side of inner cylinder: "Spencer Browning & Rust / LONDON / Day or Night"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
12878
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Identification plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1905
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 11.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Shield-shaped brass plaque with U-shaped hook molded into back.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.809
Marks:
engraved: on front: "GOV.WINTHROP/(1 5/8H) 192/198"
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
12856
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's compass in box
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Pine, brass, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 10 x 10 in. ( 16.5 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Ship's compass mounted inside pine box with sliding lid.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.678
Marks:
printed: on dial: "R. L. SHAW / 222. WATER ST. NEW YORK."
carved: on lid of box: "OREGON"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
12605
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale's tooth
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 5.7 x 14 cm )
Description:
Scrimshawed whale tooth with etched image of woman in a long off-the-shoulder dress, holding a fan (supposedly Jenny Lind).
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.215
Marks:
printed adhesive label: on reverse: "53"
Gallery Label:
This scrimshaw whale's tooth supposedly depicts Jenny Lind, a famous mid-19th century singer known as the "Swedish nightingale."
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
12345
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Universal ring dial
Classification:
Date:
1600-1700
Medium:
Brass, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 5 x 3/8 in. ( 17.1 x 12.7 x 1 cm )
Description:
Brass universal ring dial consisting of a graduated circle with a pivoting sighting bar at its center; with suspension ring mounted on top, and a rectangular metal bar with an arrow incised on one side adjoining the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Half Moon Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Exhibition, 1909
Object Number:
1910.33
Gallery Label:
Universal ring dials were used by mariners to locate their position at sea.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
12332
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's lantern
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1913
Medium:
Brass, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 7 x 5 in. ( 30.5 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Lantern with pear-shaped clear glass globe, spun brass base and chimney, both circular wire guard, hand bail, and loop with pipe arms either side;Hindi script around base
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.819
Marks:
inscribed: on base: "MARY POWELL/1861-1919"
raised: on chimney and on base: "DIETZ/DIETZ"; "DIETZ/JUNIOR, N.Y., U.S.A"; on pipe arm: "PATENTED FEB 1 1898/.../SEPT. 16-13"
Gallery Label:
This lantern is from the steamer the "Mary Powell" (1861-1919).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1913
eMuseum Object ID:
12030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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