Whale's tooth
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 5.7 x 14 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Scrimshawed sperm whale tooth engraved with scene on obverse of whalers harpooning a sperm whale with their ship in the distance.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.94
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
8396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale's tooth
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Ivory, black ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 14.3 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Engraved scrimshaw whale's tooth, engraving in black ink on obverse is a profile view of frigate on reverse is a small frigate and a flying bird; waves go completely around the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1981.34
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
8349
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale tooth
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 11.4 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Plain whale's tooth with no decoration.
Object Number:
1981.36
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8347
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale tooth
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 14.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Whale's tooth with no engraving.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1981.37
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Knotted rope on skinny rope
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Pine, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 25 x 4 in. ( 11.4 x 63.5 x 10.2 cm )
Object Number:
INV.8954
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
8208
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Telescope with lens cap
Classification:
Date:
1800-1835
Medium:
Brass, wood, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 8 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 22.5 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Hand-held telescope with brass and wood casing; brass lens cap.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary L. and Miss Ellen D. Constant
Object Number:
1943.360ab
Marks:
engraved: on side of inner cylinder: "Lunette Vitro-Cristalline / par Cauchoix a Paris."
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this telescope was used by William Sinclair, first Paymaster General of the United State Navy.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
7361
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Anchor
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
overall (folded): 5 x 41 x 8 in. ( 12.7 x 104.1 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Folding iron anchor with central shank, ring at top, two hinged stocks, and two hinged flukes with pointed ends; two iron pins attached with chains fit through holes in shaft to lock anchor closed.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1941.757
Marks:
painted: in black on fluke: "55"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
6954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 6 x 14 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Whale's tooth engraved with two images of a sailing ship, seen from side and from the bow, blackened and with a tiny bit of red pigment on the flags and an inscription.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.92
Marks:
inscribed and blackened: under image: 'Whaler "Kutosoff"'
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
6778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale tooth
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 13 x 6.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved in black pigment of a man at the top of a mast, with an unidentified flag.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.93
Gallery Label:
Accoring to the donor, the scene (placed longitudinally on the tooth) is of a sailor in a crow's nest.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
5907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whaling harpoon
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 92.7 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Forged iron whaling harpoon; wide, flat head on thin, tapered rod with end formed into a hollow cone.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles McCauley
Object Number:
1922.138
Marks:
incised: on one side of spearhead: "S BA. . ."
stamped: on other side of spearhead: "J D"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
3603
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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