Watch and Chain from the Officers' Room on the Viscaya
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1880-1898
Medium:
Brass, iron, porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 2 in. ( 55.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Brass, iron, and porcelain pocket watch; open porcelain face inside brass case with oval loop bail suspended from swivel hook on iron chain; stamped mark on back of case and painted mark on face.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward C. Titus
Object Number:
1935.34a
Marks:
stamped: back of case: "R"
painted: face: "...EN....Y"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this pocket watch was taken from the officers' room of the Spanish vessel Viscaya during the Spanish-American War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
2272
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scrimshaw whale tooth depicting the clipper ship "Cosmos"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. ( 5.1 x 14 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Engraved scrimshaw whale's tooth, engraving of clipper ship on obverse in black pigment.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.28
Marks:
engraved: "Clipper ship 'Cosmos'"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
2165
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mug
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1817
Medium:
Wood, brass, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 14 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden mug with brass and handles attached with copper rivets.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Charles MacCauley
Object Number:
INV.6861
Gallery Label:
This mug was made from the berth of the last East Coast whaler(New Bedford, MA) in 1922.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1817
eMuseum Object ID:
1498
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
clock
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Wood, brass, other metal, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 9 in. ( 6.4 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Octagonal clocks with circular dial behind glass door with brass frame, hinge, and latch mechanism opened by pressing brass button protruding from side wall; black painted Roman numerals.
Object Number:
INV.255
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to back (partially illegible): "NEW HAVEN CLOCK Co., / MANUFACTURERS OF / NIGHT AND ONE DAY / BRASS CLOCKS, / Time Pieces and Marine Clocks, / NEW HAVEN, CONN., / AMERICA."
handwritten(?): on note found inside glass door for
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
1050
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handle: walrus-tusk seal
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Ivory, metal, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 17.1 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Carved walrus tusk representing a seal with blackened inscribed lines and metal inserted eyes, nostrils, etc.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.155
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
1014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walrus tusk
Classification:
Date:
1845-1910
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 3 x 1 5/8 in. ( 43.2 x 7.6 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Tusk inscribed in three sections: 3/4 length figure of a young woman in medieval dress with crown, a full-length man in 17th century dress with sword, and a figure of a female angel holding a horn standing over a sleeping youth.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.106
Gallery Label:
These images are probably copied or traced from engraved illlustrations.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
471
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
ceremonial ribbon: S.S. Levy
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1943
Medium:
Synthetic textile, feathers, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 30 x 10 in. ( 5.1 x 76.2 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Blue and cream ribbons, each embroidered "U.S.S. LEVY" in gold floss outlined in red and blue chain stitch respectively; tied into bow at top with orange-red ribbon; found with two black plumes of feathers, possibly ostrich; one plume consists of six feathers stitched together with brown thread along the shaft and has black knitted sheath at the quill.
Object Number:
INV.12258
Marks:
embroidered: on hanging ribbons: "U.S.S. LEVY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
246
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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