Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 5.7 x 13.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Engraved and polychrome (blue and red) scrimshaw whale's tooth, engraving of a profile of a frigate flying two flags one being American.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.30
Marks:
engraved: "U.S. Steam Frigate, WABACH"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
37257
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale tooth
Classification:
Date:
1800-1875
Medium:
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 4 x 2 in. ( 5.1 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Whale's tooth engraved with ship on obverse and inscription on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.7448
Marks:
engraved: in script on reverse and blackened: "My boat is in the shore/ and my bark is on the sea/but before I go to (?)/ more hell's a tastle (?)/ health to thee"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
37108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. ( 13.7 x 6.4 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
(Hooked) Whale's tooth engraved with bow and starboard view of sailing ship under full sail with two birds in flight overhead.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.99
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36616
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: 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 13 x 9.5 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Whale's tooth engraved and blackened and polychromed with figure of a ship flying a red U.S. flag and a smaller unidentified flag.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.96
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36615
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scrimshaw
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 7 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Engraved scrimshaw whale's tooth, engraving on obverse is of a view of four frigates leaving some form of part.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fannny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.95
Marks:
engraved: "Commodore John Paul Fleet Leaving/ L'orient"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36614
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 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 14.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Whale's tooth engraved with scene of figures in small boat hunting whales with one airborne whale on object left and blackened on obverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.91
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36613
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 5 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 4.8 x 14.3 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Engraved scrimshaw whale's tooth, engraving with black ink of a view of two ships, a frigate and a cutler between two rock or iceberg formations; both ships flying a red flag.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.89
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36612
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 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 13.7 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Whale's tooth engraved and blackened with whaling scene with a small boat and six figures in the foreground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.87
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 13.7 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Engraved and polychromed whale's tooth; engraved on the obversed with a three- quarter profile view of a frigate flying two red flags one being American.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.84
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36610
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Animal figurines
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 8.3 cm )
Each: 1 x 2 x 1/2 in. (2.5 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm)
Description:
Carved, free-standing figures of two walruses and two polar bears with inscibed and blackened features.
Credit Line:
Gift of Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.349a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
36609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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