Ship's starboard lantern
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal, glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 7 x 5 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 17.8 x 14 cm )
Description:
Ship's starboard lantern with green lens in green-painted sheet metal casing; domed top with ring handle, triangular back, and rounded front protected by two vertical rods; removable kerosene burner with circular base fits into hole in bottom.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.676
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
33451
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lantern
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal, glass, paint
Dimensions:
with handle extended: 11 3/4 x 7 x 5 1/2 in. ( 29.8 x 17.8 x 14 cm )
Description:
Ship's port lantern with red lens in green-painted sheet metal casing; domed top with ring handle, triangular back, and rounded front protected by two vertical rods; removable kerosene burner with circular base fits into hole in bottom.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.675
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
33416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's starboard lantern
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal, glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 36.8 x 22.2 x 19 cm )
Description:
Ship's starboard lantern with green lens in green-painted sheet metal casing; domed top with cast iron ring handle, triangular back, rounded front protected by two vertical rods, and hinged door in back.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.672
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
33372
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coat check from the steamboat "Mary Powell"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1861-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular metal tag with slot in top, stamped "MARY POWELL/144".
Credit Line:
Gift of C. K. Johnson
Object Number:
1936.729
Marks:
stamped: on tag: "MARY POWELL/144"
Gallery Label:
This coat or baggage check was used on the Hudson River steamboat "Mary Powell," which was built in 1861. The Mary Powell plied the Hudson River until 1917 and was sold to scrapping interests in 1919.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
32691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale jaw bone
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Whalebone
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 5 x 9 in. ( 3.8 x 12.7 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Scrimshawed section of whale jaw bone with image of seated woman wearing long off-the-shoulder dress (supposedly Jenny Lind.)
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.216
Marks:
printed adhesive label: on reverse: "55"
Gallery Label:
This scrimshaw whale bone 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:
32652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale's tooth
Classification:
Date:
1900-1945
Medium:
Ivory, plaster, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 8.3 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Scrimshawed whale tooth with etched decoration on two sides; one side with side view of American clipper ship "The Lightning" under sail, the other with front view of American clipper ship "Nightingale" under sail; image of Nightingale surrounded by wreath of leaves etched in green. Tooth filled with plaster and rough edge filed flat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.270
Marks:
engraved: on obverse, in banner: "THE LIGHTNING"
engraved: on reverse, in banner: "NIGHTINGALE"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
32650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coat and baggage checks from the steamboat "Mary Powell"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Seven brass coat and baggage checks from the Hudson River steamboat "Mary Powell," each stamped "MARY POWELL [a number] COAT & BAGGAGE ROOM"; in two sizes, two larger octagonal tags (f,g), and four smaller shield-shaped tags (a-d).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hudson River Day Line
Object Number:
1948.492a-g
Marks:
stamped: on each tag: "MARY POWELL/[a number]/COAT &/BAGGAGE ROOM"
Gallery Label:
These coat and baggage checks were used on the Hudson River steamboat "Mary Powell, which was built in 1861. The Mary Powell plied the Hudson River until 1917 and was sold to scrapping interests in 1919.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
32550
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plaque
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 27.6 x 20.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Engine plate made of heavy gauge copper with inscription engraved in large capital letters on obverse; oblong shape with straight sides and rounded corners, with holes at center top and center bottom for mounting; from the steamer "Hercules," built by Wood, Dialogue & Co., Camden, New Jersey, in 1876.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.810
Marks:
engraved: on obverse: "No. 163 1876 / WOOD, DIALOGUE & CO. / HERCULES / ENGINEERS / AND / STEAMSHIP / BUILDERS, / RIVER IRON WORKS. / CAMDEN, N.J."
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
32392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
christening bottle w/ribbons
Classification:
Date:
1943
Medium:
Synthetic textile, glass, wire
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 31.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Glass christening (champagne) bottle (shattered) wrapped in woven red, white and blue ribbon in a diamond pattern and tied in a bow around the base; blue ribbon wrapped around the the top and tied in a bow; part of of the red, white and blue cold tied under the blue ribbon to secure it for swinging.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Mayhoff
Object Number:
1943.427
Gallery Label:
This botttle was used to christen the destroyer U.S.S. Levy by the donor on March 28, 1943. The ship was named in honor of Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy, the uncle of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1943
eMuseum Object ID:
31719
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lantern
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal, glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 in. ( 36.2 x 14.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Ship's lantern with colorless glass lens in green-painted sheet metal casing; domed top with ring handle, flat back, and rounded front protected by two vertical metal rods; removable kerosene burner with circular base fits into hole in bottom.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.677
Gallery Label:
This lantern is identified as a "stern light" in the accession records.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31597
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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