Maritime hardware
Classification:
Date:
1900-1945
Medium:
Wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 18.7 x 11.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Two wooden plaques mounted with brass hardware screwed onto the front center, the brass has a hollow circular device protruding at the bottom center.
Object Number:
INV.8988ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
30934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stamp from steamboat "Chauncey Vibbard"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1864
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 2 in. ( 1.9 x 3.8 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Stamp with shaped wooden handle, rectangular stamping block, and carved metal letters "C. Vibbard" in Gothic lettering; from Hudson River steamboat "Chauncey Vibbard".
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hudson River Day Line, 1948
Object Number:
Z.1457
Marks:
carved: in metal on stamp: "C. Vibbard"
inscription: on tag with object: "Key to/Safe of the S.B. C. Vibbard"
Gallery Label:
This stamp is from the Hudson River Day Line sidewheel steamboat "Chauncey Vibbard," which was built in Brooklyn in 1864 and used regularly until 1887. The steamboat was broken up in 1900.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
30771
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's clock
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Brass, glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Circular brass ship's clock with hinged and latched glass front over dial; face with black painted Roman numerals and other inscriptions; second-counting dial above central dial; face pierced with two holes for winding key.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.881
Marks:
painted on black: on face: "1853 1899 / AUSTIN / SETH THOMAS" and "MADE IN U.S.A."
Gallery Label:
The inscription "1853 1899 / AUSTIN" may have been added by the collector, George W. Murdock.
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
30149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's clock
Classification:
Date:
1878-1900
Medium:
Wood, brass, metal, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 9 in. ( 8.3 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Octagonal wooden clock with circular white dial with black painted Roman numerals; hinged brass rim holds glass disk over dial; molded wooden sides; brass plaque below dial with inscription.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.879
Marks:
incised: on plaque: "1863 1912 / S. O. Pierce"
printed in black: on paper label affixed to back: "ONE - DAY / LEVER / SETH THOMA[S] / THOMASTON, CONN., U.S.A., / MANUFACTURER OF EVERY VARIETY . . . [with further inscriptions relating to other clocks pro
Gallery Label:
The Ansonia Clock Co. opened a second factory in Brooklyn, New York in 1879 and by June of 1880 the factory employs 360 workers. The plaque was probably added by the collector, George W. Murdock.
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30112
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish line reel
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Baleen (whale bone), wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. ( 1.3 x 24.8 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Baleen fish line reel composed of central metal rod bisecting two arms; arms connected by cross pieces on each side of reel; handle composed of one side of wood and one side of whale bone, nailed together.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith
Object Number:
Z.1440
Gallery Label:
This fishline reel, along with a knife and tray, was made by sailors on a Norwegian whaling ship during a whaling voyage to the Ross Sea in the Antartic Ocean.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29924
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Painting of sailboat "Mary"
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Oil, canvas, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 27 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Oil painting of sea skiff "Mary" in frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith
Object Number:
Z.1439
Marks:
ink inscription: on back of frame: "16 foot/sea skiff/in which/Griffith voyaged/down from/Monongahela/Ohio/Mississippi River/to Gulf of Mexico/1917"
Gallery Label:
This painting depicts the 16 foot sea skiff "Mary," in which Frederic Griffith (donor) voyaged down from Monongahela, Ohio on the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico in 1917.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
29921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship flag paintings on wood (8)
Classification:
Date:
1915-1925
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
largest: 11 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 29.8 x 14.6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Group of 8 pieces of wood painted with flags symbolizing letters; 2 pieces painted with a flag for each letter of the alphabet; 6 pieces painted with specific ships' flags; 2 holes drilled through top of each board to hold string tying boards together.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederick Griffith
Object Number:
Z.1437a-h
Marks:
painted: (a): "F.T.S.S. HUDSON/F. GRIFFITH/SHIP SURGEON"
painted: (b): "L. CYMRIC/F. GRIFFITH/(SUB) SHIP SURGEON"
painted: (d): "CAPTAIN/FRANCIS GREEN....APPRENTICE SEAMAN/F. GRIFFITH"
painted: (f): "USSB/SSLAKE/GEDNEY/...MATANZAS, CUBA, MAY 14 - 1920.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
29878
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's clock
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Brass, other metal, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Circular brass ship's clock with removable glass front over silver painted sheet brass dial with black painted Roman numerals and other inscriptions; pierced with two holes for winding key; smaller, second-counting dial set above central dial.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.880
Marks:
painted in black: on dial: "THOMAS POWELL / 1846 / SETH THOMAS / U.S.A."
Gallery Label:
The inscription "THOMAS POWELL / 1846" was most likely added by the collector, George W. Murdock.
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
29646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's clock
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Wood, leather, brass, other metal, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. ( 7.9 x 30.2 cm )
Description:
Octagonal ship's clock with dial mounted in leather-bound wooden frame; circular glass window set in brass frame with hinge and latch; sheet metal backing for dial painted with black Roman numerals and inscriptions on white ground; smaller, second-counting dial below central dial; bronze plaque below dial.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.808
Marks:
painted in black: on dial: "PATENT / LEVER ESCAPEMENT"
engraved: on bronze plaque: "GENERAL SEDGEWICK / 1862 1902"
printed paper label: affixed to back of clock: "NEW HAVEN CLOCK Co. / MANUFACTURERS OF / NIGHT AND ONE DAY / BRASS CLOCKS, / Time Pieces
Gallery Label:
The bronze plaque was most likely added by the collector, George W. Murdock.
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29604
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ship's clock
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Wood, brass, other metal, glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 9 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Octagonal ship's clock with circular dial with black painted Roman numerals and smaller, second-counting dial; hinged brass rim holds glass disk over dial; octagonal wooden frame painted dark brown.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.806
Marks:
inscribed in dark blue: on face: "STR. WM. COOK"
inscribed: on brass plaque affixed to frame: "1853 WM. COOK. 1881"
printed paper label: affixed to back of clock (only partially intact): "--OM--S [etc.]" (remnants of label resemble other Seth Thomas la
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29603
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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