Decorative hook
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Brass, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. ( 16.5 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Circular brass clock pendulum with brass scrolling grillwork attached; thin stem and single hook.
Object Number:
INV.931
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11828
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Balance-pan scale
Classification:
Date:
1720-1790
Medium:
Copper, iron, brass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 18 x 6 3/4 in. ( 50.8 x 45.7 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Raised and tinned copper balance-pan scale, with brass chain and wrought iron arm and gauge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
1945.323
Marks:
stamped: beneath both bowls: "4"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
11553
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
box
Classification:
Date:
1780-1790
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Plain rectangular wooden box with hinged lid, originally for coin scale; paper affixed inside lid with handwritten lists of weights for coins of France, Spain, England, and Portugal.
Credit Line:
Gift of Col. DeWitt C. Falls, 1925
Object Number:
189
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on left side of paper affixed inside lid: "Coins of France & Spain." (with weights listed in two columns)
handwritten in ink: on right side of paper affixed inside lid: "England & Portugal." (with weights listed in two columns)
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Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
11411
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Metal bar
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 11.4 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cast metal bar with three shallow, circular wells on top, the central well with a circular hole pierced through the bottom and each of the side wells with a cylindrical knob projecting from center.
Object Number:
INV.1357
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8176
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Terrestrial globe
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1542
Medium:
Copper, wood
Dimensions:
Diameter (globe): 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Overall (with stand): 43 in. (109.2 cm)
Description:
Copper globe on stand. Copies much of Verrazano's map of 1529 and credits him with the discovery of territory around New York City in 1524.
Credit Line:
Gift of John David Wolfe
Object Number:
1872.22
Inscriptions:
Inscribed: "Regions of the Terrestrial globe handed down by ancients, or discovered in our memory or that of our fathers. Delineated by Euphrosynus Ulpius, 1542"
Gallery Label:
Ulpius's terrestrial globe, made in Rome in 1542, indicates the exploration of the New York region by Giovanni de Verrazano. The globe was found by the diplomat and historian Buckingham Smith (1810-1871) in Madrid in 1859 and may be the one described by Hakluyt as "an olde excellent globe in the Queen's privie gallery at Westminster which seemeth to be of Verarsanus Makinge."
Provenance:
Acquired by Buckingham Smith (1810-1871) in Madrid in 1859; purchased from his estate by John David Wolfe (1792-1872) in 1871; donated to N-YHS in 1872.
Bibliography:
"The Globe of Euphrosynus Ulpius, 1542," The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning Antiquities... (July 1862), p. 203.
Buckingham Smith, "An inquiry into the authenticity of documents concerning a discovery in North America claimed to have been made by Verrazzano: read before the New-York Historical Society (NY: Printed by J.F. Trow, 1864).
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 134-136
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1542
eMuseum Object ID:
6206
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box camera
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, leather, textile, brass, steel, rubber
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 8 7/8 x 3 in. ( 14.3 x 22.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Compact box-shaped camera with opening in side to permit extension of bellows; takes 3-1/2 inch roll film; Bausch & Lomb lens and rubber pump-type shutter release; wooden box with leather laminated to surface and leather strap handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. O. T. Barck
Object Number:
1950.275
Marks:
impressed: on front: "THE / BLAIR CAMERA CO. / MAKERS / 700"
impressed: inside back cover: "PATENTED / FEB. 25, 1890 / NOV. 5, 1895" and "228" (also on wooden block above film spool)
printed: on rectangular ivory label nailed to inside of fold-down fron
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
929
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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