Cooper's scribe
Artist/Maker Gibbs & Jenney
Title

Cooper's scribe

Mediumsperm whale ivory, steel, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions7/8 × 1 5/8 × 6 in. (2.2 × 4.1 × 15.2 cm)
Object number1961.8
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA cooper's scribe (cask-marking tool): steel blade; brass ferrule and brass pommel; whale ivory handle monochrome engraved "Gibbs & Jenney Fairhaven".
On View
On view
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Untitled
Gibbs & Jenney
4/13/1857
Cooper's scribe
Cooper's scribe
Image Not Available for [Papers of Ansel Gibbs (1773-1835), ship captain and merchant, including commissions as Bristol County, Mass., justice of the peace, deeds for land and church pews, ships' papers of ships Leonidas and Origon and other vessels partially owned by Gibbs] :
[Papers of Ansel Gibbs (1773-1835), ship captain and merchant, including commissions as Bristol County, Mass., justice of the peace, deeds for land and church pews, ships' papers of ships Leonidas and Origon and other vessels partially owned by Gibbs] :
Gibbs family
Image Not Available for [Sylvanus Nye papers]
[Sylvanus Nye papers]
Nye, Sylvanus Gibbs,--1804-1882
1828-1873
Image Not Available for Logbook of the Alfred Gibbs (Ship) and Corinthian (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Isaac H. Jenney and Thomas N. Russell, kept by Henry Berry on two voyages from 18 November 1851 – 21 October 1856
Logbook of the Alfred Gibbs (Ship) and Corinthian (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Isaac H. Jenney and Thomas N. Russell, kept by Henry Berry on two voyages from 18 November 1851 – 21 October 1856
Alfred Gibbs (Ship)
1851-1856
Cooper's cask marking tool
Cooper's cask marking tool
Image Not Available for Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of Fairhaven, mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 16 October 1845 - 5 December 1852
Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of Fairhaven, mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 16 October 1845 - 5 December 1852
Adeline Gibbs (Ship)
1845-1852
Image Not Available for Adeline Gibbs (Whalewhip) of Fairhaven mastered by Sumner Withington on the North Pacific voyage from 1 Oct. 1857 to 28 March 1862
Adeline Gibbs (Whalewhip) of Fairhaven mastered by Sumner Withington on the North Pacific voyage from 1 Oct. 1857 to 28 March 1862
Adeline Gibbs (Whaleship)
Image Not Available for Adeline Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven mastered by Baylies on a whaling voyage to Pacific Ocean from 2 Nov. 1841 to 29 June 1845
Adeline Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven mastered by Baylies on a whaling voyage to Pacific Ocean from 2 Nov. 1841 to 29 June 1845
Adeline Gibbs (Ship)
Image Not Available for Adeline Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass mastered by West on a voyage from 16 October 1845 to 1 July 1848
Adeline Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass mastered by West on a voyage from 16 October 1845 to 1 July 1848
Adeline Gibbs (Ship)
Image Not Available for Logbook of the Ansel Gibbs (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by William Washburn and Charles B. Kilmer, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 15 April 1862-1 October 1865
Logbook of the Ansel Gibbs (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by William Washburn and Charles B. Kilmer, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 15 April 1862-1 October 1865
Ansel Gibbs (Ship)
1862-1865
Image Not Available for Logbook of the Andrews (Bark) and Ansel Gibbs (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by Silas G. Baker and Elnathan B. Fisher, keeper unknown, on voyage from from 30 April 1863-5 June 1868
Logbook of the Andrews (Bark) and Ansel Gibbs (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by Silas G. Baker and Elnathan B. Fisher, keeper unknown, on voyage from from 30 April 1863-5 June 1868
Ansel Gibbs (Bark)
1863-1868

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