Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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Fragment from the USS "Revenge"
Object Number:
1935.150
Date:
1776
Medium:
Wood, iron, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 19 x 5 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 48.3 x 14.6 cm )
Marks:
typewritten: on paper label nailed to block (removed in 2011): "PIECE OF THE AMERICAN SCHOONER 'REVENGE' / built at Ticonderoga in 1776 and sunk in / Lake Champlain after the battle of Valcour / Island, October 11, 1776. / Presented by Major Howland Pell,
Description:
Block of wood with three large iron spikes protruding from top and a cylindrical hole drilled through one end; from the schooner "Revenge"
Gallery Label:
The schooner USS Revenge was built for the Continental Navy at Fort Ticonderoga in 1776 and engaged with British forces at the Battle of Valcour Island in Lake Champlain. The Revenge was supposedly taken in July 1777 when a British force under General Burgoyne captured Fort Ticonderoga, although some sources suggest that the schooner may have been burned and sunk to prevent capture. The ship was recovered from the lake bottom in 1909.
Credit Line:
Gift of Major Howland Pell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
