Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gun used on U.S.S. Congress
Object Number:
2008.42.392
Date:
1799-1834
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
0verall: 92.7 x 312.3mm (3 5/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
Description:
Metal gun (partial); according to the label affixed to the gun, it was used on the U.S.S. Congress.
Gallery Label:
According to documentation in the Naval History Society records, this piece and three others were donated in 1921 by Harry Lydenberg, New York Public Library.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
