Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Decorative Arts
Flag: Signal Flag of the Rebel Gunboat "Teaser"...1862
Title
Flag: Signal Flag of the Rebel Gunboat "Teaser"...1862
Object name
Flag
Date
1862
Medium
Wool, linen, wooden button, jute rope
Dimensions
Overall: 49 x 111 1/2 in. ( 124.5 x 283.2 cm )
Description
Blue wool U.S. Naval Signal Flag of the Rebel Gunboat "Teaser" (2nd Repeater) with white rectangle centered along the hoist; linen hoist with a jute rope string through, wooden button tied to the top of the rope.
Object Number
INV.12280
Marks
handwritten: on hoist: "2nd Repeater"
printed: on tag: "Signal-flag of the Rebel/ Gunboat "Teaser", Capture on the James River,/ July 1862"
Gallery Label
The gunboat "Teaser" was one of the many ships taken by an over-powering Northern Naval fleet. It was taken under the command of Rear-Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, who was responsible for the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in the area between St. Andrew's Bay, FL to the Rio Grande.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
