Skip to main content
(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Set of Nails
(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Set of Nails

Date15th century - 16th century
Place MadeToledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
MediumIron
Dimensions15.2 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm (6 x 6 x 3 in.)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM19n2.1-80
eMuseum ID728782
Previous NumberSP2009.38
Previous NumberF19n1.1-2.x
TMS Source ID24764
Last Updated10/2/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection. 
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 149.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Emile Pares, Madrid on 11 July 1906 for 500 pesetas through Fernand Robert, Isabella Stewart Gardner's regular agent in Paris. (for 80 nails) 
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
early 19th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 1500
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
early 19th century
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
early 14th century
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
16th century
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
17th century
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
15th century - 16th century
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
15th century
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
15th century
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century