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(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

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maker (Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1856 - 1930, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
Dateearly 20th century
Place MadeNew Jersey, United States, North America
MediumSand casted iron
Dimensions86 x 86 x 2.3 cm (33 7/8 x 33 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM19s13
eMuseum ID730233
EmbARK ObjectID14307
Previous Number562
TMS Source ID3116
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): Oxford
Inscribed (lower right): 1746
ProvenanceNotesGift from the archaeologist, collector, and tilemaker Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 24 February of an unknown year.