Door Knocker
maker
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Dateearly 14th century
MediumIron
Dimensions15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM30c14
eMuseum ID720820
Previous Number833
EmbARK ObjectID14838
TMS Source ID3520
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesExhibition of the Society of Arts & Crafts: Together with a Loan Collection of Applied Art... Exh. cat. (Boston: Copley & Allston Halls, 1907), p. 104, no. 437.
Stephen Z. Nonack. "Some Observations on a Fourteenth Century 'Battente di Ferro.'" Fenway Court (1983), pp. 38-41, fig. 1. (as dated 14th century)
Stephen Z. Nonack. "Some Observations on a Fourteenth Century 'Battente di Ferro.'" Fenway Court (1983), pp. 38-41, fig. 1. (as dated 14th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice for 48 lire on 13 September 1897.
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