Die: Beach Hill
maker
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1860-1870
Place MadeMassachusetts, United States, North America
MediumSteel
Dimensions10.5 x 6.4 x 1.9 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM11n32
eMuseum ID729666
EmbARK ObjectID11552
Previous Number176
TMS Source ID746
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella and her husband Jack spent traditionally spent July and August at Beach Hill, a cottage in Pride's Crossing on the North Shore of Beverly, Massachusetts that belonged to Jack's family. This address stamp is in Isabella's handwriting.
BibliographyNotesKathleen King, "Isabella's Desk of Curiosities in the Macknight Room," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 31 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-desk-curiosities-macknight-room
MarksNotesIncised reverse: Beach Hill, Pride's Xing, Beverly
