Tarpon Scale
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Samuel Jason Mixter
(Hardwick, Massachusetts, 1855 - 1926)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumInk on tarpon scale
Dimensions7.2 x 5.4 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU11n58
eMuseum ID728464
Previous Number216
EmbARK ObjectID11586
TMS Source ID779
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's first director Morris Carter (1877-1965) quotes an unknown source when writing about this preserved silver king tarpon scale, "' 'You have no right to the scale unless you kill the fish.' "
MarksNotesInscribed in ink: "Mrs. Gardner"
ProvenanceNotesGift from the surgeon Samuel Jason Mixter (1855-1926) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, by 1919.
Samuel Butler
late 19th century
