(c) 2016 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Label for Pendant with Four Leaf Clover

primary Isabella Stewart Gardner (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)

Dateabout 1899

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensions11.6 x 4.4 cm (4 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsArchival Material

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.009938

eMuseum ID730549

EmbARK ObjectID25170

Other NumberU18e50.x

TMS Source ID9208

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

Web Commentary

This note was written by Isabella Stewart Gardner, and explains the provenance of the four leaf clover which is displayed next to it in the gilt vitrine. According to the note, this was the only four leaf clover that Gardner ever found, and she happened upon it at the construction site for Fenway Court—a fortuitous sign for her new museum!

BibliographyNotesEllen Promise,"Treasure Chest: Isabella's Gilt Vitrine," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 4 April 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/treasure-chest-isabellas-gilt-vitrine.

MarksNotesInscribed in graphite: "Four leafed clover picked by me as I stepped out of my trap at Fenway Court, during its building. The only 4 leafed clover I ever found. I.S. Gardner" [in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand]

ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in June 1899.