Object details

Accession number

U11n58

Primary Creator

Samuel Jason Mixter (Hardwick, Massachusetts, 1855 - 1926)

Full title

Tarpon Scale

Creation Date

early 20th century

Provenance

Gift from the surgeon Samuel Jason Mixter (1855-1926) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, by 1919.

Marks

Inscribed in ink: "Mrs. Gardner"

Dimensions

7.2 x 5.4 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

Display Media

Ink on tarpon scale

Web Commentary

The 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.' "

Permanent Gallery Location

Macknight Room

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