Object details

Accession number

ARC.009938

Primary Creator

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

Full title

Label for Pendant with Four Leaf Clover

Creation Date

about 1899

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in June 1899.

Marks

Inscribed 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]

Dimensions

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

Display Media

Graphite on paper

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! 

Permanent Gallery Location

Little Salon

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