Object details
Accession number
C2c1.f
Primary Creator
Full title
Castle Acre Tiles: Vicar of Stowe, Diagonal
Creation Date
1901
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, Pennsylvania on 9 December 1901 for $551 (for about 4,000 tiles)
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Dimensions
4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Display Media
Glazed ceramic
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Main Entrance Passage and Lobby
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendell Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935) p. 87. (as made by Henry Chapman Mercer of Doylestown, Pennsylvania) Christina Nielsen et. al. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Guide (New Haven, 2017), p. 67, ill.
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