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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