Epergne
Edward Barnard & Sons
(1829–1910)
1851
Medium/TechniqueSilver, glass
DimensionsOverall: 76.2 cm (30 in.)
Credit LineGift of George P. Gardner and Tatiana S. Gardner
Accession number2011.1800
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Not on viewClassificationsSilver
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Provenance1851, given by John Lowell Gardner (b. 1804 - d. 1884) to his wife, Catherine Endicott Peabody Gardner (b. 1808 - d. 1883), Boston [see note 1]; by descent to their son, George Augustus Gardner (b. 1829 - d. 1916), Boston; 1915, given by George Augustus Gardner to his grandson, George Peabody Gardner, Jr. (b. 1888 - d. 1976), Brookline, MA; by descent to his son, George Peabody Gardner (b. 1917- d. 2012), and his wife, Tatiana Stepanova Gardner (b. 1924 - d. 2009), Brookline; 2011, bequest of Tatiana Gardner to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
NOTES:
[1] This was a gift on the couple's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
NOTES:
[1] This was a gift on the couple's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
George N. Barnard
about 1866