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    "localId": "119236",
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    "id": "119236",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cann",
    "description": "\"Cann\" is an old term for a drinking cup with a handle.",
    "date": "c. 1778",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.153",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "with handle: 13.4 x 14.2 cm (5 1/4 x 5 9/16 in.)",
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    "tombstone": "Cann, c. 1778. Zachariah Brigden (American, 1734–1787). Silver; with handle: 13.4 x 14.2 cm (5 1/4 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hollis French, 1940.153",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "Engraved on cann opposite handle: \"BFG\"; engraved underside: \"1778\""
        },
        {
            "inscription": "Stamped underside: \"Z. Brigden\""
        },
        {
            "inscription": "Scratched underside: \"13-0,9\""
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        {
            "citation": "Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.",
            "page_number": "mentioned & reproduced P 10",
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