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    "localId": "133347",
    "label": "Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich",
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    "id": "133347",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich",
    "description": "The large shield at center incorporating the double eagle (insignia of the Holy Roman Empire) is surrounded by thirty small shields-those of the wards of the city of Zurich. In the late 1400s, it was customary for neighboring Swiss towns and cantons to exchange panels of stained glass to promote closer political relationships.",
    "date": "1593",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.71",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Switzerland, Zurich, late 16th Century"
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    "tec": "white glass with silver stain and pot metal",
    "tombstone": "Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich, 1593. Workshop of Hans Rütter (Swiss, 1550–1610). White glass with silver stain and pot metal; diameter: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.71",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "didYouKnow": "The coats-of-arms of 31 different Swiss towns and provinces are shown in the outer ring of this stained glass roundel. If you look closely, you can see flowers, lions, and a unicorn. What symbols would you choose for your own coat-of-arms?",
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    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:51:12.054000",
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    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
    "coll": "Decorative Arts",
    "med": "white glass with silver stain and pot metal",
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