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    "localId": "22051",
    "label": "Watch with Case",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.69"
}

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    "id": "22051",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.69",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Watch with Case",
    "description": "On this watchcase, translucent layers of \"basse-taille\" enamel have been applied over a guilloché engraved surface that has been cut into the gold. The decoration consists of engraved floral and rocaille scrolls, and a basket of flowers suspended by a ribbon.",
    "provenance": "Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870);  Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 22);  Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1755-1760",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.69",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches",
        "watchcases"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Pr Michau a Paris 4848",
    "med": "gold, basse-taille enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7105"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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