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{
    "localId": "23879",
    "label": "Covered Cup",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.815"
}

{
    "id": "23879",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.815",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Covered Cup",
    "description": "The sides of this cup contain medallions with a profile portrait of Elizabeth I, Empress of Russia from 1741-1762, the double-headed eagle (emblem of the Russian Empire) and the empress's monogram EP (Elizabeth Petrovna) placed under a crown. The mask-like foliate design in the repoussé indicates a Dutch influence. The cup was made by an unknown silversmith who signed with the initials 'VD', active 1741-1753, and assayed by Egor Ivanov, active 1752-1758.Cups such as this were presented to members of the empress's guard regiments.",
    "provenance": "Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1753 (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.815",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "cups (drinking vessels)",
        "drinking vessels"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.815_Fnt_BW_H59.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.815_Fnt_BW_H59.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.815_Fnt_BW_H59.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.6,
            "height": 7.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 1/8 × Diam: 3 1/8 in. (15.6 × 7.9 cm)Cup H: 4 5/16 × Diam:3 1/8 in. (11 × 7.9 cm)Lid H: : 2 1/2 × Diam: 3 1/8 in. (6.3 × 8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Russian",
    "style": "Baroque",
    "reign": "Elizabeth I (1741-1762)",
    "med": "silver, parcel gilt",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15455",
        "15456"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "69",
        "3423"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.815_SideC_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9755bed8d76d5084"
}