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{
    "localId": "25440",
    "label": "Sautoir with Pearl Pendant",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2034"
}

{
    "id": "25440",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2034",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sautoir with Pearl Pendant",
    "description": "This pink pearl from the Common Conch (Stormbus gigas) is extremely rare. It is mounted in a platinum cage of five bands of leaves and blossoms set with minute diamond sparks. The long 20 inch chain on which the pearl is suspended is set with a diamond at every thirtieth link. The pearl weighs 3.64 grams.",
    "provenance": "George F. Kunz, Tiffany & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Laura F. Delano, New York, [date of acquisition unknown] by gift; Walters Art Museum, 1977, by gift.",
    "date": "1900-1910",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2034",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "pendants"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.2034_FntDet_TR_C79.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.2034_FntDet_TR_C79.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.2034_FntDet_TR_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.6,
            "height": 1.5,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Pearl H: 5/8 x W: 9/16 x D: 1/2 in. (1.56 x 1.46 x 1.25 cm); Pendant H: 1 5/16 × Diam: 5/8 in. (3.4 × 1.6 cm); Chain L: 40 3/16 in. (102 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Marks]: Eagle's head",
        "restricted warranty."
    ],
    "med": "conch pearl, platinum, diamonds",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3561"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1966",
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2602",
        "2704",
        "3034",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_57.2034_VwD_DD_AT19-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d4ade8bb11893711"
}