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    "localId": "8073",
    "label": "Octagonal Shell Snuffbox",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.91"
}

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    "id": "8073",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.91",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Octagonal Shell Snuffbox",
    "description": "This snuffbox sets off white carved shell against gold mounts. The uniform whiteness, large size, and curvature of the shell used suggest that these pieces may have been taken from a species of sea snail native to the Indian Ocean - showing how global trade influenced the luxury arts in 18th-century Europe.",
    "provenance": "Christie's Sale, London, February 22 1912, no. 33; Harding, London; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "1750-1760",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.91",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "snuffboxes"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.91_3Qtr_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.91_3Qtr_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.8,
            "height": 6.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 7/8 x W: 2 11/16 in. (4.8 x 6.8 cm)"
}

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    "med": "shell, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211",
        "6227"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2689"
    ]
}

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