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{
    "localId": "9638",
    "label": "Spirit Lamp in the Form of a Samovar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1911"
}

{
    "id": "9638",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1911",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Spirit Lamp in the Form of a Samovar",
    "description": "This spirit lamp is in the form of a samovar, an ornate urn traditionally used for making tea in Russia. A cotton wick extends beyond the inner tube that would have served as the heating element in a samovar. Impressed in the lid is an Imperial eagle and an inscription in Cyrillic that translates: \"K. Fabergé, Jeweler of the Court/St. Petersburg.\" A similar spirit lamp with the St. Petersburg assay mark for 1908-17 was produced in gold under the direction of Henrik Wigström.Vladimir Soloviev assumed control of an independent workshop that had been founded in St. Petersburg by Phillip Theodor Ringe (1824-82) and had subsequently been operated by Anders Mickelson (1839-1918). All of Soloviev's work dates from the last decade of the Fabergé firm's existence.",
    "provenance": "Dr. N. Dorin Ischlondsky, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, December 1961, by gift.",
    "date": "early 20th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1911",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "lamps"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1911_Fnt_TR_T02IV.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1911_Fnt_TR_T02IV.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1911_Fnt_TR_T02IV.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 in. (12.7 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "inscribed in Cyrillic: \"\"K. Fabergé",
        "Jeweler of the Court / St Petersburg.\"\""
    ],
    "med": "silver-gilt (88 zolotnik), ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15585",
        "1921",
        "4493"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2062"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_57.1911_Fnt_TR_T02IV.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a84dc7a93b2fa04f"
}