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    "localId": "9860",
    "label": "Snuffbox with Military Scene",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.261"
}

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    "id": "9860",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.261",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Snuffbox with Military Scene",
    "description": "Kolbe, a goldsmith who moved from Wurzburg, Germany, to St. Petersburg in 1793, was known for his large, richly ornamented boxes made of multicolored gold.",
    "provenance": "Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.261",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "snuffboxes"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.261_Back_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 9,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.6,
            "height": 10.3,
            "depth": 7.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 1 13/16 × W: 4 1/16 × D: 3 1/16 in. (4.6 × 10.3 × 7.8 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] J-F-Kolb a St Petersbourg",
    "med": "\"\"quatre-couleur\"\" gold",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
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        "69",
        "2689",
        "3423"
    ]
}

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