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    "localId": "119260",
    "label": "Cream Jug",
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    "id": "119260",
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    "title": "Cream Jug",
    "date": "c. 1745",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); with handle: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); without handle: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)",
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            "citation": "Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.",
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