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    "localId": "119301",
    "label": "Tablespoon",
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    "id": "119301",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tablespoon",
    "date": "1757",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.210",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 19 x 4.2 cm (7 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)",
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        {
            "inscription": "engraved:  E=P in shaded block letters over 1757 on back of handle end."
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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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