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    "localId": "119343",
    "label": "Cream Jug",
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    "id": "119343",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cream Jug",
    "date": "c. 1760",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.240",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80014450"
    ],
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        "Silver"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.240/1940.240_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); with handle: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); without handle: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "America"
    ],
    "accession": "1940.24"
}

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    "tec": "silver",
    "tombstone": "Cream Jug, c. 1760. America. Silver; overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); with handle: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); without handle: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hollis French, 1940.240",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "engraved \"S\" and \"D*I\" in block letters on bottom along with a treelike device."
        }
    ],
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "1534.1918"
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 115"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.240",
    "creditline": "Gift of Hollis French",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:09:54.644000",
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    "sourceId": 119343,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
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