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    "localId": "132892",
    "label": "Milk Jug Cover",
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    "id": "132892",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Milk Jug Cover",
    "date": "1749",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.345.b",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 14 x 6.4 cm (5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Chinese Export, 18th century"
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    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "\"TER GEDAGHTENIS VAN HARMANNUS LAURENTS DISCHER HOOFT VAN COMMISSARISSEN EN PRAUW VOERDERS OP BATAVIA A° 1749\" (In memory of Hermann Laurents Discher Head of the Commissioners and \"Prauw\" [boat] Traders of Batavia, 1749)."
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Milk jugs with lids or covers usually held warm milk for coffee or tea.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.345.b",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Brown",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:50:18.403000",
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