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    "title": "Tablespoon",
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            "inscription": "\"SH\" in bright-cut script on top of handle end."
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            "citation": "Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.",
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