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    "localId": "144902",
    "label": "Covered Cup (cover)",
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    "id": "144902",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Covered Cup (cover)",
    "date": "1723–1724",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.117.1.b",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Silver"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.117.1.b/1970.117.1.b_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 25.7 x 23.2 x 13.7 cm (10 1/8 x 9 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, London, 18th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1970.117.1.b"
}

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    "tec": "silver",
    "tombstone": "Covered Cup (cover), 1723–1724. Gabriel Sleath (British, 1674–1756). Silver; overall: 25.7 x 23.2 x 13.7 cm (10 1/8 x 9 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Warren H. Corning in honor of Warren Holmes Corning, 1970.117.1.b",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "engraved in the center of the cup is a demi-lion, rampant passant, holding an unknown object on an irregularly shaped shield surrounded by baroque manteling.  In style, it is appropriate for date of cup but does not appear a true coat of arms. On the lid is a crest consisting of a demi-lion, rampant passant, between open buffalo horns.  These heraldic devices perhaps refer to some entity rather than an individual."
        },
        {
            "inscription": "Hallmarks stamped on lid: \"G\", two unidentifiable, \"H\"."
        }
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    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.117.1.b",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Warren H. Corning in honor of Warren Holmes Corning",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:26:47.566000",
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    "sourceId": 144902,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
    "coll": "Decorative Arts",
    "med": "silver",
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    ],
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    "image_url": null
}

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