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    "localId": "95960",
    "label": "Knife and Fork",
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    "id": "95960",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Knife and Fork",
    "date": "1700s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1700",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1700/1916.1700_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1700/1916.1700_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.); Blade: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, 18th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.17"
}

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    "tec": "metal blade, ivory handle",
    "tombstone": "Knife and Fork, 1700s. Italy, 18th century. Metal blade, ivory handle; overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.); blade: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1700",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 228, I52",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n321"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1700",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:09:48.843000",
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    "sourceId": 95960,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
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    "med": "metal blade, ivory handle",
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}

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