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{
    "localId": "96846",
    "label": "Trigger Guard for a Pistol",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
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    "id": "96846",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Trigger Guard for a Pistol",
    "date": "c. 1680–1700",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.55",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.55/1916.55_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 15.9 x 2.9 cm (6 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, Brescia (?), late 17th Century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.55"
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    "tec": "chiseled steel",
    "tombstone": "Trigger Guard for a Pistol, c. 1680–1700. Italy, Brescia (?), late 17th Century. Chiseled steel; overall: 15.9 x 2.9 cm (6 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.55",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 4, <em>17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (269) 299",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n579"
        },
        {
            "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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mention: p. 164, F69",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n238"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "p. 175, cat. no. 234"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "p. 194, cat. no. 238"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.55",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:12:58.903000",
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    "sourceId": 96846,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "chiseled steel",
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    "image_url": null
}

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