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{
    "localId": "16135",
    "label": "Cup and Saucer",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.658"
}

{
    "id": "16135",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.658",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cup and Saucer",
    "description": "This vibrant turquoise ground color, known as \"bleu céleste,\" was one of the earliest colors developed at the Vincennes manufactory.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1754",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.658",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "cups (drinking vessels)",
        "saucers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.658_DetA_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.658_DetA_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.658_DetA_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.2,
            "height": 15.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/4 x W: 5 15/16 in. (8.2 x 15.1 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Factory Mark] On saucer",
        "in blue: Intertwined Lls; [Date] On saucer",
        "in blue: B (1754); [Decorator's Mark] On saucer: F. (perhaps Fillet",
        "Firens",
        "or Fontelliau)"
    ],
    "med": "soft paste porcelain",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4819"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_48.658_DetA_B_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e316739cfdf2f5c2"
}