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    "localId": "16825",
    "label": "Priming Flask",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.557"
}

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    "id": "16825",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.557",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Priming Flask",
    "description": "This is for the finely ground priming powder that was added to the pan in the lock. This would have been appropriate as a gift for the owner of a wheel-lock pistol. Such gifts were an integral part of (male) courtly culture.",
    "provenance": "Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 32;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1590-1600",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.557",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "powder flasks"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.557_NF_3738-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.557_NF_3738-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.5,
            "height": 6.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/8 x 2 11/16 in. (8.5 x 6.9 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gilded copper alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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