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    "localId": "16848",
    "label": "Bonbonnière with Marine Life",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.443"
}

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    "id": "16848",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.443",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bonbonnière with Marine Life",
    "description": "This circular box, known as a \"bonbonnière,\" was used to hold sweets.  The top and bottom are carved with panels of sea monsters and other marine motifs.",
    "provenance": "Mackay and Chisholm, Edinburgh;  Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1730-1750",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.443",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "comfit boxes",
        "bonbonnieres"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.5,
            "height": 3.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "W: : 2 9/16 × D: 1 7/16 in. (6.5 × 3.7 cm)"
}

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    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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