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{
    "localId": "17156",
    "label": "Sponge Dish with the Monogram of William T. Walters",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2220"
}

{
    "id": "17156",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2220",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sponge Dish with the Monogram of William T. Walters",
    "description": "This sponge dish comes from a monogrammed toilet set that was ordered by William T. Walters in 1867. In spring 1868 it was packed and shipped to Baltimore, along with linens and curtains.",
    "provenance": "Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1867. Acquired by Philip B. Perlman, Baltimore, mid 20th century (?); by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1960.",
    "date": "ca. 1862; gilded 1867",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2220",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "dishes",
        "sponges",
        "lids"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2220_VwA_DD_T14.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2220_VwA_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2220_VwA_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15,
            "height": 18.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 7/8 × Diam: 7 1/4 in. (15 × 18.4 cm); Dish H: 2 11/16 × Diam: 7 1/4 in. (6.9 × 18.4 cm); Lid H: 3 9/16 ×Diam: 6 5/16 in. (9 × 16.1 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "porcelain",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229",
        "1916"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 5,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.2220_TopDet_DD_T14.jpg",
    "mediaId": "2afa3173800ccb60"
}