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    "localId": "20254",
    "label": "Cross-Shaped Pendant Watch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.110"
}

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    "id": "20254",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.110",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cross-Shaped Pendant Watch",
    "description": "The enameled scenes include the Madonna and Child, two pairs of cherubs, and the youthful St. John the Baptist with his sheep.  Engraved on the reverse is passage from the Gospel of Luke (1:28-29).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.110",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches",
        "cases"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription] Engraved on reverse",
        "from the Gospel of Luke (1:28-29): Ave Maria"
    ],
    "med": "silver-gilt with enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6290"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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