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    "localId": "21516",
    "label": "Pen Box from the Gun Set of Mahmud I",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.78"
}

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    "id": "21516",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.78",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pen Box from the Gun Set of Mahmud I",
    "description": "This is part of the so-called \"Turkish Hunting Set\" consisting of the Ottoman gun (Walters 51.84) and various accessories contained within a large Parisian case (Walters 64.165). The pen box fits into the butt of the gun and itself contains a pen holder (Walters 51.87) and a knife (Walters 57.620). It also has an inkwell in the end that opens.",
    "provenance": "Robert S. Pardo, Istanbul; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "ca. 1732 (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.78",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "pen boxes"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 5,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.4,
            "height": 3.2,
            "depth": 18.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 15/16 × W: 1 1/4 × L: 7 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.2 × 18.6 cm)"
}

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    "RelatedObjects": [
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    "med": "gilded silver, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels)",
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    "collection_ids": [
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        "2827",
        "3334"
    ]
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