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    "localId": "22997",
    "label": "Tablet Case with Landscape Scene",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.774"
}

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    "id": "22997",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.774",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tablet Case with Landscape Scene",
    "description": "Small but finely decorated tablet cases were often exchanged as personal gifts, as implied by the French inscription on this example: Souvenir d'Amitié (souvenir of friendship). Their flattened cylindrical shape made them suitable for carrying in a pocket. This case contains an ivory tablet and a pencil for taking notes. The ivory could easily be rubbed clean when a new note needed to be taken. This example still contains traces of writing from a previous owner.",
    "date": "ca. 1780",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.774",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "tablets",
        "case"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.3,
            "height": 4.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 11/16 x W: 1 15/16 in. (9.3 x 4.9 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "Cover inscription in gold on enamel: SOUVENIE D'AMITIE",
    "med": "gold, enamel, steel, ivory, wood, lead and graphite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6290"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2759"
    ]
}

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