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{
    "localId": "24251",
    "label": "Toothbrush Dish with the Monogram of William T. Walters",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2223"
}

{
    "id": "24251",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2223",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Toothbrush Dish with the Monogram of William T. Walters",
    "description": "This toothbrush 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/48.2223",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "dishes"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2223_SideB_DD_T14.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2223_SideB_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2223_SideB_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.9,
            "height": 21.7,
            "depth": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/8 × W: 8 9/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (7.9 × 21.7 × 9 cm); Dish H: 1 1/2 × W: 8 1/4 × D: 3 5/16 in. (3.8 × 21 × 8.4 cm); Lid H: 1 11/16 × W: 8 9/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (4.3 × 21.7 × 9 cm)"
}

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

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    "seq": 7,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.2223_Mrks_DD_T14.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1dd5099744765c27"
}