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{
    "localId": "25373",
    "label": "Coffee Mug with the Monogram of William T. Walters",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1874"
}

{
    "id": "25373",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1874",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Coffee Mug with the Monogram of William T. Walters",
    "description": "This white porcelain coffee cup has the monogram of William T. Walters in gold as well as gold rims.Monogrammed dining services were essential items in wealthy 19th-century households. The diaries of George A. Lucas, a Paris-based art agent, record that he and William were coordinating the ordering of a set of monogrammed Sèvres porcelain in late 1864. More items were ordered in the following years, from Sèvres or directly from Pillivuyt, often by the dozen.",
    "provenance": "Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1864; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931 [1].[1] Found in the former Walters residence at 5 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore",
    "date": "1864",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1874",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cups (drinking vessels)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.1874_BotMrk_DD_T14.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.1874_BotMrk_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.1874_BotMrk_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.3,
            "height": 8.5,
            "depth": 6.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/2 × W with handles: 3 3/8 × D: 2 7/16 in. (6.3 × 8.5 × 6.2 cm)"
}

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

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.1874_Det_DD_T14.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0e55d3591b78db08"
}