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{
    "localId": "26053",
    "label": "Enameled Watch with the Virgin and Child and Joseph",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.165"
}

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    "id": "26053",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.165",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Enameled Watch with the Virgin and Child and Joseph",
    "description": "This example retains the original highly decorated enamel dial.  The introduction of white enamel made reading the time much easier.  On the reverse of the case is a painted enamel scene of the Holy Family.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1690",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.165",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches",
        "cases"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.165_Fnt_NG_1104.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.165_Fnt_NG_1104.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.4,
            "height": 3.2,
            "depth": 1.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/4 × Diam: 1 1/4 × W: 5/8 in. (4.4 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Schlecher à Paris",
    "med": "gold, glass, and painted enamel case; gold and enamel dial; partially gilded brass, steel, and silver movement",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15363",
        "3475"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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