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{
    "localId": "26094",
    "label": "Cigarette Case in the Style of Fabergé with the Initials of Henry Walters",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2002"
}

{
    "id": "26094",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2002",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cigarette Case in the Style of Fabergé with the Initials of Henry Walters",
    "description": "Henry Walters purchased this cigarette case in Paris. The style, which recalls similar items by Fabergé, was popular at the time. This object shows obvious signs of use; it was functional and personal, rather than a museum piece.",
    "provenance": "Purchased by Henry Walters, Paris, 1920s. Inherited by Laura Delano, after 1931; given to Walters Art Musuem, 1972.",
    "date": "1920-1931",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2002",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cigarette boxes"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.2002_Fnt_DD_T14.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.2002_Fnt_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.2002_Fnt_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 12,
    "pageCount": 12,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.7,
            "height": 8,
            "depth": 7.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11/16 × W: 1/8 × D: 2 15/16 in. (1.7 × 8 × 7.5 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Maker's mark] horizontal lozenge with LR and a rose between the initials; [Assay mark] two eagle stamps; [Initials] HW",
    "med": "green jade with ruby inlay and gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "33853"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 7,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_57.2002_FntOpn_DD_AT19_0381-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8100866220bcf5dd"
}