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    "localId": "26820",
    "label": "Enameled Watch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.123"
}

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    "id": "26820",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.123",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Enameled Watch",
    "description": "Enameled watches from the first half of the 1600s are exceedingly rare. These watches were purchased for their cases, as show pieces; the movements inserted in them were of a lower quality and poor timekeepers even for the period.The scintillating appearance of the green is achieved by engraving the surface of the gold case with a dense floral pattern, which was then coated with transparent green enamel.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1650-1660 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.123",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches",
        "cases"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.123_Fnt_NG_1100.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.2,
            "height": 4,
            "depth": 1.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/16 × Diam: 1 9/16 × D: 9/16 in. (5.2 × 4 × 1.4 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "gold, glass, and basse-taille and painted enamel case; basse-taille and painted enamel and gold dial; partially gilded brass and steel movement",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6983"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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