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{
    "localId": "29123",
    "label": "Centerpiece",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1852"
}

{
    "id": "29123",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1852",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Centerpiece",
    "description": "This delicate table centerpiece exemplifies the exuberant version of the rococo style associated with Augsburg.  It is composed of C and S scrolls, a swan, and marine motifs, including jets of water and shells in an asymmetrical arrangement.",
    "provenance": "A. Rütschi;  Sale, Galerie Jurg Stuker, Bern, Switzerland, November 26-27, 1954, no. 260, pl. 18;  Walters Art Museum, 1954, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1760",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1852",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "plateaus (containers)",
        "centerpieces"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1852_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1852_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1852_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 31,
            "height": 26
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in. (31 x 26 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] G.B.",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5433"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3061"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_57.1852_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e7be0769b5ed903d"
}