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    "localId": "3641",
    "label": "Enameled Watch with the Holy Family and Saint John",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.142"
}

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    "id": "3641",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.142",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Enameled Watch with the Holy Family and Saint John",
    "description": "This watch is a mixture of the work of a number of different makers from France and Switzerland. The circular gold case of this watch is enameled and painted with a scene of the Holy Family and St. John the Baptist. The watch strikes the hours and the half hours.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Movement, case backs: 1640-1660; Case rims: ca. 1710 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.142",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches",
        "watchcases"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.142_Fnt_NG_1118.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.2,
            "height": 6,
            "depth": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/4 × Diam: 2 3/8 × D: 1 1/4 in. (8.2 × 6 × 3.2 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Huault Freres; [Inscription] Engraved on movement: Fortin a Paris.",
    "med": "painted enamel, gold, and glass case; enamel, copper, and gold dial; partially gilded brass, steel, and silver movement",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229",
        "15603",
        "15604"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR",
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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