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{
    "localId": "36441",
    "label": "Box with Watch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.240"
}

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    "id": "36441",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.240",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Box with Watch",
    "description": "This box is octagonal in form. A watch is mounted in its top and its base is a hinged plate that opens to reveal an interior compartment.",
    "provenance": "Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] [on 1893 list, no. 33]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1775",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.240",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches",
        "boxes"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.240_Fnt_NG_1096.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.240_Fnt_NG_1096.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.2,
            "height": 5.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/16 x W: 2 3/16 in. (6.2 x 5.5 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] On backplate of the watch: Thos. Broome",
        "London 2025"
    ],
    "med": "agate, gold, glass, enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15474"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2689"
    ]
}

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