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    "localId": "40390",
    "label": "Silver watch with formal designs",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.67"
}

{
    "id": "40390",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.67",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Silver watch with formal designs",
    "description": "This German made silver watch has an English signature. The loose outer case is engraved with formal yet playful designs in relief, including rabbits, a squirrel and birds, on a ground of black enamel. A gilt metal key is attached to the watch by a cord.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1730",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.67",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.67_Fnt_NG_3521.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Name and location] Engraved on backplate: Graham London [for George of William Graham]",
    "med": "silver with black enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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