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    "localId": "4683",
    "label": "Gold engraved watch with moss agate plaques",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.87"
}

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    "id": "4683",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.87",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Gold engraved watch with moss agate plaques",
    "description": "The circular gold case of this watch is engraved and set with plaques of moss agate. The backplate is engraved, \"Jno. Kolem, London, 175.\" The watch is probably English made for the Dutch market.",
    "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. 35);  Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1750",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.87",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.87_Fnt_NG_1101.jpg",
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    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription] Engraved on backplate: Jno",
        "Kolem",
        "London",
        "175."
    ],
    "med": "gold, moss agate",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6197"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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