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{
    "localId": "6153",
    "label": "Watch case and chatelaine",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.83"
}

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    "id": "6153",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.83",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Watch case and chatelaine",
    "description": "This gold watch hangs on a 5 inch chatelaine. It is likely German-made for the English market. The case is gold, engraved and set with plaques of green jasper. Inside is stamped \"A.G.\" The backplate is engraved \"Bond, London.\"",
    "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. 3);  Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1750",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.83",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.83_Fnt_NG_1099.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.83_Fnt_NG_1099.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.83_Fnt_NG_1099.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L of chatelaine: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm); Diam of watch: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Initials] Inside: A.G.; [Inscription] Engraved on backplate: Bond",
        "London"
    ],
    "med": "gold, green jasper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_58.83_Fnt_NG_1099.jpg",
    "mediaId": "210cb13bf9712853"
}