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{
    "localId": "6287",
    "label": "Watch with Chain and Pendant Key",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.46"
}

{
    "id": "6287",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.46",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Watch with Chain and Pendant Key",
    "description": "On the back of the watch is a pierced plaque with diamonds set in the design of a basket and floral spray.  The front of the case is engraved and enameled with scenes of doves and animals in a landscape.  The winding key is painted with a fancy portrait of a young girl.",
    "provenance": "Henry Story, London [probably the importer- piece is inscribed: Story, London];  Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1820",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.46",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches",
        "chains",
        "keys",
        "miniatures (paintings)",
        "portraits"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_58.46_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_58.46_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_58.46_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] P.T. (?) M.; [Assayer] Head of an eagle used by the  Bureau de garantie de Paris (Assayer's office) between January 1847 and 1919.",
    "med": "gold, enamel, glass, diamond, and silver case and key, watercolor on ivory portrait",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6290"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2689"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_58.46_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ccc421bd8c94f62a"
}