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    "localId": "77417",
    "label": "Pair of Wheellock Pistols",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.47 (51.445, 51.446)"
}

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    "id": "77417",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.47 (51.445, 51.446)",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pair of Wheellock Pistols",
    "description": "The imperial double-headed eagle on the silver cap of the butt may indicate that this pair of pistols belonged to or was a gift from a member of the Habsburg imperial family, perhaps Emperor Ferdinand III (1608-1657). In any case, it is of the high quality that Ferdinand used as a commander in the imperial army.",
    "provenance": "Thewalt;  Sale, Cologne, 1903, no. 1700;  Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 141;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1630-1640",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.47 (51.445, 51.446)",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "wheel locks",
        "pistols"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "wood (mahogany), steel, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15211",
        "6521"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ARM",
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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