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    "localId": "82419",
    "label": "Salt Cellar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.785"
}

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    "id": "82419",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.785",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Salt Cellar",
    "description": "The proverb in Slavonic is bordered by two raised bands each decorated with spiral decoration in light and dark blue punctuated by two foil-backed red blossoms.  Although the maker's mark has not been positively identified, it is thought to be that of Dimitrii Ivanovich Orlov (1840-1872).",
    "provenance": "Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C.; by beques to Walters Art Museum, 2010.",
    "date": "1873",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.785",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "dishes",
        "saltcellars"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.785_Fnt_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.785_Fnt_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.4,
            "height": 9.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/4 x Diam: 3 3/4 in. (4.4 x 9.5 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Marks] In Cyrillic: 88",
        "VS over 1873",
        "D.I.O.; [Translation] Victor Savinkov",
        "Moscow assay master",
        "act: 1855-1888; [Inscription] In Old Slavonic in dark blue enamel around circumference:  Without Salt",
        "Without Bread [makes for] Meager Conversation"
    ],
    "med": "silver gilding, champlevé enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "31571"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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