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{
    "localId": "82505",
    "label": "Cup and Saucer",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.843"
}

{
    "id": "82505",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.843",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cup and Saucer",
    "description": "Both the cup and saucer are pierced in overlapping, semilunar patterns, which have been filled with red and blue translucent enamel. The monogram ETW appears on the saucer.",
    "provenance": "Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., May 25, 1977, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.",
    "date": "1893",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.843",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cups (drinking vessels)",
        "saucers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.843.1_Side_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.843.1_Side_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_44.843.1_Side_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam of cup: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Diam of saucer: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Mark] On base of cup: MADE FOR TIFFANY & CO; [Mark] Assay mark on base of cup in Cyrillic: LO  (Lek Fedorovich Oleks",
        "act: 1890-96)",
        "88; [Mark] Town mark on base of cup: St George facing left; [Mark] On base of saucer: MADE FOR TIFFANY & CO; [Maker's mark] On base of saucer in Latin: AK; [Mark] Assay mark on base of saucer  in Cyrillic: LO over 1893",
        "88; [Mark] Town mark on base of saucer: St George facing left",
        "Moscow; [Inventory number] Scratches on base of saucer: 8171; [Monogram] On saucer: ETW"
    ],
    "med": "silver gilding, plique-à-jour enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2979",
        "3561"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2761"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_44.843.2_Fnt_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "34da682610f153ea"
}