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{
    "localId": "9994",
    "label": "Combination Sword and Wheel-Lock Pistol",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.509"
}

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    "id": "9994",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.509",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Combination Sword and Wheel-Lock Pistol",
    "description": "This is a rare example of a type of combination weapon coveted by princes fascinated with innovative mechanical technology combined with fine detailing etched in the steel. A similar one was made for Elector Christian I of Saxony by Bernhard Albrecht, about 1590. Emperor Rudolf II also acquired one about the same time.",
    "provenance": "Richard Zschille, Grossenhain, Saxony (?);  Sale, London, January 25, 1897, no. 114 (?);  Samuel H. Austin, Philadelphia  [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?);  Sale, New York, February 24, 1917, no. 603 (?);  Harding [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1580-1590 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.509",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "swords",
        "pistols"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.509_Gp_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.509_Gp_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.509_Gp_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "45 1/4 in. (114.9 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "partially gilded steel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR",
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_51.509_Gp_BW.jpg",
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