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{
    "localId": "99113",
    "label": "Miquelet Lock",
    "core": "obj",
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}

{
    "id": "99113",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Miquelet Lock",
    "date": "late 1600s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.72",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60779681"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.72/1918.72_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 11.8 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm (4 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Spain, late 17th Century"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.72"
}

{
    "tec": "steel, inlaid with gold and silver",
    "tombstone": "Miquelet Lock, late 1600s. Spain, late 17th Century. Steel, inlaid with gold and silver; overall: 11.8 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm (4 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1918.72",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "on plate: AVS/TRIA; on frizzen: En Cordova"
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 169, F84",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n243"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.72",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:21:18.231000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.72/1918.72_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 99113,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
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    "image_url": null
}

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