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Source Description
On the front, Cupid leads a couple of "pilgrims of love" to the seashore, where they will embark for the enchanting island of Cythera that, according to mythology, is dedicated to Venus. The back of the object is fitted with grooves to accommodate the metal grater used for pulverizing tobacco for smoking.
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Document identity
localId
20344
label
Tobacco Grater with Pilgrims of Cythera
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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20344
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object
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normalized
title
Tobacco Grater with Pilgrims of Cythera
description
On the front, Cupid leads a couple of "pilgrims of love" to the seashore, where they will embark for the enchanting island of Cythera that, according to mythology, is dedicated to Venus. The back of the object is fitted with grooves to accommodate the metal grater used for pulverizing tobacco for smoking.
provenance
[Paris]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1780
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
graters
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)
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med
ivory
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6229
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EAN
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215
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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56399ad5e909a9f7