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    "localId": "21202",
    "label": "Octagonal Watch with Rock Crystal Case",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.28"
}

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    "id": "21202",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.28",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Octagonal Watch with Rock Crystal Case",
    "description": "Many 17th-century watches were made with cases incorporating rock crystal.  This semiprecious stone introduced an added element of luxury and also, in this context, served as a symbol for eternity by recalling the crystalline sphere traditionally described as constituting the outermost edge of the universe.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1623 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.28",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Timepieces, Clocks & Watches",
        "watches"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.8,
            "height": 3.6,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 5/16 × W: 1 7/16 × D: 7/8 in. (5.8 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature",
        "location and date]  Gerardus Brand fecit Amsterdam 1623"
    ],
    "med": "rock crystal, gold, and champlevé enamel case; gold and champlevé enamel dial; partially gilded brass and steel movement",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6227",
        "15355"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994"
    ]
}

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