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{
    "localId": "2848",
    "label": "Spoon with Foliage",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.892"
}

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    "id": "2848",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.892",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Spoon with Foliage",
    "description": "In 1903 Henry Walters traveled to Istanbul (capital of present-day Turkey) on board his steam yacht, Narada. Here he bought more than 20 items decorated with gilding and jewels from the dealer R. S. Pardo, including this ornate spoon. These purchases were detailed in a handwritten book presented by Pardo to Henry. The stem of the spoon is decorated with foliage in relief set with colored stones. The bowl is made of carved translucent ruby or spinel.",
    "provenance": "R. S. Pardo, Constantinople; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.892",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "spoons"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.1,
            "height": 1.7,
            "depth": 1.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 3/4 × W: 11/16 × D: 1/2 in. (12.1 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "gilded silver, rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls), semiprecious stones",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6768"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_57.892_Fnt_DD_AT19_0350-tms.jpg",
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