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    "localId": "7529",
    "label": "Cartridge Box",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.562"
}

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    "id": "7529",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.562",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cartridge Box",
    "description": "Beginning in the 1500s, pre-measured, paper-wrapped charges were used by foot soldiers and cavalry. They were carried in special, water-resistant containers. Boxes of this type were worn on the front of the thigh for easy access by a horseman reloading his wheel-lock firearm. The embossed relief of two Turks fighting was created by the repoussé technique (hammering from the back).",
    "provenance": "Clements;  Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 21;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1570-1580 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.562",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "cartridge boxes",
        "cases"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.562_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.562_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "iron, wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR",
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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