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    "localId": "90377",
    "label": "Clock with Rectangular Base in the Form of a Fountain",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2012.21.1"
}

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    "id": "90377",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2012.21.1",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Clock with Rectangular Base in the Form of a Fountain",
    "description": "French mantle clock with enamel dial and cast case. The clock is in the form of a fountain topped with a jug, a dish, a winged insect, and doves. Two satyr-masques on either side of the clock have jets of \"water\" falling from their mouths into two basins below. The dial is decorated with a ripple pattern in concentric circles. The lower part of the clock is decorated with a floral frieze, and the clock stands on four ball feet.",
    "provenance": "Dr. James R. Duke, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1820",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2012.21.1",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "clocks"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2012.21.1_3Qtr_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2012.21.1_3Qtr_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 36.8,
            "height": 20.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 14 1/2 x W: 8 in. (36.83 x 20.32 cm)"
}

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    "med": "ormolu, enamel on copper",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_TL.2012.21.1_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
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