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        "tombstone": "Powder Flask, c. 1590. Italy, 16th century. Gilt brass over fabric covered wood; overall: 19.4 x 12.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.666",
        "current_location": "210B Firearms",
        "title": "Powder Flask",
        "creation_date": "c. 1590",
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                    "title": "Armor Court Reinstallation",
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                "description": "Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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        "did_you_know": "This powder flask depicts a mythological scene that precipitated the Trojan War. Here we see the Trojan prince Paris giving a golden apple to Aphrodite, the goddess who reciprocates by offering him the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Sparta.",
        "description": "Luxury powder flasks served as highly visible badges of ranks. Many highly decorated flasks, like this example, embody all the allure and characteristics of a work of art. This flask depicts an ancient Greek story in which the youthful Paris must reward the most beautiful woman in the world with a golden apple.",
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                "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.",
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                "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
                "page_number": "Mention: p. 155, F36",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n229"
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                "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
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                "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
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