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        "id": 133466,
        "accession_number": "1956.113.b",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Snail Necklace-Pin (Necklace Chain), 1956. John Paul Miller (American, 1918\u20132013). Gold; pendant: 6.1 x 2.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 in.); chain: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Silver Jubilee Treasure Fund, 1956.113.b",
        "current_location": null,
        "title": "Snail Necklace-Pin (Necklace Chain)",
        "creation_date": "1956",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1956,
        "creation_date_latest": 1956,
        "artists_tags": [
            "May Show",
            "male",
            "Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)",
            "Cleveland School",
            "LGBTQ+ (after 1900)",
            "Cleveland Institute of Art (faculty)"
        ],
        "culture": [
            "America"
        ],
        "technique": "gold",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Decorative Arts",
        "type": "Jewelry",
        "measurements": "Pendant: 6.1 x 2.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 in.); Chain: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "pendant": {
                "height": 0.061,
                "height_inch": 2,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.375,
                "width": 0.026,
                "width_inch": 1,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.0
            },
            "chain": {
                "length": 0.369,
                "length_inch": 14,
                "length_inch_fraction": 0.5
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 702409,
                    "title": "Work of John Paul Miller",
                    "description": "<i>Work of John Paul Miller</i>. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (March 1-April 20, 1957).",
                    "opening_date": "1957-03-01T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 516359,
                    "title": "American Craftsmen",
                    "description": "<i>American Craftsmen</i>. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (organizer) (October 9-November 13, 1966).",
                    "opening_date": "1966-10-09T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 445531,
                    "title": "Untitled Exhibition",
                    "description": "<i>Untitled Exhibition</i>. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 12, 1971).",
                    "opening_date": "1971-08-15T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 227895,
                    "title": "EDUCATORS/EDUCATED: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio",
                    "description": "<i>EDUCATORS/EDUCATED: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio</i>. Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH (organizer) (November 18, 2004-January 23, 2005); The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (February 19-May 29, 2005); The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 25-July 29, 2005).",
                    "opening_date": "2004-11-18T00:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "Riffe Gallery, Columbus (11/18/2004 - 1/23/2005), Butler Institute of American Art (2/19/2005 - 5/29/2005), and Cleveland Institute of Art (6/25/2005 - 7/29/2005):",
                    "opening_date": "2004-11-18T00:00:00"
                }
            ]
        },
        "provenance": [],
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        "former_accession_numbers": [],
        "did_you_know": null,
        "early_education_description": null,
        "artlens_description": null,
        "description": "Artist John Paul Miller demonstrates a mastery of metalworking techniques in this snail pendant brooch. Miller often used a technique he rediscovered in the early 1950s whereby gold granulation was applied to the surface to decorate the snail\u2019s body and antennae, while multicolored enameling enlivens its shell.",
        "external_resources": {
            "wikidata": [
                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80025786"
            ],
            "internet_archive": []
        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "John Paul Miller Entry Card to 1956 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
                "page_number": null,
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS11119/"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Miller, John Paul. John Paul Miller collection. 1850-2010, bulk 1940-2000. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
                "page_number": null,
                "url": "http://library.clevelandart.org/john-paul-miller-collection"
            }
        ],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.113.b",
        "images": {},
        "alternate_images": [],
        "creditline": "Silver Jubilee Treasure Fund",
        "image_credit": null,
        "sketchfab_id": null,
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        "gallery_donor_text": null,
        "athena_id": 133466,
        "creators": [
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                "id": 56027,
                "description": "John Paul Miller (American, 1918\u20132013)",
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                "qualifier": null,
                "role": "artist",
                "biography": null,
                "name_in_original_language": null,
                "birth_year": "1918",
                "death_year": "2013",
                "use_in_caption": true,
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                "weight": 1
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        ],
        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1956-04-03T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1956,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "1956",
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        "record_type": "part",
        "conservation_statement": null,
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        "cover_accession_number": "1956.113",
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [],
        "is_highlight": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:49:27.453000"
    }
}