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        "accession_number": "1966.487",
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        "tombstone": "Hand Seal, 1904\u20131908. Hjalmar Armfelt (Finnish, 1873\u20131959), firm of Peter Carl Faberg\u00e9 (Russian, 1846\u20131920). Gold, enamel, purpurine, diamonds; overall: 4.2 x 1.5 cm (1 5/8 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.487",
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        "title": "Hand Seal",
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            "Russia, St. Petersburg"
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        "technique": "gold, enamel, purpurine, diamonds",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Decorative Arts",
        "type": "Miscellaneous",
        "measurements": "Overall: 4.2 x 1.5 cm (1 5/8 x 9/16 in.)",
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            }
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 301086,
                    "title": "The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries",
                    "description": "<i>The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 1967-January 21, 1968).",
                    "opening_date": "1967-03-15T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 301129,
                    "title": "Year in Review: 1967",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).",
                    "opening_date": "1967-11-29T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 208794,
                    "title": "Faberg\u00e9 in America",
                    "description": "<i>Faberg\u00e9 in America</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 12-May 5, 1996); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (organizer) (May 25-July 28, 1996); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (August 24-November 2, 1996); New Orleans Museum of Art (December 7, 1996-February 8, 1997); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-May 11, 1997).",
                    "opening_date": "1996-02-12T00:00:00"
                }
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                {
                    "description": "The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2/12/96-4/28/96); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (5/25/96-7/28/96); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (8/24/96-11/2/96); New Orleans Museum of Art (12/7/96-2/8/97); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/9/97-5/11/97).  \"Faberg\u00e9 in America,\" exh. cat. no. 84, p. 107; color repr. p. 107.",
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                "description": "the letter A engraved on the seal is said to be in the handwriting of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, suggesting that the seal was made for her; India E. Minshall, Cleveland, Ohio.",
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            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1966.487-hand-seal"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Hawley, Henry. <em>Faberg\u00e9 and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 55; mentioned: p. 54, cat. 22",
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                "biography": "Supplied most of the gifts exchanged by relatives of the imperial family in Russia, Denmark, Germany, and England for christenings, name days, birthdays, Christmas, and Easter.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-08-03 14:17:39.498000"
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