Caster (one of a set of three)
Lewis Mettayer
1714/15 · Gilded silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Used for serving sugar, dry mustard, and pepper, sets of three casters were standard components of an eighteenth-century silver table setting. Like the dessert dishes above, this set was part of the large service made for Sir Paul Methuen’s embassy to Spain. It is engraved with the arms of George I rather than with Methuen’s, an indication to his guests that he represented the English crown.
- Artist
- Lewis Mettayer
- Date
- 1714/15
- Medium
- Gilded silver
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
