Cruet Stand

Myer Myers

1765–76 · Silver · The American Wing

Quintessentially rococo is this frame to hold condiment containers for the dinner table. Sugar, pepper, and other spices would have been dispensed from silver casters and oil and vinegar from glass cruets. Most silver cruet stands used in America were imported from England and were equipped, as is this New York example, with a central openwork handle, shell feet, and an asymmetrical cartouche for an engraved armorial or script monogram.

Artist

Myer Myers

Date

1765–76

Medium

Silver

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Gift, 1987