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.

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