Covered Caster
Maker
Ambrose Stevenson
CultureEnglish
Date1711-1712
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 7 x 3 in. (17.8 x 7.6 cm)
InscribedHallmarks (stamped on bottom): Black letter small q (date letter for 1711-1712); Figure of Britannia (sterling standard); Lion's head erased (sterling standard); AS (maker's mark).
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.80
Not on view
Label TextAmbrose Stevenson
English, London (active ca. 1707-20)
Caster, 1711-12
Silver
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 78.80
Casters are vessels with open-worked lids used for sprinkling sugar, spices, and pepper over food. They became particularly popular during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and they were often made in sets of three. The largest container held sugar with a pierced cover suitable to encourage the flow. The other smaller casters most often held Jamaican and black pepper, respectively.
Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/1989.
1902-1903
