The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Caster

c. 1735
fabricated by

John Burt

(American, 1693–1746)
America, Massachusetts, Boston
silver
Overall: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.); with handle: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); without handle: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Gift of Hollis French 1940.161
Location: Not on view
  • Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142 Mentioned: p. 134 www.jstor.org
    Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 16
  • Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
  • {{cite web|title=Caster|url=false|author=John Burt|year=c. 1735|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.161