The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Caster with Lid

c. 1720
fabricated by

Andrew Tyler

(American, 1692–1741)
America, Massachusetts, Boston
silver
with handle: 8.5 x 6.7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Gift of Hollis French 1940.273
Location: Not on view

Description

A caster was used to spread a finely ground substance, probably pepper.
  • Hollis French, Annisquam, MA.
  • Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. mentioned & reproduced P 155 library.clevelandart.org
  • Exhibition of French, English, and American Silver in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (June 10-July 15, 1956).
  • {{cite web|title=Caster with Lid |url=false|author=Andrew Tyler|year=c. 1720|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.273