Caster
Unknown Artist
Although eighteenth-century American silver casters were often made in sets for sugar and spices, almost no complete sets have survived. This caster is part of a set of three (1972.233.1a,b -.3a,b) made by Adrian Bancker, a prominent New York silversmith. It is almost identical to a set now in the Museum of the City of New York.
Credit: Sansbury-Mills Fund, 1972
c. 1735
Silver
17.5 x 6.4 cm
1972.233.1a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
