Pair of Casters
Jacob Hurd
1740–1750
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 12.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm (5 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- condiment vessel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
american artssilvercondiment vesseldiningamerican decorative artsDrinkingdecorative arts
About
These casters, which may have originally been two in a set of three, were used for spice and mustard. A larger, matching caster would have held sugar. The pair was designed in a baluster shape, which became a popular Rococo form. The flared bases and decorative pierced work on the tops indicate the Rococo ornament was fashionable before midcentury.
