Caster (one of a set of three)

Lewis Mettayer British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 509

Used for serving sugar, dry mustard, and pepper, sets of three casters were standard components of an eighteenth-century silver table setting. Like the dessert dishes above, this set was part of the large service made for Sir Paul Methuen’s embassy to Spain. It is engraved with the arms of George I rather than with Methuen’s, an indication to his guests that he represented the English crown.

Caster (one of a set of three), Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700–died 1740), Gilded silver, British, London

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Caster (one of a set of three), Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700–died 1740), Gilded silver, British, London
Caster (one of a set of three), Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700–died 1740), Gilded silver, British, London

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