Pair of Casters
Jacob Hurd
1740–50
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
12.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm (5 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
condiment vessel
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90621
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.