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Caster (or castor) (Pepper castor or shaker)
1680-1720
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Probably Andalusia; Spain; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1958.0134
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1958.0134
Object Name
Caster (or castor) (Pepper castor or shaker)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Probably Andalusia; Spain; Europe
Date
1680-1720
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Pierced
- Pincered
Dimensions (inches)
2.953 (H) x 3.051 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.5 (H) x 7.75 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 270, p. 292Book: Mikhailova, Olga E. 1974 Spanish Glass in the Hermitage/Spanisches Glas aus der Ermitage.
• Taller version of "pepper shaker" with same general profile and upper and lower details: no. 77, with applied upper and lower bands having designs impressed with pattern pincers. Andalusia(?), Spain, late 17th/early 18th century.