Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
A caster was used to spread a finely ground substance, probably pepper.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
119381
label
Caster (lid)
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
119381
contentType
object
title
Caster (lid)
description
A caster was used to spread a finely ground substance, probably pepper.
date
c. 1720
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757523
creators
8467
genreSpecific
Silver
imageCount
1
source
import
cul
America, Massachusetts, Boston
accession
1940.273.b
Source extras
tec
silver
tombstone
Caster (lid), c. 1720. Andrew Tyler (American, 1692–1741). Silver. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hollis French, 1940.273.b
collection
Decorative Arts
formerAccessionNumbers
709.1916
creditline
Gift of Hollis French
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:10:00.409000
sourceId
119381
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
med
silver
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
fbaf6ba501643936