English Diamond Cut Pepper Castor

Object NamePepper Caster with Cap

Made FromLead Glass, Silver

Dateabout 1800-1810

Place MadeEngland

Techniqueblown, cut, ground, polished, molded

SizeOverall H: 12.4 cm

Accession Number62.2.7

Credit LineGift of Miss M. G. Deavenport

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut. (a) Barrel shape, with ground short, cylindrical rim; above a flared neck with two heavy, diamond-cut, trailed neck rings, panel cut between, above, and below; cylindrical sides, with band of cut nailhead diamonds above a panel of swirled cut flutes; polished bottom with polished pontil mark. (b) Domed, silver top, with pierced holes arrayed around a central domed boss; sharp, molded rim; cylindrical collar with pairs of incised lines above and below, hallmarked "TC" in an oval, and an indecipherable mark in an oval.
Provenance

Source M. G. Deavenport - 1962