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Caster, sugar

Description

Small silver sugar castor with a pyriform body with central fillet and an engraved cartouche containing a coat-of-arms: English, London, by Christopher Canner I, 1705 - 1706

Museum reference

A.1943.256 B

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Caster, sugar

Production information

Canner, Christopher (I), 1694 - 1706 (fl.), Silversmith
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1705 - 1706

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Sugar castors, A.1943.256 - A

Exhibitions

  • Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
    National Museum of Scotland

On display

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