Title: Pepper Caster
Object type: Caster
Date: 1730–45
Culture: American
Artist:  John Burt 
Artist bio: 1692/93–1745/46
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 5 3/16 x 1 3/4 in. (13.2 x 4.4 cm); 2 oz. 15 dwt. (86.1 g)
Body: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); 2 oz. 2 dwt. (64.6 g)
Cover: H. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); 14 dwt. (21.5 g)
Foot: Diam. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Geography: Made in Boston Massachusetts  United States New England     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY