Title: Caster
Object type: Caster
Date: 1780–96
Culture: American
Artist:  Samuel Johnson 
Artist bio: 1720–1796
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/4 x 1 15/16 in. (9.5 x 4.9 cm); 3 oz. 5 dwt. (100.3 g)
Foot: Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Body: H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); 2 oz. 17 dwt. (87.9 g)
Cover: H. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); 8 dwt. (12.4 g)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, in memory of the families of John L. Riker and Jonathan Amory Haskell, 1940
Geography: Made in New York New York  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY