Title: Caster (one of a set of three)
Object type: Caster
Date: 1714/15
Artist:  Lewis Mettayer 
Artist bio: British, active 1700–died 1740
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gilded silver
Dimensions: confirmed: 6 5/8 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in., 12.309oz. (16.9 × 5.7 × 5.7 cm, 349g)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY