Title: Taperstick
Object type: Taperstick
Date: 1778–79
Artist:  Samuel Meriton 
Artist bio: British, active from 1739
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver gilt
Dimensions: Overall: 2 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. (5.7 × 9.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Gift of Louise and David Braver, 2006
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY