Sugar Caster

Date1713-1714

Artist/Maker Jacob Margas

MediumSilver; gold (silver-gilt)

DimensionsOH: 8 13/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975-183

DescriptionCast finial of compressed baluster form and octagonal plan with rivet attachment through caste fluted calyx soldered to top of cover; tall domed cover of octagonal plan with each panel pierced with the same flowering urn design; cover cast in four parts vertically with the seams at the corners between every other panel; short bezel on cover with two small lugs fitting notches in rim of body to form a bayonet fitting; body of elongated baluster form and octagonal plan with molded rim above a short contracted neck and elaborately molded splayed foot; body, like cover, cast in four parts vertically with the seams at the corners between every other panel; separate base plate.
InscribedEngraved English royal arms and monogram of Queen Anne.
MarkingsMA in block letters with crown above and mullet below.
ProvenanceEnglish royal plate; Earls of Lonsdale (probably acquired in 1808); sold by Sir James Hugh William Lowther, 7th earl of Lonsdale, at Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., London, 1975; purchased at auction by C.J. Vander Antiques, Ltd., London; acquired by CWF from Vander.