William Jones

William Jones spent his days at the Met, not painting walls but shaping tiny silver tools for pouring pepper—so precise, each piece still works 300 years later. He never signed his name, yet left behind a single oil self-portrait where his face floats in a dark blur, more ghost than man. Tap his Pepper Caster to see how everyday objects can outlive their maker, or compare it to one of the Met’s silver teapots to spot the same careful hands.