Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Captain James Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Cook
Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Captain James Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Cook
Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Captain James Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Cook
About this item
Full title
Date
approximately 1730-1785
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 201 , SAFE/R 202 , SAFE/R 203 , SAFE/R 208 , SAFE/R 209 , SAFE/R 210 , SAFE/R 211 , SAFE/R 223 , Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 55. Applies to all parts.
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Physical Description
Contents
12 teaspoons - 13 cm long - silver
1 gravy spoon - 29 cm long - silver
4 tablespoons - 23 cm long - silver
12 knives - 29 cm and 21 cm long - steel, wood, and silver
12 forks - 23 cm and 19 cm. long - steel, wood, and silver
2 dessert spoons - 21 cm long - silver
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Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : These items have been preserved and digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
SAFE/R 201
12 silver teaspoons, 13 cm. long.
SAFE/R 202
1 silver gravy spoon, 29 cm. long.
SAFE/R 203
4 silver tablespoons, 23 cm. long.
SAFE/R 208
6 large knives, steel blades with wooden handles and silver bands at each end of the handles, 29 cm. long.
SAFE/R 209
6 small knives, steel blades with wooden...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Captain James Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Cook
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823961...
Signature / Inscriptions
Circa orbem [around the world] engraved on handle above the Captain Cook crest (SAFE/R 201-SAFE/R 203).
Object History
SAFE/R 223 - Bequeathed by Elizabeth Cook to Sarah Doswell and purchased by Sir Saul Samuel, NSW Agent-General, from J. Hatfield, an aunt of Mrs Boswell.
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from the Australian Museum, Oct 1955.
Australian Museum nos. H 171-182 (SAFE/R 201) ; H 183 (SAFE/R 202) ; H 184-187(SAFE/R 203) ; H 392-397 (SAFE/R 208) ; H 398-403 (SAFE/R 209); H 404-409 (SAFE/R 210) ; H 410-415 (SAFE/R 211) ; and H 587-588 (SAFE/R 223).
Exhibited in
- Captain Cook, R. N., the resolute mariner: an international record of oceanic discovery
- Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
- Learning Services Program display 2013-2014
Oregon Historical Society (7 January, 1974 - 1 January, 1975). Applies to: SAFE/R 201-SAFE/R 203, SAFE/R 208-SAFE/R 210
State Library of New South Wales (Jan-Jun 2003)
State Library of New South Wales (September, 2013 - December, 2014)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 201 , SAFE/R 202 , SAFE/R 203 , SAFE/R 208 , SAFE/R 209 , SAFE/R 210 , SAFE/R 211 , SAFE/R 223 , Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 55. Applies to all parts.
Record Identifier
1DrmRxE9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrmRxE9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421845
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