Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Captain James Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Cook, ca. 1730-1785
Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Captain James Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Cook, ca. 1730-1785
Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Captain James Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Cook, ca. 1730-1785
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Date
ca. 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 - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 19 (SAFE/R 201, SAFE/R 202, SAFE/R 203, SAFE/R 208, SAFE/R 209, SAFE/R 210 and SAFE/R 211) and Case 1, Shelf 23 (SAFE/R 223)
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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 dessertspoons - 21 cm. long - silver
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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, ca. 1730-1785
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).
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 - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 19 (SAFE/R 201, SAFE/R 202, SAFE/R 203, SAFE/R 208, SAFE/R 209, SAFE/R 210 and SAFE/R 211) and Case 1, Shelf 23 (SAFE/R 223)
Record Identifier
1DrmRxE9
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Reference code
421845
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