Piece of soap molded into a rating

Small piece of beige soap moulded in the form of a rating, inscribed on the reverse 'Jolly Jack', '"Cooks" LONDON'. The maker is in Kelly's Directory of 1911 - 'Cook, Edward & Co Ltd, Soap works, Bow E. City Office, 10 Mark Lane'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA3077
Collection: Relics
Type: Soap
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Edward Cook & Co
Date made: 1910
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Kindly donated by Mrs Violet Jackson.
Measurements: Overall: 20 x 32 x 95 mm
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