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Silver pap boat
Plain silver pear-shaped pap boat (infant's feeding bowl) with open top; inscribed on the base 'IC'. It belonged to Captain James Cook (1728-79) and his wife Elizabeth.
It was part of a collection of Cook relics given by Henry A. Baron to the Admiralty in the 1930s. Cook's sister Margaret married James Fleck, and their daughter Indiana married H. Jenkins of London, a chemist. Their daughter Mary Cook Jenkins married her cousin Henry A. Baron.
It was part of a collection of Cook relics given by Henry A. Baron to the Admiralty in the 1930s. Cook's sister Margaret married James Fleck, and their daughter Indiana married H. Jenkins of London, a chemist. Their daughter Mary Cook Jenkins married her cousin Henry A. Baron.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0028 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Pap boat |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Creator: | M |
| Date made: | 1762; 1762-1763 1762-63 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 35 x 115 x 70 mm |