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Silver candle snuffers
Candle snuffers which belonged to Captain James Cook (1728-79) and his wife Elizabeth.
The plated steel snuffers are of scissor form, with a sprung box mechanism, used to trim the wick of candles. This box is decorated by bands of foliage decoration, and there is an ornate boss at the pivot point of the snuffers. There are rests on the pointed blades and on each of the handle loops, where the snuffers stand on their tray. The snuffers are a part of a set with snuffer tray PLT0030.
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.
The plated steel snuffers are of scissor form, with a sprung box mechanism, used to trim the wick of candles. This box is decorated by bands of foliage decoration, and there is an ornate boss at the pivot point of the snuffers. There are rests on the pointed blades and on each of the handle loops, where the snuffers stand on their tray. The snuffers are a part of a set with snuffer tray PLT0030.
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: | PLT0029 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Candle snuffers |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 18th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 x 180 x 60 mm |