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Snuffer tray
Tray for candle snuffers which belonged to Captain James Cook (1728-79) and his wife Elizabeth; it is part of a set with the candle snuffers (PLT0029).
The tray is of rectangular form with rounded corners, and a gadrooned rim. It is made of Sheffield plate with a tinned base.
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 tray is of rectangular form with rounded corners, and a gadrooned rim. It is made of Sheffield plate with a tinned base.
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: | PLT0030 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Snuffer tray |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 18th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 20 x 225 x 100 mm |