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'''Elizabeth Cooke''' was an [[England|English]] silversmith.
'''Elizabeth Cooke''' was an [[England|English]] silversmith.


Resident in London, Cooke was the widow either of [[largeworker]] Thomas Cooke II, who died in 1761<ref name="GlanvilleGoldsborough1990">{{cite book|author1=[[Philippa Glanville]]|author2=Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough|author3=National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)|title=Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts|url=https://archive.org/details/womensilversmith0000glan|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=Thames and Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-23578-2}}</ref> or of Samuel Cooke.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/chiswick-auctions/catalogue-id-srchis10417/lot-75e35fcd-d7b5-4718-8d98-a80900cf59d0|title=A George III antique sterling silver waiter, Lonodn 1765 by Elizabeth Cooke or Ebenezer Cooker O|website=www.the-saleroom.com|accessdate=Mar 7, 2019}}</ref> She registered her own mark on 24 January 1764; classed as a [[smallworker]], she lived in Foster Lane. A George III [[salver]] of 1767 is owned by the [[National Museum of Women in the Arts]].<ref name="GlanvilleGoldsborough1990"/> She is known to have been alive as late as 23 September 1773, as at that date she is mentioned as the main beneficiary in the will of her brother-in-law Edward Cooke.<ref name="auto"/>
Resident in London, Cooke was the widow either of [[largeworker]] Thomas Cooke II, who died in 1761<ref name="GlanvilleGoldsborough1990">{{cite book|author1=[[Philippa Glanville]]|author2=Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough|author3=National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)|title=Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts|url=https://archive.org/details/womensilversmith0000glan|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=Thames and Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-23578-2}}</ref> or of Samuel Cooke.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/chiswick-auctions/catalogue-id-srchis10417/lot-75e35fcd-d7b5-4718-8d98-a80900cf59d0|title=A George III antique sterling silver waiter, London 1765 by Elizabeth Cooke or Ebenezer Cooker O|website=www.the-saleroom.com|accessdate=Mar 7, 2019}}</ref> She registered her own mark on 24 January 1764; classed as a [[smallworker]], she lived in Foster Lane. A George III [[salver]] of 1767 is owned by the [[National Museum of Women in the Arts]].<ref name="GlanvilleGoldsborough1990"/> She is known to have been alive as late as 23 September 1773, as at that date she is mentioned as the main beneficiary in the will of her brother-in-law Edward Cooke.<ref name="auto"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:10, 28 April 2022

Elizabeth Cooke was an English silversmith.

Resident in London, Cooke was the widow either of largeworker Thomas Cooke II, who died in 1761[1] or of Samuel Cooke.[2] She registered her own mark on 24 January 1764; classed as a smallworker, she lived in Foster Lane. A George III salver of 1767 is owned by the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1] She is known to have been alive as late as 23 September 1773, as at that date she is mentioned as the main beneficiary in the will of her brother-in-law Edward Cooke.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Philippa Glanville; Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough; National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.) (1990). Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-23578-2.
  2. ^ a b "A George III antique sterling silver waiter, London 1765 by Elizabeth Cooke or Ebenezer Cooker O". www.the-saleroom.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.