Elizabeth Cooke was an English silversmith.
Elizabeth Cooke | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "A George III antique sterling silver waiter, London 1765 by Elizabeth Cooke or Ebenezer Cooker O". www.the-saleroom.com. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
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