A pair of small brass forceps or specimen tweezers from the 1845 British Northwest Passage Expedition led by Sir John Franklin. They are made up of two sections held together with a collar. The tweezer ends are curved over. The top has a suspension ring attached.

The tweezers were at the boat site in Erebus Bay by Captain F. L. McClintock's sledge team on 30 May 1859, as part of the search expedition led by McClintock The site had been visited and partially investigated by Lt. William Hobson on 24 May but his report does not list everything he saw or removed. McClintock records 'a pair of silver (?) forceps, such as a naturalist might use for holding or seizing small insects &c.'. [McClintock, Voyage of the Fox (1859), page 366].

They were displayed at the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich, Case 2, No. 69. 'Forceps'. The item is shown in 'Stereoscopic slides of the relics of Sir John Franklin's Expedition' photographed by Lieutenant Cheyne RN, at the United Services Museum, Whitehall, No. 5 (left, middle).