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Spoon
Relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A silver, fiddle-pattern dessert spoon owned by Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The back of the handle bears the Franklin crest: a conger eel's head, between two branches.
It was obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said they had found the material at a camp to the north west of the mouth of the Back River where a party of Europeans had died of starvation. The spoon has London hallmarks with the date letter for 1844-55 and the maker's mark of George Adams (the initials 'GA').
It was presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.
It was obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said they had found the material at a camp to the north west of the mouth of the Back River where a party of Europeans had died of starvation. The spoon has London hallmarks with the date letter for 1844-55 and the maker's mark of George Adams (the initials 'GA').
It was presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2387 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Spoon |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Adams, George |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848; Arctic Exploration: Dr John Rae, 1853-1854 |
| Date made: | 1844-45 |
| People: | Franklin, John; Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty Greenwich Hospital |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 x 222 x 45 mm |