A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A silver fiddle-pattern table spoon with a pointed bowl. It was probably obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said that 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 fork has London hallmarks with the date letter for 1805 and the maker’s mark for Thomas Barker (the intials 'TB'). It was presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.