A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A silver, fiddle-pattern table spoon owned by Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The front of the handle bears the Franklin crest: a conger eel's head, between two branches. The item has London hallmarks for the years 1844-45 and the maker's initials 'GA'. It was found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59.

McClintock's party reached this site on the 30 May and discovered that Hobson had been there a few days before on 18 May. The boat was 28 foot long and mounted on a heavy sledge. McClintock found it just above high tide mark pointing back in the direction of the ships and containing a large quantity of abandoned personal possessions and two skeletons. McClintock described finding eight pieces of plate in the boat with Franklin's crest. As he found none of the iron spoons used by the men, he thought that the officer's plate had been distributed amongst the crew to preserve it.