Specimen button
Specimen button in gilt metal. It is dome-shaped with a shank. Obverse: 'CONE N.E. OF PT. BARROW INVESTIGATOR - AUGT 1850 ENTERPRISE - AUGT 1851. PLOVER AT PORT CLARENCE 1852. SQUADRON WITH STEAMERS SEARCHING N & W OF PARRY ISLAND 1852. DEPOTS OF PROVISIONS REFUGE INLET . PORT LEOPOLD & ADMIRALTY INLET IN BARROW STRAITS.' Reverse: 'ARCTIC EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.' See also AAA4308.
Object Details
| ID: | AAA4307 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Specimen button |
| Display location: | Display - Polar Worlds Gallery |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854; Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Collinson, 1850-1855 Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, HMS Plover, 1848-1854 |
| Vessels: | Enterprise 1848 (HMS); Investigator (1848) |
| Date made: | 1848; 1851 |
| People: | Cracroft, Sophie |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 10 mm x 35 mm |