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Pencil case
A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Part of a silver pencil case 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 surface of the item is engine-turned with two raised bands decorated with flowers and foliage. A slit in the side enabled the pencil point to be retracted. The item is shown in the drawing by Edward Pulleyn (AAA3972). It was presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.
The surface of the item is engine-turned with two raised bands decorated with flowers and foliage. A slit in the side enabled the pencil point to be retracted. The item is shown in the drawing by Edward Pulleyn (AAA3972). It was presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2078 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Pencil case |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848; Arctic Exploration: Dr John Rae, 1853-1854 |
| Date made: | Before 1845 |
| People: | Greenwich Hospital |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 80 x 6 mm |
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