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Dessert fork
A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A silver, fiddle-pattern dessert fork 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 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 1844-45 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 presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2380 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Dessert fork |
| 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: 13 x 177 x 20 mm |
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