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Tablespoon Long Caption: A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-1848. A silver, fiddle-pattern tablespoon 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 bought from the Inuit at Cape Norton, on the East Coast of King William Island, 7 May 1859 by a party from the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-1859 led by McClintock himself. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: AAA2479 Artist: George Adams Date: 1844-1845 Medium: silver Size: 35 mm x 225 mm x 48 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.