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Object connections:
| Collection | Polar Equipment and Relics |
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| Gallery location | Polar Worlds Gallery (Floor plans) |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA3959 |
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| Description | Mitten constructed from a course piece of white wool blanket as made for the Hudson Bay Company. It has a black baize cuff with red silk edging. Left hand mitt, hand sewn. It belonged to Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). |
| Date made | 1825-1827 |
| Credit | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees |
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| Materials | wool; silk |
| Measurements | Overall: 19 x 313 x 178 mm |
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