2nd Dec, 2024 10:30
The December Auction to include Jewellery, Silver, Works on Paper, Paintings, Furniture
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A COLLECTION OF CURIOSITIES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN JAMES MUDDLE
A COLLECTION OF CURIOSITIES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN JAMES MUDDLE TO INCLUDE HANDWRITTEN LABELS:
Porphyry taken from the Ruin of the Flavian Amphitheatre at Rome.
A cross made from a shell-fish caught in the Dead Sea at Jerusalem. Given to J.G. by a respectable Mamluke Interpreter, 1800.
A small box of gold from Australia.
Manna picked from a tree in New South Wales, by Captain Muddle, 1826
Lava taken up from the base of the Isle of Strombolo when it was burning hot, June 1803.
Alabaster ruins of old Alexandria.
Lava from the side of the Grand Crater, taken by J.C. Dec 1802.
Yellow Ochre from Van Diemens Land, 1833.
Rock found among the Rubbish of theh Foundant of Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt.
Agate from the ruins of Old Alexandria.
Muscle...from the Island of Sardinia.
A piece of Cleopatras Needle at Alexandria, taken off by J.G. 1802 (this label does not have an associated specimen, but may match a specimen elsewhere in the lot or indeed the collection)
Mosaic pavement from Pompei, taken out by J.C. Dec 1802.
Pieces of the mount near our Saviours Ascension to Heaven, present from a Mameluke Interpreter,
Lava takaen while burning hot from the inside of the Grand Crater of Vesuvius by J.C. Dec 1802.
Pieces of coral and stone, taken off Bona Beach by R. Stephenson 1824.
Shells and mosaic pavement found among the Ruins in Ancient Baix, near Naples, by J.C. Dec 1802.
Parts of a Sea Egg which are very musical, brought by James (no associated specimen).
Pavement of the Isle of Serapis near Naples, taken by J.C. May 1803.
This article comes from Perang. It is taken from the leaf of the Pine apple and is used by the Natives of that Island as thread to sew with. Sept 30th 1838, J Muddle (no associated specimen).
Alexandrian pebble.
Sea weed picked up on the East Coast of Tasmania. Given to me by Mrs Edward Butler on the 29th May 1850; she told me she had forgot the name of it, but is was what shell fish deposited their spawn in and afterwarrds closed it up, and when it came to Maturity, the weed burst and the fish came out (no associated specimen).
Taken from the shell of a sea egg at Ocean Island in June 1835 (no associated specimen).
A fantastic handwritten label 'J.M wrote this on the 2nd of February 1835 from the ink of a flying squid. The otherside was ink taken or discharged from a flying squid circumflex on the otherside was not ink from the squid'.
Petrified wood from Essex.
Various items to include treen letter opener, mother of pearl letter opener, rope, a paddle, glass bottle, tribal carved nut, various minerals some with handwritten labels.
James Muddle was born at Gillingham in Kent on 31 January 1785. James probably went to sea at a fairly young age and worked his way up to become a master mariner. The first record of him at sea, at the age of 25, is as the master of the small single mast sloop Boston sailing in coastal waters. In 1814, James then became master of the 356-ton ship ‘Leng’, armed with six 6-pounder guns, bound for the West Indies. The Lloyd's Register for 1820 also recorded that during that year James took over from as master of the 410 ton convict ship Lord Sidmouth. By the age of 35, James had progressed from being master of ships sailing in coastal waters to sailing to the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic, and now to the other side of the World. In 1820 it was reported that the Lord Sidmouth captain Muddle had sailed from Portsmouth on for New South Wales. After a voyage of 107 days, they arrived at Sydney in Australia on 19 February 1821, where 160 male prisoners were disembarked. James and the Lord Sidmouth also sailed to Jakarta, Calcutta, Mauritius. Upon arriving back to England in 1821, James became captain of the prison ship the ‘Andromeda’, which sailed from Leith to to Van Diemans Land and New South Wales. During the following two decades of travels in and around Australia, James will have collected many of the items in the collection. James is also known to have been captain of the ship ‘Lang’, as well as the “Mandarin’, ‘Glenbervie’ and the ‘Roseanne’. He sailed on prison ships to New Zealand and even China. James died in 1865 at the age of 80, and his collection has been passed by descent down the generations to the present owners.
For more information please see the link below:
http://www.muddlefamilies.info/harrietsham/22eaa.htm
Sold for £1,116
Includes Buyer's Premium
A COLLECTION OF CURIOSITIES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN JAMES MUDDLE TO INCLUDE HANDWRITTEN LABELS:
Porphyry taken from the Ruin of the Flavian Amphitheatre at Rome.
A cross made from a shell-fish caught in the Dead Sea at Jerusalem. Given to J.G. by a respectable Mamluke Interpreter, 1800.
A small box of gold from Australia.
Manna picked from a tree in New South Wales, by Captain Muddle, 1826
Lava taken up from the base of the Isle of Strombolo when it was burning hot, June 1803.
Alabaster ruins of old Alexandria.
Lava from the side of the Grand Crater, taken by J.C. Dec 1802.
Yellow Ochre from Van Diemens Land, 1833.
Rock found among the Rubbish of theh Foundant of Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt.
Agate from the ruins of Old Alexandria.
Muscle...from the Island of Sardinia.
A piece of Cleopatras Needle at Alexandria, taken off by J.G. 1802 (this label does not have an associated specimen, but may match a specimen elsewhere in the lot or indeed the collection)
Mosaic pavement from Pompei, taken out by J.C. Dec 1802.
Pieces of the mount near our Saviours Ascension to Heaven, present from a Mameluke Interpreter,
Lava takaen while burning hot from the inside of the Grand Crater of Vesuvius by J.C. Dec 1802.
Pieces of coral and stone, taken off Bona Beach by R. Stephenson 1824.
Shells and mosaic pavement found among the Ruins in Ancient Baix, near Naples, by J.C. Dec 1802.
Parts of a Sea Egg which are very musical, brought by James (no associated specimen).
Pavement of the Isle of Serapis near Naples, taken by J.C. May 1803.
This article comes from Perang. It is taken from the leaf of the Pine apple and is used by the Natives of that Island as thread to sew with. Sept 30th 1838, J Muddle (no associated specimen).
Alexandrian pebble.
Sea weed picked up on the East Coast of Tasmania. Given to me by Mrs Edward Butler on the 29th May 1850; she told me she had forgot the name of it, but is was what shell fish deposited their spawn in and afterwarrds closed it up, and when it came to Maturity, the weed burst and the fish came out (no associated specimen).
Taken from the shell of a sea egg at Ocean Island in June 1835 (no associated specimen).
A fantastic handwritten label 'J.M wrote this on the 2nd of February 1835 from the ink of a flying squid. The otherside was ink taken or discharged from a flying squid circumflex on the otherside was not ink from the squid'.
Petrified wood from Essex.
Various items to include treen letter opener, mother of pearl letter opener, rope, a paddle, glass bottle, tribal carved nut, various minerals some with handwritten labels.
James Muddle was born at Gillingham in Kent on 31 January 1785. James probably went to sea at a fairly young age and worked his way up to become a master mariner. The first record of him at sea, at the age of 25, is as the master of the small single mast sloop Boston sailing in coastal waters. In 1814, James then became master of the 356-ton ship ‘Leng’, armed with six 6-pounder guns, bound for the West Indies. The Lloyd's Register for 1820 also recorded that during that year James took over from as master of the 410 ton convict ship Lord Sidmouth. By the age of 35, James had progressed from being master of ships sailing in coastal waters to sailing to the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic, and now to the other side of the World. In 1820 it was reported that the Lord Sidmouth captain Muddle had sailed from Portsmouth on for New South Wales. After a voyage of 107 days, they arrived at Sydney in Australia on 19 February 1821, where 160 male prisoners were disembarked. James and the Lord Sidmouth also sailed to Jakarta, Calcutta, Mauritius. Upon arriving back to England in 1821, James became captain of the prison ship the ‘Andromeda’, which sailed from Leith to to Van Diemans Land and New South Wales. During the following two decades of travels in and around Australia, James will have collected many of the items in the collection. James is also known to have been captain of the ship ‘Lang’, as well as the “Mandarin’, ‘Glenbervie’ and the ‘Roseanne’. He sailed on prison ships to New Zealand and even China. James died in 1865 at the age of 80, and his collection has been passed by descent down the generations to the present owners.
For more information please see the link below:
http://www.muddlefamilies.info/harrietsham/22eaa.htm
