14th Nov, 2023 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (HIGHFLYER)
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[Z] A LOG BOOK FOR THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP 'EARL SPENCER', CIRCA 1803-4
A LOG BOOK FOR THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP EARL SPENCER, CIRCA 1803-1804
moored at Blackwall, then Gravesend, Portsmouth and thence to Bengal, 25 April 1803-7 February 1804 with a month stop at Rio de Janeiro (18 September-16 October) for repairs and supplies, 110 pp. Most of the entries are standard for this type of log: weather, cleaning the ship, washing clothes, making gaskets and sails, the log finishes abruptly on Thursday 7 February 1804 with Earl Spencer still at sea, numerous blank pages at the end, contemporary reverse calf (slight damage to spine), folio -- 14¾ x 9 in. (37.5 x 23 cm.)
Earl Spencer was a 644-ton ship built in Perry's Yard, Blackwall for James Duncan, and launched in 1795. Plying a steady trade to the Coromandel Coast and Bengal, in 1811 she was chartered by the British government and used to transport convicts to Botany Bay, her final fate is unrecorded.
Sold for £992
Estimated at £200 - £300
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A LOG BOOK FOR THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP EARL SPENCER, CIRCA 1803-1804
moored at Blackwall, then Gravesend, Portsmouth and thence to Bengal, 25 April 1803-7 February 1804 with a month stop at Rio de Janeiro (18 September-16 October) for repairs and supplies, 110 pp. Most of the entries are standard for this type of log: weather, cleaning the ship, washing clothes, making gaskets and sails, the log finishes abruptly on Thursday 7 February 1804 with Earl Spencer still at sea, numerous blank pages at the end, contemporary reverse calf (slight damage to spine), folio -- 14¾ x 9 in. (37.5 x 23 cm.)
Earl Spencer was a 644-ton ship built in Perry's Yard, Blackwall for James Duncan, and launched in 1795. Plying a steady trade to the Coromandel Coast and Bengal, in 1811 she was chartered by the British government and used to transport convicts to Botany Bay, her final fate is unrecorded.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (HIGHFLYER), 14th Nov, 2023
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Order of Sale:
Mercantile Sail 1-41
Mercantile Steam 42-103
Naval Sail 104-163
Naval Steam 164-211
Navigational & Scientific Instruments 214-270
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