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(77) LIVERPOOL MERCURY 28 November 1873

By Order of the Executors of the late William Moon Esq., JP

WOOLTON HILL HOUSE nr. Liverpool.

BY MESSRS. BRANCHE & LEETE

The highly Valuable and Entire HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE of a most solid and superior class, the service of plate from 700-800 ounces the contents of two wine cellars (about 200 dozen) many say of the bins of port being the highest reputation as to vintage and age of bottle; etc……


(105) Messrs. Branche & Leete respectfully give notice that the sale at the residence of the late William Moon Esq., will be conducted in the following order.

FIRST DAY Tuesday December 9th The seven bedrooms in the servants' department, store and box rooms; Billiard room including the boxwood table on slate bed, by Thurston; a series of paintings of Rio de Janeiro, the side and cupola chambers, and the library of books ending at lot 332.

SECOND DAY Wednesday December 10th the Butlers pantry, housekeepers sitting room, rich and costly service of glass and china, dinner services of transparent and iron-stone china, table cutlery: principal land; fowling pieces, museum cabinet of mosses and sea-weeds; table and bed linen, five best chambers in choice walnut wood, mahogany and birch etc… bathroom , concluding at lot
597.

THIRD DAY Thursday December 11th Kitchens, domestic offices, basement, servants hall, very capital refrigerator, furniture of he library and morning-room, splendid ranges of window hangings in Genoa velvet, fine subscription artist proof engravings, cottage piano-forte by Broadwood, Indian jars, and a number of curious and valuable decorative objects, as extremely beautiful drawing by Pettyr: the entrance hall; cabinet size statuary groups, Florentine marble vase and pedestal of noble size, paintings , Chinese gong, Gothic chair etc. up to lot 859.

FOURTH DAY Friday December 12th

FIFTH DAY Saturday December 13th

Branche & Leete. Hanover Rooms, Liverpool
28th November 1873



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These advertisements - published in the Liverpool press and relating to properties in the Little Woolton, Much Woolton and nearby areas - were transcribed, from material held in the Liverpool Record Office, by Joan Borrowscale on behalf of the Gateacre Society.

[JB's comments are included within square brackets]

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