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Pre-Emigration Furniture Sale (Leigh Chronicle, 16 July 1870)
Pursuant to instructions from Mr. J.P. Pratt, who is leaving England,
MR. RICHARD GREENOUGH will SELL BY AUCTION, on TUESDAY, July 19, at Hurst House, Bedford, the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., &c., comprising very superior pianoforte, 6¾ octaves, in walnut wood case, by an eminent maker; walnut wood music stool, mahogany do., walnut wood oval loo table, do. couch, excellent do. cabinet with glazed doors, beautifully inlaid with satin wood; 6 do. balloon-back chairs, upholstered in hair, and covered with green damask; lady's and gentleman's chairs, 2 do. footstools, en suite, with fine linen covers for the whole; mahogany pembroke table, 3 do. card do., 2 do. easy chairs in morocco leather and hair cloth, 6 mahogany chairs upholstered in hair and covered with hair cloth, do. sofa, small rosewood occasional table, brilliant plate chimney glass, 50 in. by 40 in., in handsome gilt frame, chimney ornaments, prints, engravings, cast fenders, fire irons, lobby oil cloth, cocoa fibre mats and matting, cut decanters, spirit squares, mahogany bookcase with cupboard and drawers underneath, a small library of books, containing sundry volumes by the Rev. G. Gilfillan, Davidson, Coleman, Shakespeare, Doddridge, &c; compound achromatic microscope, 2 objectives, 2 eye lenses, diaphragm plate, side condenser, analyser, polariscope, animalculae cage, and a few mounted objects; large silvered globe for lecturing purposes; iron, tudor, and French bedsteads, do. crib, 2 painted nests of drawers, do. gentleman's wardrobe, do. enclosed and other wash stands and dressing tables with suitable appointments, chair bedchamber wicker baskets, cane-seated bedroom chairs, night commode, step chair, perambulator, rosewood sofa with loose cushion upholstered in hair, square table, kitchen chairs, child's dining do., meat safe, paste boards, scales and weights, mortar and pestle, flour bin lined with tin, tin hastener and bottle jack, baskets, wringing machine by Townley, dolly and wash tubs, clothes horse, coffee mill, filter; copper brass, iron, tin, wood, and earthenwares in variety, kitchen and culinary utensils, &c.
Also, the Greenhouse Hot-water Heating Apparatus, stages, an excellent 4-light frame, pots and plants, patent lawn mower by Shanks, garden roller, scythe, rakes, hoes, and sundry tools; 2 stocks of Ligurian or Alp bees in Carr's patent bar frame hives, 2 swarms of do., in straw and wood hives, 2 stocks of black bees in Carr's patent bar frame hives, 2 swarms of do. in straw and box hives, wheelbarrow, three wire garden seats, rain tubs, tap and supports, and numerous miscellaneous effects.
On view the day prior to the sale.
Hurst House is centrally situated between Astley, Tyldesley, and Leigh, being near the Cemetery, and a few minutes' walk from Bedford Leigh Railway Station.
