The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

SALE OF THE LATE MR. GRAY'S EFFECTS.

MR. BRANCH begs to announce the following
arrangement for the SALE of the late Mr. Edward Gray's
EFFECTS, on the Premises, Great Newton-street, on THURSDAY
and FRIDAY next, namely—
The FI lIST DAY (Thursday.)— The CHINA, GLASS, SILVER,
PLATE, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, and numerous Mis-
cellanies.

The SECOND DAY (Friday.)—The Furniture of the Three Par-
lours, including an elegant Cabinet, Collection of rare PRE-
SERVED BIRDS, Carved Ivory Chess and Backgammon Men,
several Ornamental Articles, Two Glazed Bookcases, and the
Effects in the Chambers, Kitchens, &c. ; also, a capital Enclo-
sure for Fowls.

The Effects will be on view on WEDNESDAY next, between the
hours of Ten and Four o'clock, when Catalogues may be bad.

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, BOOKS, PIC-
TURES, ENGRAVINGS, SILVER PLATE, RARE PRE-
SERVED BIRDS, &c., GREAT NEWTON-STREET,
By Mr. BRANCH,
On THURSDAY next, the 22nd, and FRIDAY, the 23rd instant, at
Eleven o'clock each day, on the Premises, 55, Great Newton-
street, Brownlow-hill,
THE valuable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and
miscellaneous Effects of the late Mr. Edward Gray, of the
Parish Office.

lite FURNITURE is chiefly the manufacture of Messrs. John
Hand and Sons, and includes two handsome Mahogany Book-
cases, with Glass Doors, sets of Chairs, capital Mahogany Cabi-
net, the upper part enclosed by a Door of Plate Glass, Sofas, set of
Sliding-frame Dining Tables, Carved Rosewood Chair, Uphol-
stered in Embroidery Work, Reading Stand, Tudor and French
Bedsteads with Hangings and appropriate Feather Beds, Mat-
tresses, and Bedding, Mahogany Dressing Table and Basin-stand
with Marble Top, Gas Chandeliers, Mahogany Card Tables,
Brussels and Kidderminster Carpets, Fenders, Fire-irons, Kit-
chen and Culinary Requisites. and Good Henhouse, &c.
The Booxs comprise the Waverley Novels, Miss Strickland's
Lives of the Queens of England, Rollin's Ancient History, Aik-
man's and Struther's Scotland, Gibbon's Rome, Chambers's
Journal, the Family Friend, Baines's Liverpool, Roscoe's North
and South Wales, Knight's Shakspere, the Gallery of Portraits,
numerous finely illustrated works, Lewis's Lives from the Claren-
don Gallery, the Penny and the Saturday Magazines, Lane's Ara-
bian Nights, the Penny Cyclopwdia, Illustrated London News,
from its commencement ; Pictorial Bible and Prayer-book, Tur-
ner's Tour, Aikin's Field Sports, Herdman's Ancient Liverpool,
Pugin's Paris, and various other works of value, most of them in
handsome bindings, and in good condition.
The PAINTINGS include a choice specimen of Alfred Montague,
a View near Eton, and other pleasing pictures ; also, a few Water
Colour Drawings.
Several fine Engravings, amongst which may he named the
Crucifixion, by Hilton, proof impressions of the Queen's
Favourites, and of the Death of the Stag, Anadell, and fine early
impressions of others of merit.
The SILVER PLATE consists of handsome Fluted Tea and
Coffee Equipage, and a Service of Table and Dessert Forks,Table,
Dessert, Tea, and Salt Spoons, Soup and Salt Ladles, &c.
MISCELLANEOUS.—A small but choice collection of rare Birds,
from Australia and other foreign countries, a Hookah, a Child's
curious Carved Chair, of the time of Queen Elizabeth, Sets of
Carved Chinese Ivory Chess and Backgammon Men, Parian Busts
of the Duke and of Sir Robert Peel, curious Models of Ships, an
Indian Card Case, with Pearl Counters, and other Articles of
value.

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To .be viewed TO-MORROW. (Wednesday,) the 21st instant,
when Catalogues may be had on the Premises, or at Mr.
BRANCH'S Offices, in Hanover-street.