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An Inventory of the Household Furniture, China, Glass, Plate, Wearing Apparel and the Stock in Trade of the late Thomas Merry of the Abbey Arms, Plaistow. Taken this 12th day of September 1849.
All detail provided by Doreen Saunders, as Thomas & Margaret Merry were her 3xGGPs.
J.Priest, Auctioneer, 3 Angel Place, Pentonville
No 1 Servants Bed Room
24 inch Glyptic stove as fitted2 sets of fire irons
Copper tea urn, basin, jug
Pair of Venetian blinds.
Part of a tent bedstead, flock bed, feather bed, bolster
2 blankets, coverlet
7 old chairs, birch
Pillared tent bedstead and chintz furniture
2 feather beds and 2 bolsters
2 blankets and 2 coverlets
3 pieces of druggett (rugs)
8 Capital block tin dish covers
Jap wash stand, fire guard and screen
No 2 Side Bed Room
Jap tent bedstead and part furniture
2 feather beds, bolster and pillows
2 blankets & coverlets
Box glass, table (Walnut), three chest of drawers
Wash stand, basin, chamber (pot)
1 chair, Role and Blind ???
No 3 Bedroom left-hand
18in Pantheon stove and covings
Mahogany pillared 4 post bedstead and white dimity furniture
Cotton mattress, 2 feather beds, bolsters and 2 pillows.
2 blankets, cotton coverlet
Corner basin stand, basin & jug
Deal table and cover, 5 rush set chairs
3ft commode chest of drawers
2ft9in mahogany slab, 2 small glasses
No 4 Front Bed Room
??? wire guard, 3 pieces of Brussels carpet rug
Mahogany pillared 4 post bedstead and white dimity furniture
Straw palliasse 2 flock mattresses, 5ft bordered Feather bed and
2 pillows, 5ft ditto bolster and 2 pillows, 3 Witney blankets
White cotton counterpane, 2 china bottles
4 shells, 2 Polished homes spirit lamps
4ft mahogany wardrobe with drawer and 3 ???
3ft mahogany pembrook (Pembroke or drop-leaf) table
3ft6 commode chest of drawers
Jap wash stand, basin, jug and chamber
Mahogany framed ??? dressing glass, small glass (with) maple frame
Square night stool, 2 cane ??? chairs
1 mahogany chair, clothes horse, 2 maps
Rosewood portable writing desk
Mahogany double chest of drawers
28in Romford stove with coverings and slips
No 5 Sitting Room
28in Rumford stove covings and slips
Brass wire fender and standard set of fire irons
Chimney glass in rosewood frame
Red carpet and rug
Print in maple frame
Ditto in black frame
Owl in glass case, 2 stuffed birds in case
8 mahogany framed chairs & stuffed with horsehair
Mahogany framed couch covered with hair cloth
2 pair of chintz window curtains, valance & laths ???
2 4ft Holland roller blinds ??? and cords
4ft by 2ft9 mahogany top drinking table a ditto ditto
6 pair brass candlesticks, bell pull 2 cranks and wire
No 6 Bow Front Room
30in Register stove as fitted
Chimney glass in 3 plates
Nearly new Brussels carpet 6ft by 7
Set of mahogany dining tables with round ends
Mahogany drinking table. Map. Round table.
Print in Maple frame, Licensed Victuallers School
Ditto Ancient Order of Foresters.
Cast iron fender
18 cherry tree chairs
3 4ft 6 roller blinds, brass ??? and cords
3ft2 Holland roller blind
Bell pull crank and wire
14 brass pegs. 2 painted deal tails ???
Bucks head & horns
10 shells and 3 match pots
No 7 Landing & Stairs
10yds of Brussels carpet, 2 mats 3ft
Mahogany bracket Dutch clock
Deal hat rail and 6 pegs. Bell, 4 cranks and wire
Oil cloth on stairs. Shelf as fitted to window. 3 plaster figures
8 pieces of glass, Copper tea urn, 6 tea trays
Deal clothes box
No 8 Bar and Parlour
30in Pantheon stove, covings & slips ???
Brass bell pull, cranks and wire, ditto to passage, ditto to ostlers bell
3ft mahogany Loo table (card table with a tilting top) and cover
3 cherry tree chairs, 8 day dial
Iron fender, 5 motion beer engine with pipe and
Taps, 6 brass spirit taps, metal front mahogany
Casings, pipe to casks, 6 iron bound spirit casks,
Circular liquor shelf with wood bearers, 4 iron
bolts nuts brackets, 19ft6in ???, nest of 12 drawers
??? locks & keys, 2 nests of 6 bottle holes and shelf
12 show bottles, Deal circular top counter, metal top to ditto
5 drawers under ditto, and 5 deal shelves, deal
nest of 9 drawers with 8ft ??? top, small metal top to ditto
2 small metal savealls, 6 china punch bowls,
6 common ditto, small water tub, book slate
3 doz best parlour pint pots, 18 best quart ditto
3 doz common pints, 2 ditto quarts, 2 pewter
water jugs, 4 measuring pots, 3 ½ pint pots, 4 quarter measures,
4 ½ ditto, 2 pint savealls, 2 brass funnels
3 ½ gallon cans, 1 4 gallon can, tin funnel,
Pair box scales & weights, 6 cake baskets, 50 knives
94 forks, 7 carving knives, 7 forks, 45 desert knives,
70 tablespoons, 7 gravy spoons, 35 teaspoons,
12 soup ladles, 12 dessertspoons, fish slice, 6 pair nut crackers,
2 pair sugar tongs, 16 salt & mustard spoons,
Club hammer, 6 silver teaspoons
4 Silver punch ladles, 1 pair sugar tongs, 42 ivory handled knives
42 forks, Cruet stand & 6 cruets, spice box
No 9 Pantry
2 Bread baskets, flour tub, 3 tea canisters, wire meat safe,
1” Deal shelf, 2 mahogany knife boxes, 5 Deal shelves on deal bearers
Cake canister
No 10 Small Parlour
24in Stove and covings
Iron fender and small glass
Mahogany card table, square mahogany table
2 Cherry tree chairs, Stout deal seat
11ft tun , 4 deal bearers to ditto
Deal seat 11ft by 14in and bearers
Deal roller for blind, beer tray and 2 gilt ???
No 11 Lobby in Front of Bar
Deal ??? in window, 2 gas burners
Glass shades and pipe to meter
2 wire guards, 3 doors & enclosure under window
Shelves in ditto, large mat, iron hook & staple & chain to door,
2 spring bells, cranks & wires, 2 large iron scrapers, lamp iron & lamp
A 12ft3in water trough well pitched, brass plug in ditto
2 stout oak supports to ditto, 8ft6” water trough at end of ditto & pipe,
Large spring bell, iron plate & brass pulley for jack,
8 guard bars on door.
No 12 Front Parlour
36” Register stove, chimney glass in gilt frame, 3 plates, 2 match pots
3 prints in gilt frames of cattle, 1 ditto in black frame,
1 ditto rosewood frame of The Licensed Victuallers Asylum, New Map of England,
3x4ft9 roller blinds racks & cords, 3x4ft5 wire blinds,
mahogany barometer, mahogany round table, 4ft mahogany dining table on turned legs,
set of mahogany dining tables with round ends, 22 parlour chairs, mat,
2 gas burners with glass shades & consumers, 2 drop bell-pull rings, 3 cranks roses & wires,
12 spitoons, 2 prints in maple frames, 2 tin pipe trays.
No 13 Tap Room
Stove, trevett & iron hanger, iron fender and shovel, 3 deal tables, coal box,
deal seat on stout bearers, 6ft8 iron guard to window, spring barrel on door.
No 14 Kitchen
5ft kitchen range, 2 cheeks, 2 trevetts, plate stand under & ironing stove fixed side of ditto,
iron crane over ditto, Oven over ditto, iron fender, poker and tongs,
hot iron plate brick & ironwork, 23 feet of pipe from hot stove to sink,
copper boiler with tap,
coffee mill & block, iron beam & 3 hooks, pair of steel yards, deal cupboard with 2 doors,
8-day clock in painted case, deal table with 3 drawers, deal sink, coal box,
Capital hydraulic pump & pipe, 2 dish tubs, 16 pieces of tin ware, 4 tin fish kettles,
2 copper stew pans, 2 ditto saucepans, copper tea kettle, 2 iron boilers & 7 iron saucepans,
iron stew pan, 2 pails, milk ditto, 9 dish covers,3 frying pans, 1 gridiron, tin meat screen,
6 metal tea pots, 1 coffee bigger (?), 2 brooms, salt box, pewter basin,
form (?) Mahogany top, small weighing machine & 7 weights, saw, chopper, metal hot dish for water,
300 pieces of crockery, 20 basins, 5 tea trays, warming pan, deal cupboard,
4 brass candlesticks, 2 flat ditto, deal erection of cornice wash stand.
No 15 Wash House
3ft kitchen range with fall down bar back grate & iron trevett,
24in copper set in brick & iron work, lead curb to ditto, 2 deal tables,
iron fender & poker, 2 meat screens, dripping pan & stand, washing stool & 3 tubs,
2 plate baskets, tongue pan, brown pan & pail, 12 tin spittoons,
2 bottle jacks wheels & chains, bushel measure, bird cage, plate rack, hearth rug,
3 iron guards to window, iron trevett, pickling tub.
No 16 Dairy
3 baskets, 1 1/4 shelf 16ft run with deal brackets, 1 1/4 elm shelf with 6 uprights,
200 pieces of crockery,
20 illuminating lamps, metal tea pot, cruet stand & cruets.
No 17 Knife House
2 knife boards, 3 tubs, iron saucepan, 5 pewter pots,
2 deal shelves, deal table, pot stand.
No 18 Club Room
24in Eliptic stove & covings, cast iron fender, pier glass in painted frame,
2 mahogany dining tables, mahogany frame sofa, s
et of mahogany dining tables 20ft x 3ft6,
34in Eliptic stove & covings, cast iron fender,
chimney glass in painted frame, 1 Windsor arm chairs,
22 chain back chairs, 14 old ditto, 3 4ft Venetian blinds,
3ft6 ditto, 9 deal hat rails with brass pegs,
2 hat rails with brass pegs,
worsted bell pull, 4 rose cranks & wires,
5 holland blinds & rollers,
2 brass chandeliers, 2 brass hooks to ceilings.
No 19 Front Yard & Stables
Sign post as fixed & copper sign & iron work,
wheel barrow, 2 pails, 6 feeding troughs & stands,
7 blind mares, grindstone & frame,
28ft stout manger, 7 oak posts, stable,
deal cupboard
No 20 Coach House
Old cart, carved figure, 2 tubs, 3 clothes props,
old stool, 3 baskets, 2 shovels, work bench
No 21 Skittle Ground
3 sets of skittles, 3 balls, stout frame
No 22 Garden
22in iron roller, 16 scale pots, stout flagstaff ropes & flags,
2 cucumber frames, barrow, 10 glass hand lights,
large canvas tent with poles,
10ft garden seat with foot board,
3 4ft3 garden seats,
43ft run with wood arms, 5 deal tables,
2 stout deal forms, 2 9ft garden seats,
2 6ft ditto, 1 8ft6 ditto,
7ft6 ditto with foot board, 5 forms, 2 deal clothes props,
Capital water butt with brass taps, watering pot,
Capital butt, summer house with return & seats,
thatched room & weather cock, mahogany table,
3 pig troughs, wash tub,
30in copper set with brick & ironwork,
stool, rake & shovel, turf cutter,
tub, stool & sundry old wood.
No 23 Linen
8 table cloths, 4 tray cloths, 12 pillow cases,
18 table napkins, 8 towels, 8 single sheets,
12 doilies, 1 white counterpane
No 24
Great coat, 3 frock coats, velvet shooting coat,
2 pair trousers, pair breeches, 2 waistcoats,
pair gaiters, 3 pair boots, 1 pair shoes, 2 hats,
silver watch.
No 25 China & Glass
18 champagne glasses, glass sugar basin,
76 tumblers, 50 wine glasses, 16 salts,
green desert service 30 pieces,
21 glass custard cups,
24 rummers,
18 ale glasses,
16 dram glasses,
18 pint decanters,
24 quart ditto,
white & gold tea service 32 pieces,
part of a tea service
No 26
Grey horse,
chaise cart, set of harness,
old set of ditto,
riding saddle & bridle,
2 pigs,
1 calf,
3 sheep,
18 hens,
2 cocks
No 27 Stock in Trade
3 doz champagne,
6 doz port,
1/4 25gal cask sherry,
30 gal gin,
1/4 25gal cask rum,
1/4 29gal cask brandy,
2 gal whiskey,
8 gal compounds,
3 barrels best ale,
8 puncheons porter,
1 doz soda water,
1 doz lemonade
J Guest, Auctioneer, 3 Angel Place, Pentonville.