June 1913: Late Sir William Arrol’s Furniture – Sale of First Portion, Removed from Seafield House, Ayr, in the Rooms of Morrison, Dick & McChlery, on Thursday the 12th

Sir William Arrol (1839-1913), civil engineer and famous for the Tay Bridge and Forth Road

Bridge projects in Scotland, as well as Tower Bridge in London, died on the 20th of February,

1913.

 

A few months later, a large advertisement headed “ESTATE OF THE LATE SIR WILLIAM

ARROL”, on page seventeen of The Glasgow Herald, on Wednesday the 11th of June, informed

readers about the “IMPORTANT SALE OF HOUSE FURNITURE OF THE HIGHEST CLASS.

EXPENSIVE ORNAMENTS AND BRONZES. FINE TURKEY CARPETS. ANTIQUE

FURNITURE.”

 

Details of many of the lots are included in the advertisement. Catalogues cost three pennies,

and were available on application.

 

The sale took place in the North Gallery, Crown Halls, Sauchiehall Street, on the 12th and 13th

of June, at Morrison, Dick & McChlery, the auctioneers.

 

An article on page five of the Herald, on Friday the 13th, has details of some of the lots sold

from the first portion, and their prices.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, June 2021.