We offer confirmation/probate valuations of house contents in all Argyll & Bute areas including– Furnace Garelochhead Geilston Glenbarr Glencoe Glenmallan Grogport Helensburgh
ITG Provide confirmation/probate valuations in accordance with HMRC guidelines.
Confirmation valuation reports will be prepared within 5 days of our valuer’s visit and will provide a clear indication of the market value of each item within the estate. The valuation report will include images with clear and accurate descriptions enabling quick identification of items of value.
Chattels Gallery Guide
The items pictured below are just a small sample of similar items recently valued by ITG Confirmation valuations. The gallery will hopefully be helpful & educational in demonstrating the wide array of antiques, collectibles & everyday objects we value on a daily basis.
A George III 18ct gold memorial ring. The tapered band with black and white enamel to the monogram and personal memorial inscription. Hallmark for London, 1798.
An early 19th century 18ct gold memorial ring. Designed as a central oval-shape cabochon garnet, with eight cultured pearls to the surround, to the black enamel and scrolling shoulders with personalised inscription to the reverse. Hallmark for London, 1834.
A George III Scottish enamel memorial ring. The octagonal blue and white enamel border with floral motifs and old-cut diamonds to the painted panel depicting an image of John Wetherall who was the Shire Commissioner for Dumfriesshire and a baronet in the early 18th century. Weight 5.4 grams.
Early 19th century provincial earthenware pottery milk jug In Wished Cow with applied decoration of pixies on a cow with slip decoration.
Lady’s Tissot PR100 wristwatch with Arabic quarter numerals and hour batons and a date aperture on stainless steel two tone strap.
A 9 carat gold diamond and sapphire dress ring, the central claw set sapphire within a surround of twelve bright cut diamonds.
A George III style mahogany serpentine sideboard, satinwood banded with ebony and boxwood stringing, the top with gilt brass back rail with urn finials above a central drawer flanked by a deep cellaret drawer and cupboard with dummy fronts, on square tapering legs with spade feet.
An early 20th Century American mahogany glazed display cabinet, brass strung and inlaid, the interior lined with moire silk with adjustable shelves, with a later alternative set of glass shelves.
A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the satinwood cross banded and ebony strung top above a brushing slide and four graduated long drawers on bracket feet, later oval brass handles.
A mid 18th Century oak low boy, the rectangular two plank top with moulded edge above a long frieze drawer and two further short drawers, with shaped apron, raised on cabriole forelegs.
A late 18th Century porcelain bulbous sparrow beck cream jug, decorated in Chinese taste with blue and white with a figure in a garden.
An early 20th Century Carlton Ware gilded red lustre china dish, decorated in colours, in a version of the Mikado pattern with exotic birds amongst trees.
A Doulton Lambeth stoneware tea caddy of footed, bulbous form, decorated in tones of blue, green and brown with stylised organic and other designs, mounted with a Continental, bead bordered, silver coloured metal collar and a cover bears impressed & incised marks.
A pair of Royal Doulton stoneware vases of slender, shouldered baluster form, having flared rims, decorated in Art Nouveau taste with moulded, stylised floral designs and scrolled beads, on a streaky blue and green ground bearing impressed marks.
A Doulton Lambeth two tone brown, blue, green and cream coloured glazed stoneware jug of baluster form, decorated in tube line with Art Nouveau inspired floral and whiplash designs, around three moulded studies of golfers.
A Royal Crown Derby china miniature, twin handled oval, pedestal vase and cover with a crown finial, decorated with roses and gilding.
A Roger Cockram high fired, broad rimmed pottery dish, decorated to the centre in tones of pink, green, blue and yellow, against a silvered green and charcoal coloured ground with a fish.
A pair of late 19th/early 20th Century Satsuma earthenware vases of square, shouldered baluster form, decorated with figures, dragons and other ornament and highlighted in gilt bearing seal marks.
A pair of late 19th Century Satsuma earthenware box design, pedestal vases, each having moulded lion-dog mask corners, round necks and wavy edged, fold over rims, decorated in colours with vignette studies of warriors and birds perched amongst flowering branches and highlighted in gilt.
A late 18th Century Chinese porcelain pot-pourri vase of spherical form, decorated in blue and white with dragons and iron red cloud motifs, overlaid in white metal ornament with mythical beasts, the cover incorporating twin handles, on a footed base.
