We offer probate valuations of house contents in all Greater Manchester areas including – Ince Kearsley Littleborough Manchester Manchester Airport Marple Mellor Middleton Millbrook
ITG Provide probate valuations in accordance with HMRC guidelines.
Probate 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 probate valuations. The gallery will hopefully be helpful & educational in demonstrating the wide array of antiques, collectibles & everyday objects we value on a daily basis.
An amethyst and diamond necklace. Designed as a series of graduated oval-shape amethysts, with rose-cut diamond bow spacers, to the belcher-link back chain.
A late Georgian gold rock crystal doublet and diamond comet brooch, circa 1820. The rectangular-shape foil-back rock crystal doublet, with scrolling spacer, to the foil-back old-cut diamond terminal. Estimated diamond weight 0.45ct.
An 18ct gold diamond seven-row dress ring. The alternating brilliant and baguette-cut diamond lines, to the plain band.
An early 20th century gold foliate panel brooch. Of square-shape outline, the foliate embossed disc, to the similarly designed panel surround with bead accents and border.
An Art Nouveau gold diamond, pearl and plique-a-jour brooch. Of scroll design, the cultured pearl and old-cut diamond drop, to the old-cut diamond crowned figure and green and colourless plique-a-jour surmount.
An early 20th century gold enamel and diamond flower brooch. The white, pink and purple enamel pansy, with old-cut diamond central highlight, to the scrolling openwork surround with textured leaf accents.
A French Art Nouveau bronzed metal novelty frog candlestick: holding a lotus pod and standing on a lily pad.
A 19th century French painted silk and bone fan: the silk leaf painted with young lovers in a rustic setting, within a pink border, the sticks and guards with incised gilded decoration.
An 18th Century French Provincial walnut side cupboard:, the rectangular top with a moulded edge and rounded corners, fitted with two moulded panel frieze drawers centred by a roundel, enclosed by a pair of cartouche moulded and fielded panel doors below, between rounded fluted corners, on short shaped legs.
A French Palissy Ware dish: of oval form, modelled with a lizard, small terrapin and frog amongst scattered shells and foliage, reserved on a blue ground.
A pair of Derby figures of French Shepherds: modelled as a boy and girl, the boy holding a leaping puppy, the girl with a lamb, on naturalistic stump bases.
A French silver and enamel cigarette case of rectangular form, enamelled with three female head within smoke, with a push button stone catch.
A pair of Doulton Lambeth lamp bases decorated by Hannah Barlow: of oviform with cast bronze base set on three scrolling winged grotesque supports, the salt glazed stoneware body of oviform sgrafitto decorated with an encircling band of grazing sheep in a landscape flanked by stiff leaves, scrolling foliage and applied florets.
A 19th Century French bronze ewer: of neo-classical form, decorated with putti collecting fish , the scrolling handle in the form of a satyr being tormented by a putto pouring wine on him, the whole supported by three mermaids, on a shaped cruciform base.
A 19th Century French carved giltwood centre table of serpentine outline in the Louis XV taste:, surmounted by a panel of white veined marble, having a moulded edge and rounded corners, the lattice shaped apron decorated with flower heads, acanthus leaves and paterae on scrolling cabriole legs with similar decoration, united by curved moulded X frame stretcher with central flowerhead and foliate boss.
A French Victorian gilt metal and marble mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, the gilt-metal case having a white marble and gilt-metal octagonal pillar to the centre flanked by two classical figures on top of which stands the movement surmounted by a matching urn, all standing on a shaped and moulded white marble half-round base.
A 19th Century French Empire mahogany and brass mounted salon chair:, the upholstered panel back within a surround with applied anthemion, scroll and flowerhead ornament, the bowed upholstered stuff over seat with similar seat rail on sabre legs.
An aquamarine and diamond dress ring. The rectangular-shape aquamarine, to the pave-set diamond three-row line sides.
A mid 20th century sapphire single-stone ring. The oval-shape yellow sapphire, to the grooved shoulders and plain band.
A Continental porcelain figural mantel clock: modelled with a seated barefoot girl with an open book of geometry on her lap and a cherub embracing a terrestrial globe, both flanking a fluted column surmounted with a cockerel, a single volume and fabric drapes, the eight day French movement, striking to a bell, with an enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals.