A team of antiques specialists is coming to Berriew tomorrow (Saturday) on a mission to find another treasure similar to a £180,000 table discovered in 1998.
Experts from Shrewsbury-based fine art auction house Halls will be holding an antiques valuation day at Glansevern Hall Gardens, Berriew on Saturday, October 24 from 10.30am to 3pm to raise money for Hope House children’s hospice.
The charity needs to raise £5 million a year to run its two hospices in Morda, near Oswestry and Groesynydd, Conwy. Caroline Owen, owner of Glansevern Hall Gardens, has adopted Hope House as her charity due to the fantastic work that it does with children.
Halls’ fine art director Jeremy Lamond said Montgomeryshire and the borders had been a happy hunting ground for the company over many years.
He would love to discover another important antique like the Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin oak table, originally made for John Naylor at Leighton Hall, Welshpool, which was found in a Berriew property.
Leighton Hall was furnished with many pieces designed by Pugin, which were later sold at various auctions from the 1930s onwards. Mr Lamond is certain that many of these antiques remain the surrounding towns and villages.
Last year, Halls also discovered an Old Master oil painting by Dutch artist Dirck van Delen in a country cottage near Welshpool which sold for £60,000.
“It would be fantastic to make another important discovery at the valuation event and I’m particularly keen to see antiques that originally resided at Leighton Hall,” said Mr Lamond.
“This is an ideal opportunity for people, who might not know the true value of an item, to receive a professional valuation. It’s always exciting for us as valuers to attend these charity events because we never know what we are going to see on the day.”
Joining Mr Lamond at Glansevern Hall will be senior auctioneer and valuer Andrew Beeston, head of the pictures department James Forster and silver, jewellery, coins and medals specialist Derek Ainsworth.
They will value a vast range of items, from silver, jewellery, watches, coins, militaria and clocks to paintings, toys, ceramics, works of art and furniture. A charge of £1 will be made for the each item valued and all the proceeds will go to Hope House.
People who have collections or items that are too big to bring along on the day can either take photographs to show the valuers or a home visit will be arranged after the event at no additional charge.
The valuation event is an ideal opportunity for the people of Berriew and surrounding towns and villages to have their family heirlooms and treasured items professionally valued.
Glansevern Hall Gardens café will be open for lunches and tea from 10.30am to 5pm and the gardens will be open for a reduced fee of £5, which will include a donation to Hope House.
For more information about the event contact either Halls on 01743 450700 or Caroline Owen on Tel: 01686 640644.
Picture caption:
Halls' fine art director in action at a charity valuation day.
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