0:00:02 > 0:00:07This is Antiques Master, the contest to find Britain's top amateur antiques expert.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Tonight, the battle continues as the country's finest
0:00:11 > 0:00:18antiques enthusiasts fight it out at the magnificent Townley Hall in Burnley.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20They face a series of tough challenges,
0:00:20 > 0:00:25testing their skills at identifying, dating and valuing antiques.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Ultimately, only one will be crowned Antiques Master.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hello and welcome to Antiques Master.
0:00:49 > 0:00:55I am Sandi Toksvig and this is the search for Britain's top amateur antiques enthusiast.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Now, we have three antiques buffs all ready to show off their knowledge
0:00:59 > 0:01:05and skills and, as ever, Mr Eric Knowles is here to cast his expert eye over the proceedings.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11But with only one guaranteed place available in the semi-finals tonight, let's meet tonight's contestants.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16John Denham from Hertfordshire, whose passion is stoneware.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I like the fact that something ancient and handmade
0:01:20 > 0:01:24has something special about it that communicates down the generations to me.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Heather Wray from Lancashire, who specialises in costume jewellery.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I do have some weak areas, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they don't come up.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37And Stephen Mikaloff Grogan from East Sussex, who loves the purity of Lalique glass.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42It will be fun to win but, for me, this is like a self-imposed challenge
0:01:42 > 0:01:45just to see what I can achieve.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49But who will have what it takes to win a place in the semi-finals
0:01:49 > 0:01:53and move one step closer to becoming Antiques Master?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55The journey starts now.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Your first challenge is all about your antiques specialisms.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08We know that each of you has a different antiques passion -
0:02:08 > 0:02:10we're going to put that knowledge to the test.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14We have scoured the country for five examples for each of you.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17What you need to do is to study them and tell us the following:
0:02:17 > 0:02:21which is the oldest, the most valuable and the odd one out?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23And there's a total of 40 points available.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Ten points for each antique that you correctly identify and an extra ten
0:02:27 > 0:02:34if you can tell us the price of the most valuable piece within 15% of its auction estimate.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38So let's see who's got a real eye for detail.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43First up is John, whose specialism is rustic stoneware
0:02:43 > 0:02:46dating from the 16th to the 19th century.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51And I can tell you, John, that your odd one out is a modern piece, so not within your timeframe.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Right, I could just be looking at it, I think.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56You think it's this one? Why?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00This is one of the nice things with ceramics. You can look at their bottoms.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05- If that makes you happy. - And it's got a stamp on and I don't recognise it at all,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08so that's put the one I'm looking at as the most modern one.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Have you had a lifelong passion for antiques? - Yes, I think I have, actually.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16My parents were interested and I sort of grew up in a house with antiques and so on.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18This I like. It's modelled on a powder flask.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It's a spirit flask from the 1830s.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25So it's the same sort of shape as you would have used for powder for a musket?
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Yes. You'd have measured out down for your muzzle loading musket.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Absolutely that. This is fantastic. - This is an astonishing-looking...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I am in... I am in stoneware heaven.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39This bear was made in Nottingham, I would say in the second half of the 18th century.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Look at the poor old dog there getting the bear hug. So it's to do with bear baiting.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- It's not very right- on at the moment, is it?- No, not a politically correct bear.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It is not. But wonderful, wonderful. Very, very rare.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- Oh, I might be able to blow this, it's a little whistle.- Oh, right, go on then.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01I've never seen one like this. It's got the nice brown that you associate...
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- What is the shape of it?- It's a dog's head, look.- Oh, yes, so it is.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05It's a dog's head whistle.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I'm going to go to about 1840-50 on it.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12This is the oldest, it looks as if it's been dug up.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Could I put the thing out and say it was the oldest?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- You certainly could. - Are you sure?- Go for it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20This is a stoneware flask.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26Now it could be John Dwight of Fulham, which would date it about 1670.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Before this was buried, it would have had a lovely glaze called a Tigerware glaze on.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- No more on this one because you've already made a decision.- OK.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37We have to still decide the most valuable and the odd one out.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- The most valuable. - The most valuable.- No hesitation. - And the odd one out?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- That's phenomenal. - The one that is the modern piece.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- This.- When do you think it's from?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- It could be the day before yesterday.- Oh, right.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- It could be as modern as that. - All right, John.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56I want you to just have a quick look at what your decisions are and see if you're happy.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57I think I'm pretty happy.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Come and stand over here with me. - Thank you.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- Eric Knowles will decide whether you were correct or not.- How wonderful.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Let's explain something first of all. Most of these are covered in a salt glaze.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17I think that's one of the few things you left out for me to say, quite frankly.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Let's look at the oldest because you gravitated over here
0:05:21 > 0:05:27and some people might look at that and think that's been given the treatment, been made to look old.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31But I don't think these have been in the ground, I think it's been at the bottom of the sea,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34so that's why you've got the degradation on there.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37And you're quite right when it came to date, they're somewhere
0:05:37 > 0:05:44in the second half maybe of the 17th century. Absolutely right, the oldest piece on the table.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Yeah! Ten points.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49We now have to look for the odd one out.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54You came to this with no hesitation, no hesitation whatsoever.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58But you were absolutely right.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Date on this? You're quite right,
0:05:59 > 0:06:04it could have come out of the kiln yesterday, but it's probably about 15 or 25 years old.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07So absolutely right for odd one out.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Now the most valuable, this is something of a rarity.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Your eyes went a funny colour when you grabbed hold of this.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17You mentioned that it was Nottingham.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I was looking for round about 1740.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23So we're all the right parameters.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27I agree it's a, you know, a horrible... How they could call it sport, I'll never know.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30But it's a piece of English folk art.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34So it is, without question, the most valuable.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39So far you've gained 30 points, John. You could gain another ten points.
0:06:39 > 0:06:48- Oh, gracious.- If you can tell me what you think the price of the bear is, the auction estimate, within 15%.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- If you want one figure. - Yes, please.- I'll go to £30,000. - £30,000.- Yes.- For the bear.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Can we buy it, Mr Eric Knowles?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Is it a bear market? I'm afraid it's going to be a bull market,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04because we're not in that area, we are nearer the sort of £4,000.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12John scored 30 out of a possible 40 points.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18Will Heather spot the oldest, most valuable and the odd one out in her specialism, costume jewellery?
0:07:18 > 0:07:25I can tell you that your odd one out is the only one that isn't American.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Now, I'm going to ask a very stupid question. Costume jewellery just means it's fake?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Generally it's not made out of precious stones or precious metals.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- So the one that you've got here would be made of what?- I mean, if that was in gold and real coral...- Yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45That wouldn't be costume jewellery. This is not gold and it will be porcelain or glass beads.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Right, so let's get on to the next piece.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53- What was it about antiques that got you interested?- I've always liked old things and history.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59I remember the first thing I got was a lovely 1920s necklace, which was about 20p.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- So costume jewellery is the beginning of antiques for you, is it?- Yes. - What do you reckon to this piece?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Well, it says Charles Jourdan on the back, so it sounds French.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- Potentially this is the odd one out, if we're looking for the non-American piece?- Potentially.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Always a bit pressed for time, so we're going to have to rush you along very slightly.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20This is a very striking enamel piece and with these green glass cabochons
0:08:20 > 0:08:24for the jewel at the top and the eyes. It's a Trifari piece
0:08:24 > 0:08:26and they were made principally in America.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Maybe '50s.- All right, possibly '50s. Move on to the next one.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35A lovely lily design with brushed metal finish.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39The design is highlighted all around the edge by small paste stones
0:08:39 > 0:08:42and there's this gorgeous pearl in the middle. That's beautiful.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- That's a strange-looking thing. - A splendid-looking thing.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- Looks like a tea strainer.- You'll see a very large mark, Adele Simpson.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54And it's got a little opening piece on the back.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59And you can just see there a space, which you could perhaps have put a sweet-smelling substance in.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03OK. You're going to have to make some decisions.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06We're looking for the only one that isn't American,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09the most valuable and the oldest piece.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I'll stick to what I said originally, this one here is the odd one out.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- You're going to decide it's French? - Yes.- Right, so let's think the oldest piece.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23- It's quite hard but I'd probably go for that piece at the end.- The one that we're not sure what it is.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And the most valuable?
0:09:26 > 0:09:31I think maybe this one, because of the craft that's gone into that.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36I've laid them out. Do you want to come and stand with me? Eric will tell us what we need to know.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Now, we want to find our oldest piece here today, do we not?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46And some of them look as though they could be
0:09:46 > 0:09:50'20s and some of them look as though they could be Victorian.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52So you can't go off style, it's a matter of knowing your makers.
0:09:52 > 0:10:02So the oldest piece that we have here actually dates from early 1940s and it is Adele Simpson.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04So absolutely right.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Ten points, well done.- Odd one out.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Well, you went straight for this, didn't you? And you said, "Oh, Charles Jourdan".
0:10:13 > 0:10:20Is it all in the name? Absolutement. That is a French make and it is our odd one out.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Date-wise, we've got him down for actually late '50s, early '60s.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- Oh, right.- So another ten points.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28We then wanted to go to the most valuable.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34You went for this and this I can tell you is Stanley Hagler.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38And this one, I'm happy to say, is the most valuable.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Great.- This is actually coral glass.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- Oh, right.- You mentioned, could it be porcelain?- I wasn't sure if it was glass or porcelain.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46But the complexity of a piece like that.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51I mean from a date point of view, we are talking sort of 1950s.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53So, well done, you've got 30 points.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Now, you could gain another ten points if you could tell me
0:10:57 > 0:11:02within 15% what you think the auction estimate would be
0:11:02 > 0:11:04of this rather stunning necklace on your right.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08£4,000.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11So £4,000 we bid. Mr Knowles?
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Well, you'll be pleased to know that it's a lot more affordable than that,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- because it's down at £500. - Oh, my word!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Oh! Thank you so much, Heather.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25John and Heather now both have 30 points.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31Will Stephen be able to match them with his specialism, the glassware of Lalique?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34And the odd one out is not Lalique.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37OK? So that's the reason.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I know the name Lalique. Do you actually own some yourself?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42A couple of pieces, yes. They are my pension.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Your pension?- Yes.- OK.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- Now, it does or doesn't shriek Lalique?- It is Lalique.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Oh, I see. It's got a mirror on the other side. It's beautiful.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Yes. I know this is one of his earliest.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- So it's definitely not the odd one out, that one. - No, definitely not.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- What is it about Lalique that has stolen your heart? - It's like something like this.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06It's purity. It's so like less is more.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08It is Lalique for sure.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10How can you tell?
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Its finish. Obviously there is the signature which there is here,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- R Lalique France, so this is definitely a Lalique. - Ah, right.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Is it something about the shape that suggests to you?
0:12:22 > 0:12:28- Similar to a design that he used, so let's just say it might be him. - Possible, OK.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Now what are we thinking here?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Are you sure that this is... - This one...- or isn't Lalique?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35No. This one, I don't think it is.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Let's see. Sorry. Just looking at it upside down.- It's interesting.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Immediately you're less reverential with this one. - Well, I didn't...
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- I didn't like it sitting there. - Right, so that's a little bit of a clue maybe with that one.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48And this is a car mascot.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52OK. This is, in French they would call it the libellule, if I can get it right,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and there should be again the signature here, R Lalique.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00OK, now we're going to have to make some decisions.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Let's look for the odd one out. Let's start with that.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- I would say that one, the odd one out.- All right. Now let us start and do the oldest.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08- Which do you think is the oldest? - That one.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- Oh, right.- My heart goes to this.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- You love this one.- Yes.- Right.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14And the most valuable?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Right, so I would come to this.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- You think it's our car mascot.- Yes.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Right, let's review.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Valuable, odd one out, oldest?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- Happy with your choices? - Yes, very happy.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30That was a wonderful wander through Lalique. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33You come and stand here and let's see if Eric enjoyed it as much as I did.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I rather hoped that we might have a Lalique round. Thank you, Stephen.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Right, first things first.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49I want to look at the oldest item that we have in front of us.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53You've gone for this. There is a signature in it and by the way you can see...
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Can you see this little sepia stain?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59It just lifts it. So is it the oldest?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02It's 1919. It's the oldest.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Well, done.- OK.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- Ten points.- So we now move to our odd one out and you looked at this
0:14:08 > 0:14:13and I have to say to anybody who is not initiated too well with Lalique,
0:14:13 > 0:14:19from you know 20, 30 yards away it looks pure Lalique because it's been inspired by Lalique.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25This dates to 1930, so it's all contemporary with what he's doing,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28but it is the odd one out.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Another ten points.- Valuable?
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Woah, well that might have been a contender.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39But when it comes to this sort of thing
0:14:39 > 0:14:43and this sort of thing is a car mascot,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46this is where it gets interesting because
0:14:46 > 0:14:50all the other items are very much for your Lalique collector.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54However, you've got a new player, the automobilia collector
0:14:54 > 0:14:58and they tend to have very deep pockets.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59So you're absolutely right.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02This is our most valuable piece.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05We are in an extraordinary position in that at the moment,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09all three of you have got 30 points, but you are unique
0:15:09 > 0:15:12in that you still have an opportunity to get another ten
0:15:12 > 0:15:16if you can tell me within 15% of the auction estimate
0:15:16 > 0:15:20how much would somebody pay for that dragonfly?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Well, I would say
0:15:24 > 0:15:25£8,000.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Bid £8,000.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31OK. We're near, but we're not near enough.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35This we know has an auction price tag of around £6,500.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38So it's a good 'un but it's not good enough.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43All three of you have got 30 points
0:15:43 > 0:15:49and we have to lose one of you at the end of the next challenge.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52So it is genuinely anybody's game at this point.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Let's go through to the Green Room for A Place In Time.
0:15:59 > 0:16:05In the second challenge, we've selected five antiques, all from different periods.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07The first is a glass jug.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Then a gold ring.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Next, a decorative vase.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Followed by a silver teapot.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17And finally a doll.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The antiques have been placed in random order.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Each contestant will have five minutes to assess and position them
0:16:24 > 0:16:28from earliest to latest on the Antiques Master timeline.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33Ten points will be awarded for each one they get right.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Heather is first to examine the doll.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Well, she looks like a bisque-headed doll.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40What does the bisque? Is that a type of...?
0:16:40 > 0:16:44The type of pottery that it's made from. It's kind of with a sort of matt glaze.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47With a lot of dolls, you've got a name on the back of the head.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51She's got bisque arms and these legs are also bisque.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Excuse me.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Well, as long as you just stick with the doll, we're fine.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Usually there is a mark. - Where?- Usually it's on the stomach.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I'll just have a guess. Victorian.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Right.- I'd say about 1850s, 1860.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11The teapot is next to be evaluated.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- It's stunning. - This is... Is it a stunning teapot? - Do you not think so?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18If I was knocked over the head with it I might, yes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- My guess is Georgian. - Right. Any marks on it or anything that you...?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25I... There are. There are marks but...
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- It's not your expertise. - No, it's not.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Oh, but wait a minute. It's got a silver hallmark on.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33They're all over the place. They're not in a line
0:17:33 > 0:17:36and it's got a sort of Georgian-type head on it as well.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Well, that's got me totally bemused and it's got the letters IR.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I don't know how to date that.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Yeah, I mean to me that's got a Georgian shape
0:17:46 > 0:17:52or maybe a Regency shape sort of around 1800.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55The third piece to date is the decorative vase.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56- What do you see?- Chinese.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59But then there is England as well.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Just to confuse you.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Just to confuse me.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06It seems to be a Lancastrian pottery pot.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11I mean extraordinary because it looks incredibly Chinese.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16I suppose the Arts and Crafts in this country were very much influenced by the opening up
0:18:16 > 0:18:19of Japan in the latter half of the 19th Century.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21It might have in the middle a P and an L.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23So if it were?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- If it were.- What does that suggest to you about the date?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Maybe 1890 or 1900, but they're as late as 1920.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34The ring has an auction value of £700.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Real jewellery? Costume jewellery?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Well, I imagine it's real jewellery this time,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43but very tiny of course, and it's got some nice, almost like
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Etruscan motifs with the little, tiny Cannetille kind of design.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49That's the little, with the little blobs of gold.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Oh, right.- Which are tiny and make like a little rope?
0:18:52 > 0:18:57They look like diamonds. You know I'm not big on stones. It could be Victorian.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00What can you see?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- 18 carat gold.- Oh, right.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I would say this is about 1880s.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Finally, a glass jug worth £1,000.- Glass finally, Stephen.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- Yes.- You like glass.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13But it is beautiful. It's crystal.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- Right.- Probably Baccarat.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18It's fantastically sharply cut.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I think sort of helmet shape, a classical shape,
0:19:22 > 0:19:25which was around in Georgian times.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Well, it's classical shaped, isn't it?
0:19:26 > 0:19:32It could be sort of Regency, couldn't it? 1810-20 sort of period.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34For me, it's Baroque.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Baroque would be 1700 and I was going to say before 1600s.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41It's decision time.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45They have just one minute left to place the antiques in chronological order.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- I'll follow my instinct.- Right.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- So earliest.- The earliest one.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Stephen thinks the decorative vase is the earliest antique.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- I would put that one as the oldest. - So leave that one where it is.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Heather disagrees and opts for the glass jug.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to go totally, totally mad.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- Are we going mad now?- While John goes for the silver teapot.
0:20:07 > 0:20:13John's confident the glass jug is the second oldest and Stephen agrees.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16But Heather thinks it's the silver teapot.
0:20:16 > 0:20:181840s I said, didn't I?
0:20:18 > 0:20:24John places the doll in the middle of the timeline and so does Heather.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- I move him.- But Stephen chooses the silver teapot.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- It's the ring that's slightly foxing you, isn't it?- It is.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Heather puts the ring in penultimate position.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37John agrees.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- My instinct... - The doll.- It could be wrong.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Stephen picks the doll.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44But this is the latest.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Finally, Heather chooses the decorative vase as the latest antique. And John agrees.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I'm going to do this.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55So you think this is the youngest item?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58But Stephen thinks it's the ring. Time's running out.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Phew!- Happy?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I'm not sure between these two, but I'll leave them like that.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- You can change it. You can change it. - No, no.- Last minute.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- What do you think about all your decisions?- Yes, I think they're seriously flawed.
0:21:10 > 0:21:16Time's up. But is anyone's timeline in the correct order?
0:21:19 > 0:21:26Right, we have all given our antiques a place in time. Let's see who was closest with their chronology. Eric.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I want to go back in time.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I'm tempted to stay in what has been described
0:21:31 > 0:21:34as the classical shape, a Regency shape.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38And if it is Regency, it should be round about 1810, 1820.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I'd like to leave it there, but I'm not going to.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43So what am I going to place there?
0:21:43 > 0:21:49I am going to go down to one very stylish teapot.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Marks on the base. Yes, I mean these are Georgian marks.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57I have to say that these would tell you that this was made in 1800.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01It's not really until well into the 19th century
0:22:01 > 0:22:03that you get all your hallmarks in a line.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09So only John, in fact, put the teapot as the earliest item.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14So as we move through time, one Regency jug.
0:22:14 > 0:22:20It's English, about 1820 and, as you all mentioned, it's cut.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24John and Stephen got that one in the right place.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29I want to move towards 1840s, 1850s, maybe 1860 and to do that
0:22:29 > 0:22:35I've got to move this little fellow and I've got to swap him with this
0:22:35 > 0:22:38slip of a girl.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Because you all did well with this one, I think it's fair to say,
0:22:42 > 0:22:43because this girl is German.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48She has got a bisque head and she's got bisque limbs and she was
0:22:48 > 0:22:53possibly made in Thuringia in and around about 1860.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Heather, some points for you. You had that one in the right place and so too did John.
0:22:56 > 0:23:02- I should add, Sandi, that this is our least valuable item.- Oh!
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Because we have this priced at £350.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09So we're left with these two fellas.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12We have a lovely ring.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15There's more to this ring than meets the eye.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19If I can just take this out because at the side of here,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21if I can just give this a little...
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Did you see that?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It just opens up.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- Ah.- And this was given by a lovely chap called Tom.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34And we've got the hallmark on there.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38I can tell you now that the hallmark is for 1876.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41All right, so Heather and John, ten points each.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47And so, by a process of elimination, we end up with this little treasure.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50This is Pilkington's Lancastrian ware.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54But before it was christened Lancastrian ware,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56because that didn't happen until 1913,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59if we have a look at this piece, you are forgiven for thinking
0:23:59 > 0:24:04it could be Chinese, because they were very clever at Pilkington's.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07We turn it upside down.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12When I said it's all in the detail, if you find any pot with the word England on there,
0:24:12 > 0:24:16you should automatically know that it has to be 1891 or later.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21This was made in 1905.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26I have to tell you also that this is the most expensive.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29This is worth £1,200.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Well, thank you, Eric. Now we started the first challenge with everybody even stevens,
0:24:33 > 0:24:35you all had 30 points.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39But things have shifted quite considerably.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41John, congratulations, you got all five
0:24:41 > 0:24:44in exactly the right order, so you get 50 points.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47You are in the lead with 80.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49For Heather, you had 30 to start,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53you got three out of the five, so you have 60.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Stephen, not such a good challenge for you this one.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57You only got the one correct.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01You have 40 points and I'm afraid your chance to go for
0:25:01 > 0:25:05the Antiques Master title finishes here. I'm so sorry.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- I hope you've had a good time. - Very much indeed.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Right, John and Heather, to your final challenge.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13One of you will leave tonight with a place in our semi-final.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14To the Red Room.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23So John and Heather, there is just one guaranteed place
0:25:23 > 0:25:25in the semi-finals and it is time for your final challenge.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Now before you are five, I think you'll agree, stunning antiques
0:25:28 > 0:25:31and I'm going to start with an open question.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33You need to buzz in if you know the answer.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38five points if you get it right, but five points off for a wrong answer.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Now if you answer correctly, you'll be able to choose one of the five
0:25:42 > 0:25:46antique categories for a further question that is worth ten points.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49But again, if you get the answer wrong,
0:25:49 > 0:25:50the question will be passed over to
0:25:50 > 0:25:55the other contestant who will then have a chance to steal five points.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00The round will end after two minutes or when all five antiques have been in play. All right?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Here we go. Time starts now.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Literally meaning to caper, which term describes a type of chair leg
0:26:05 > 0:26:10which curves out at the front or knee and in at the bottom above the foot?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Heather.- Cabriole.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16- Correct. So please will you choose one of the categories.- Merrythought.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Merrythought bear. Who was the chief designer at Merrythought until her death in 1949?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23It will have to be a guess.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Nora Wellings?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28No, I'm afraid that's not correct, so it goes across to John.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I've no idea about Merrythought bears, I'm afraid.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34- I can shed no light on this. - The answer is Florence Atwood.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36So it's an open question, either one of you can buzz in.
0:26:36 > 0:26:42Majolica, faience and delftware glazes are based on which oxide?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Yes, John.- Tin glaze.- Tin. Please pick one of the categories.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I'll go for the Gillows please.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50The Gillows. After travelling to the West Indies, Robert Gillow
0:26:50 > 0:26:51brought back one of the first recorded
0:26:51 > 0:26:56shipments of which wood to the UK and used it extensively in his furniture?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58It must be Cuban mahogany.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00It was mahogany. Open question, either of you can answer.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05From 1784 to 1890, what image was added as a mark on British silver
0:27:05 > 0:27:07to show that tax had been paid?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Heather. - A lion symbol.- Not correct.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13It's a sovereign's head.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Open question. What decoration literally meaning a thousand flowers was characteristic of the glass
0:27:17 > 0:27:21paperweights produced in Clichy in France in the 19th Century? Heather?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Millefiori.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Correct. Please pick a category.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Bristol Blue glass.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Bristol Blue glass. Cobalt oxide gives Bristol Blue glass
0:27:29 > 0:27:34its distinctive colour, but what ingredient gives Bristol Ruby glass its deep red colour?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- Gold?- Gold is absolutely correct.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Open question, either of you can answer... Which English?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Which English architect who designed the furniture
0:27:42 > 0:27:47for the Houses of Parliament also created Gothic Revival domestic silver and jewellery? John.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- Pugin.- Pugin is correct.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Well, after that impressive display of knowledge, let me tell you that the scores are as follows,
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Heather, you have an impressive 75 points,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04but John, you have 100 and that makes you this week's winner.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07A sterling performance. We will see you in the semis.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09My commiserations to you, Heather,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12but we may be well seeing you again because this year,
0:28:12 > 0:28:16our highest-scoring runner-up from across the series will complete our line up of semi-finalists.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- John, how are you feeling? - I feel on top of the world.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Fantastic. Eric, should he be feeling on top of the world?
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Of course he should be.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28That was really quick fire stuff, I couldn't keep up with all that. So, commiserations, Heather.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30But congratulations, John.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Well, do join us next week when we welcome three more determined
0:28:33 > 0:28:37antiques amateurs to compete for the Antiques Master title.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- Shall we congratulate them? - I think we shall.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- Well done, you two.- Terrific.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47I'm chuffed to little mint balls to win today, but whether I go any further, who knows?
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