0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Antiques Master,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08the contest to find Britain's top amateur antiques expert.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13Tonight, the battle continues as the country's finest antiques enthusiasts
0:00:13 > 0:00:18fight it out at the magnificent Towneley Hall in Burnley.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20They face a series of tough challenges,
0:00:20 > 0:00:24testing their skills at identifying, dating and valuing antiques.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29Ultimately, only one will be crowned Antiques Master.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hello and welcome to Antiques Master.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52I am Sandi Toksvig and this is the search
0:00:52 > 0:00:55for Britain's top amateur antiques enthusiast.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00In tonight's heat, we have three more amateur antiques enthusiasts out to prove their worth
0:01:00 > 0:01:04as they compete for the title of Antiques Master 2011.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09And, as ever, putting them through their paces, we have our resident expert, Mr Eric Knowles.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Now let's meet tonight's contestants.
0:01:11 > 0:01:18Agnes Grunwald-Spier from Sheffield, who adores the elegance of Derby porcelain.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24The thing that I love about Derby porcelain is the quality of the work they produce.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29Jim Bischoff from Swindon admires craftsmanship of distinctive snuffboxes.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I don't mind questions on any area of antiques because I have a love of all old objects.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39And Charlotte Howard from Wiltshire loves the timeless beauty of antique jewellery.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I was hoping to come in and just enjoy myself
0:01:41 > 0:01:46but now I have the red mist in front of my eyes and I'm a typical Leo and I really want to win.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50But who will have what it takes to win a place in the semifinals
0:01:50 > 0:01:54and move one step closer to becoming Antiques Master?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Their journey starts now.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Your first challenge is about your antiques specialisms.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09We know each of you has a different antiques passion
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and we're going to put that specialist knowledge to the test.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Now, we have scoured the country for five glorious examples for each of you, and what you need to do
0:02:17 > 0:02:21is to study them and tell me the following - which is the oldest,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25which is the most valuable and which one is the odd one out?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28You get ten points for each antique that you correctly identify
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and there's an extra ten points if you can tell me the price
0:02:31 > 0:02:37of the most valuable piece within 15% of its auction estimate.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41OK? So let's see who's got a real eye for detail.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47Agnes is first up. Her specialism is the decorative porcelain of Derby
0:02:47 > 0:02:49from 1750 to 1848.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53And the odd one out is a Derby copy.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57So is there something straightaway about Derby that springs out at you?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Well, I think Derby has the best shapes.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- OK.- And wonderful painters. This, of course, isn't painted.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Sorry to be silly about it, but does it mean it's not finished or it was designed to be like this?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Well, it could mean that it's very early.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17What got you interested in antiques, Agnes? What was the thing that kicked you off?
0:03:17 > 0:03:23My mother was interested in antiques and she brought me up to appreciate pretty things.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26That's got black spots on the bottom,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29which implies that it was fired white
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- and subsequently painted.- Do you like it?- It doesn't ring my bell.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37What does ring your bell? What about this one, which is more ornate?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's very busy, and also an absolute devil to dust.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Now that's got patch marks underneath.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48- Which means what?- That they used to put little lumps of clay underneath for it to stand in the kiln.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Next one?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55This is a very popular Derby shape.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57I think this is probably about 1800, 1820,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00because it's got the red mark underneath.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- OK, so possibly not the oldest...- No. - ..but could be the most valuable?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I'm not quite sure.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Right, well we're going to have to hurry you along. Let's come on to the last item.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Any ideas of age or value or...
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Are they Derby? That would be the main question we want to know.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Well, I don't know.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20What would you use them for? Are they just knick-knackery?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23They might have been pot pourri, because they have got holes at the top.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I find pot pourri such a silly thing, don't you?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Yes, but I suppose in the 18th century,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- when life was slightly more pongy than it is now...- Fair point.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- ..it would have served a useful purpose.- So we're going to look for the oldest.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Which one do you think shrieks "age"?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I think this one is the oldest.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43It ought to be about 1755, something like that.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Which one do you think is the impostor?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47The one that is not from Derby.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- I'm going to have to hurry you. - I think it's between that one and those on the end.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- We want an odd one out.- I'll go for this one.- Any reason why you think that's the odd one out?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It's because of the black spots underneath.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I think it might have been painted by somebody else.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04All right, and the most valuable?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- That one. - The one at the end. Any reason why?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Well, just the ornateness of it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14OK, you come down this way and stand with me. Well done.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Well, we'll find out how well done from Mr Eric Knowles.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26I have to say, Agnes, you chose a tricky factory,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30but we have got an item on here which is older than any other,
0:05:30 > 0:05:35and I have to say unfortunately it's not what we've got here.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40I wanted it to go in front of this sauce boat.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Because the sauce boat dates to 1758.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49You mentioned the black specks. I think sometimes there would be little bits of debris
0:05:49 > 0:05:51flying around in the kiln.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54If they got a speck on the outside,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57they'd put a flower over it, because this was an expensive material.
0:05:57 > 0:06:05We now have to look for the odd one out and, believe it or not, it was this.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Because it's a figure by a man called George Cocker,
0:06:07 > 0:06:12and Cocker was actually a former modeller at Derby who went solo.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16So, let's find out which of what is left is the most valuable.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22Well, let me tell you that these frill vases are the most valuable.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Yes, well done.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25OK, so we've got ten points.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Now, there's still a chance to get another ten points, Agnes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:35All you have to do is to tell Eric what you think the price would be at auction estimate within 15%.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Well, it's a pure guess. Perhaps...
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- 9,000.- £9,000, Mr Knowles.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45We're a little bit on the heavy side there, Agnes.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49This we know has a price tag of around £2,000.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Well done, Agnes, you go away with ten points. Thank you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Agnes walks away with 10 out of a possible 40 points.
0:06:56 > 0:07:02Will Jim spot the oldest, most valuable and the odd one out in his specialism, snuffboxes?
0:07:02 > 0:07:07The odd one out in your case is it's the only continental piece.
0:07:07 > 0:07:13I'm going to presume from that, Jim, that there's an awful lot of British snuffboxes, is that true?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17There are a huge number of British ones, but continental ones are usually more ornate
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and they usually use silver, gold, porcelain.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22So where does the snuff go?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25This one is an interesting little boat with a hinge.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27The hinge had to be very carefully made.
0:07:27 > 0:07:34If you had a different type of hinge to this, the snuff would get caught in it, so you couldn't use it.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39The hinge only came around 1780, I believe.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- You are a geography teacher? - That's correct.- How does a geography teacher get interested in snuffboxes?
0:07:44 > 0:07:49I wanted something to collect when I was young and snuffboxes were relatively cheap in those days.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- Do you actually use snuff? - Never taken it.- No, OK.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Let's go on to the next one.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59This looks like brass, but it might be Pinchbeck.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- What is that? - It's a tin and brass mixture.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- There's a rather interesting compartment in the lid. - What's that for?
0:08:08 > 0:08:13- Maybe when you are being very mean, you offered your...- "Oh, I've hardly got any, look at that," yes.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16And then a better friend and a very close friend, the largest compartment.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Another boat one.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21This one is inlaid with ivory, chip-carved,
0:08:21 > 0:08:25possibly the earliest Because of the method of decoration.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28OK. Great, another one that looks brass to me.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33Lovely, though I have no brass boxes of my own. I think that is absolutely beautiful. Engraved.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Engraved with the name of the owner or...?
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- Most likely. That symbol there could make it masonic.- Masonic?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42The Masons loved their snuff.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Most probably a cobbler's box.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Name on the lid of the owner.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56- Nicely, little hammered nails into the surface.- Now, we have to make some decisions.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00First of all, let us look for the one which we think is not British, the one that is continental.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Remind me of why you think it's continental.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- The wood. I think it's amboyna. - What is that?- It's a wood used by the French...
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Oh, right.- ..Quite a lot. - So that's our odd one out. What about the oldest?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Going to have to hurry you a little bit.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Yes, OK. I'll go for this.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- This one is the oldest. What age do you think?- 1760.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22And very quickly, the most valuable, please.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- That one.- Because?
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Boat ones do fetch a premium. - Happy with your choices? Well, we'll find out.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Jim, you come and stand with me and Eric will put you out of your misery.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45I must admit, as a youth, I tried it but it burnt my nostrils so I gave that...
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Does it make you sneeze? - It certainly does make you sneeze!
0:09:48 > 0:09:56Anyway, the oldest item that we have in front of us actually dates, believe it or not, to 1815.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58But it is not this, I'm afraid.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04Believe it or not, this is the oldest. This actually dates to 1815.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08We've now got to look for the odd one out.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Absolutely right. - Well done. Ten points.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16French and a fruit wood. I'm not sure if it's amboyna, but we do know that it's a fruit wood.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- Which leaves me holding this - the most valuable.- Down the far end.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26Well, it's nice, but whenever I go to antique fairs, I'll guarantee I'll see half a dozen.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28But I don't see many like this.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31And this one is the most valuable.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33You didn't guess which one was the most valuable,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37but there is still potentially another five points for you
0:10:37 > 0:10:43if you can tell us the auction estimate within 15%.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I'd think around £650.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51I was looking for something in the region of £450.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- So I'm afraid it doesn't get you the five points.- Thank you.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Jim is tied with Agnes on ten points.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Will Charlotte's knowledge of jewellery from the Regency period
0:11:02 > 0:11:04through to Art Deco give her a clear lead?
0:11:04 > 0:11:10In your case, the odd one out is a 20th-century reproduction.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Right.- Here is the thing, Charlotte. I feel as though I already know you.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18- Hmmm, I wonder.- You are not the only member of your family...- No.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- ..that wanted to be Antiques Master. - No, my mother came second last year, so no pressure today!
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- No, none at all! Judith.- Judith. - The wonderful Judith.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27I'm a bit nervous, cos I think, if I don't do well,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- the locks will be changed when I get home.- Well, let's start here.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35- Even I know that this is a cameo. I don't think it's giving anything away.- No prizes for guessing a cameo.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- No.- Yes. So this is a shell cameo.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Straightaway you know more about it than I do. How can you tell?
0:11:41 > 0:11:45It would have been carved in a shell as opposed to a semi-precious stone.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- OK.- It's quite a sentimental scene.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50It looks a bit like Romeo and Juliet, Victorian, 1850s, something like that.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Could it be our 20th-century reproduction?- Not sure.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I will reserve my judgment until I've seen them all.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Right, this is a ring.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- You're good. You're good.- I know, there's no flies on me here!
0:12:02 > 0:12:04A nice little diamond sparkler
0:12:04 > 0:12:07set in yellow gold, which is quite interesting.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13Classic, clean Art Deco, but it could be later. This could possibly be the 20th-century fake.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It's a 20th-century reproduction. I like the word "fake", by the way.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Yes, I suppose on a posh programme like this you should say the word "reproduction".
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Speaking of posh, here's the thing I want to know,
0:12:22 > 0:12:23is it true that you were an MC for boxing?
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- I have, yes.- I love this. - The world's only female boxing MC. It was a strange period of my life.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- Everybody should have many strange periods in their life.- Yes. - Now, the earrings.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36These are Victorian, well, late-Victorian-style coral earrings in the style of...
0:12:36 > 0:12:41They would be 1870s. I've got a feeling this is the fake.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- It feels a bit sharp and tinny. I'm not sure.- All right-y.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Gosh. - Oh, I don't even know what that is.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- This is what they call a negligee pendant...- Oh!
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- ..To wear when you're wearing your negligee. No.- Seriously?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54No, not really.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57This is Art Nouveau, set in gold in gold and diamonds.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- When you handle as many diamonds as I do, you can tell by the spangle. - What a marvellous sentence that is.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Could be the most valuable? - Possibly.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- OK, we've got one more item. - Oh, this is nice.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11This is a grenadier, like a little bomb with a flame coming out of it,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14so it might have been made for the wife of somebody who was in the Grenadier Guards.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- So a sweetheart, as you go off to war...- Yes, that's quite pretty.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20So you think that might be the oldest?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- Yes, put that down as the oldest. - All right, my lovely, let's go for the odd one out.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- You had that down as a possibility. - Yes. I think that one. - That one's the odd one out?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Odd one out.- The most valuable - are we going for the diamonds?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Or are we going for the ring, maybe? - Urm...- The negligee or the ring?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- I'll go for the negligee. - We're going for the negligee. It all looks marvellous.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Stand here with me and we shall find out just how marvellous it is.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Right, the oldest item that we have in front,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53well, a date was actually given of 1850,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56but it is not this, I'm afraid.
0:13:56 > 0:14:03I wanted it to go in front of this, because the setting sort of tells you it's about 1850, doesn't it?
0:14:03 > 0:14:07And consequently, it is the oldest.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Now, odd one out.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13And in this business, as any collector, dealer will tell you,
0:14:13 > 0:14:21- first instincts are worth listening to and you were quite right to go with your first instinct.- Oh.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24They are coral and they are gold, so they're not outright fakes,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- they are a reproduction.- Right.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Which leaves us with the most valuable.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Well, the very wonderful belle epoque,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38it's got movement to it,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- tells me it is the most valuable. - So another ten points.- Marvellous.
0:14:42 > 0:14:49- And you could gain a further ten points if you can tell us the correct price, auction estimate...- Right.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52..within 15%.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Erm...
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- 1,200.- I was hoping you were going to go
0:14:58 > 0:15:01nearer the 2,000 mark, so I'm afraid not.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03You did very well, you got 20 points.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Well done. Thank you so much.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14At the end of that frankly rather tricky first challenge, I can tell you the scores are,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Charlotte is in the lead with 20 points
0:15:17 > 0:15:19and Agnes and Jim had ten points.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24One of you, sadly, will be leaving the contest at the end of the next challenge
0:15:24 > 0:15:29but, frankly, it is still anyone's game. So let's go through to the green room for A Place In Time.
0:15:34 > 0:15:40In the second challenge, we've selected five antiques all from different periods.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42First is a decorative box.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Next, an elegant porcelain bowl.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49The third item is a stylish coffeepot,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52followed by a teddy bear,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and a pilgrim's flask completes the line-up.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58The antiques have been placed in random order.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Each contestant will have five minutes to assess and position them
0:16:02 > 0:16:06from earliest to latest on the Antiques Master timeline.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Ten points will be awarded for each one they get right.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18The first item they must assess is the pilgrim's flask.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21You look as though you have no idea what it might be.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26It's obviously a decanter and they've been really unhelpful, there's no name at the bottom.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- Be good if they'd just put the date there.- That's right, the date.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35I'm not a great expert on glass. Nice folded rim on that. Very nice carving.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36It's a shame it's not full.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39What did you think it would have been full of?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I would hope wine.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- Why would you say wine?- There are grapevine leaves on the top.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51The silver gives me an idea that it's probably third quarter of the 19th century.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- Why?- It's quite naturalistic, I think is probably the best way of describing it.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- The period I would have thought would have been late Victorian.- OK.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I don't think it's Victorian. I don't think it's particularly Arts and Crafts.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I don't think it's Art Nouveau. I don't think it's Art Deco.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Right. We're running out.- So I don't know. I'm not sure about that.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13OK, we'll leave that one to one side. And come on to Mr Bear.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16The next antique to evaluate is the teddy bear.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18No squeaker in there, I don't think.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20The nose is...
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- might be a bit of a gift and the arms are quite long which is... - Which means what?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Earlier style of bear.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31If he's a Steiff bear, he should have a nice little label in his ear.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- And does he?- No.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36But obviously everyone goes straight for the old button in the ear
0:17:36 > 0:17:39to see if it's a Steiff but I don't think this one is a Steiff.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45You can tell the date of a bear by how big the hump is, and also, if you can stand him on all fours,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47the longer his top arm is, generally the older he is.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51- So what kind of age?- I would say he's '20s or '30s, something like that.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56I'm just trying to remember whether the early Steiff bears didn't have the label.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- If they didn't, what kind of time would we be talking about? - I think 1890s.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02So the 1890s, roughly.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07- Yes.- So I'd put this about 1920s to 1930s.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12The third artefact to be dated is the coffeepot.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- It's a lovely Arts and Crafts. - But what gives the Arts and Crafts bit of it away?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19The design on it. There is a mark on the bottom.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24It doesn't say Liberty's. It doesn't say Tudric. It doesn't say Christopher Dresser.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27So we don't know who the designer might be.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32I assume it's Liberty & Co, is it? English pewter, sort of Archibald Knox's style.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35It would be about 1915.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40Well, it's the sort of late 19th century, 1870, 1880 onwards.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44I'd put this in 1880 to...
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Or later than that, 1890s.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50The porcelain bowl now needs a place on the timeline.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55It's a bowl in the shape of a shell, decorated with shells.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57So for what? Sweets or for?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Sweet meats.- Does it say the maker or any marks or...
0:19:00 > 0:19:03No, there's nothing helpful at all.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Absolutely no mark on it at all.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I have no idea where it was made.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Oh, it's got a mark on it and I've no idea.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18- It's like a little arrow with a circle. It's English.- Old? - Early 19th century, I would say.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Quite early, I think.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Right, when you say "quite early", what...?
0:19:22 > 0:19:241820s.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I think it's quite early.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Second half of the 18th century.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33The last antique to have its age assessed is the ornate box.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36How's your wooden boxes?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- A nice chest.- You're too kind.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41It's a little bit cracked here. It's a problem with central heating.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43You get a lot of this with wooden boxes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:49Well, this is a lovely, lovely box with inlaid brass.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Possibly a jewellery box.- Right.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- Or for hankies or...- Hankies!
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I love the idea of having a box just for hankies.
0:19:56 > 0:20:03I think this is in the style of Boulle, the French designer who did inlaid furniture.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09- And when did he do this?- The 17th century onto the 18th century.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12This, I would say, is 1850s.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15It's decision time.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19They have just one minute to place the antiques in chronological order.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22So let's start. Make some moves.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Charlotte swaps the first two items
0:20:24 > 0:20:28so the bowl becomes the earliest antique and the box second-earliest.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I think this could definitely go here.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Jim places his two earliest items in the same positions as Charlotte.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I could be wrong. This could be earlier than that.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Agnes disagrees and keeps the box in the earliest position
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and the bowl as second-earliest.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- I will leave that there. - Leave that there. Right.
0:20:45 > 0:20:53Charlotte is confident the pilgrim's flask belongs in the middle of the timeline and once again, Jim agrees.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I'm not sure about this one at all.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00Agnes is perplexed by the pilgrim's flask, but she also eventually places it in the middle.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- What are you thinking? - It's more Victorian.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04But I could be completely wrong.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Everyone agrees the coffeepot is the second-latest item.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- I think I'll put the Arts and Crafts...- Here?- There.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And that the bear should be positioned as the youngest.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19- There.- With time running out, are the contestants happy with their decisions?- Happy?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Yes.- Happy? - I'm happy with that, yes.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22I'll swap them over.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Agnes makes one final switch.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27And so the bowl is your earliest?
0:21:27 > 0:21:32- Yes.- Which now means her timeline matches Charlotte's and Jim's.
0:21:32 > 0:21:39Time's up. The contestants are in total agreement about the timeline of the antiques, but are they right?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I think so.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48We're looking initially for the oldest.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I'm not convinced that this should be here. So I'm going to move that.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56I'm going to move it so. And I'm going to place that so,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58because you all enjoyed seeing that,
0:21:58 > 0:22:03because this is a piece of Bow Porcelain, so it dates to 1750.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09It's the most valuable item, because this is worth £2,000.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13And it's worth ten points to each of you, because all three of you got that right.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16So as we move through time...
0:22:16 > 0:22:22we're going here. Charlotte, you said "fold-over foot",
0:22:22 > 0:22:24which is very much a Georgian feature.
0:22:24 > 0:22:32That gives strength to the rim. But the date we have on this is 1813.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36And nobody should feel bad about it, because absolutely no-one got it correct.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Right, OK. I'm going here.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I'm going with the box.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43You mentioned Boulle, Agnes.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46And quite right, because Jean and Andre Boulle
0:22:46 > 0:22:48were working in France about 1830.
0:22:48 > 0:22:54Again, a very tricky one for everybody, because one of you put that in the correct place.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00So we've got two items here vying for being the youngest.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06Let me just move this little fellow there, because what we've got here
0:23:06 > 0:23:08is a classic piece of Liberty pewter.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12It may not be marked Liberty, but it was made for Liberty.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15The designer - Charlotte, you mentioned - Archibald Knox.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20So we know this has to be after 1902. But the bear -
0:23:20 > 0:23:24he's got long arms, he's got a slight hump there.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27The consensus on this bear is that he's dating from 1920.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31So the bear is staying put.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37What an extraordinary round because, in fact, all three of you made precisely the same decisions.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42So you all three got 30 points and it does the following to the scores.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Charlotte, you had 20 to begin with,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46so you now have 50, you are in the lead.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49You will definitely be going through to the next round.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Agnes and Jim, you started with 10, you add 30, you each have 40.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57This brings us to a tie-break situation.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01So Eric is going to show you one of the items and we want you
0:24:01 > 0:24:04to guess the value based on an auction estimate.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Whoever is closest to the value will be going through
0:24:07 > 0:24:11to the final challenge. So, Eric, which piece are we going to be looking at?
0:24:11 > 0:24:16I'm going to look at this piece, designed by Archibald Knox.
0:24:16 > 0:24:23Knox grew up on the Isle of Man, so he was greatly influenced by Celtic design.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Please, would you write down your estimate?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Right, let's have look. Jim, please.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35£1,250.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39£1,250. And Agnes?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41£850.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Who is closest?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46At £800, it's Agnes.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Congratulations. At the end of that challenge, I can reveal
0:24:50 > 0:24:53that Charlotte and Agnes are going to be going through.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Jim, it was a wonderful performance, but I'm afraid your Antiques Master journey ends here.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Have you had a good time?- Lovely, thank you. I've learnt a lot.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Charlotte and Agnes, you will be going through. At the end of the next challenge,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09one of you will have a place in the semifinals. Let's go through to the red room.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20Now, Charlotte and Agnes, there is just one guaranteed place in the semifinals.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22It is time for your final challenge.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I'll start with an open question. Buzz if you think you know the answer.
0:25:25 > 0:25:32Five points if you get it right, but there are five points taken off for every wrong answer.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35If you do answer correctly, then you'll be able to choose
0:25:35 > 0:25:37one of the five antique categories
0:25:37 > 0:25:40for a further question worth ten points.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43But get that answer wrong and the question will be passed
0:25:43 > 0:25:47to the other contestant who could steal five points from you.
0:25:47 > 0:25:53And the round will end after two minutes or when all five antiques are out of play.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Charlotte, you are currently on 50 points, but it's pretty close because, Agnes, you're on 40,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00so there is everything to play for.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Time starts now with an open question.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06In which Southwest city did English hard-paste porcelain production
0:26:06 > 0:26:08begin in 1768? Charlotte?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Bristol? - No, the answer is Plymouth.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13A pounce box is a cylinder with a sprinkler for a powder
0:26:13 > 0:26:15that was used for what purpose?
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Yes, Agnes?
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- For a wig. - No, for blotting or drying ink.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Founded in 1860, which Birmingham-based company
0:26:24 > 0:26:28famous for their teddy bears were appointed Royal Warrant holders in 1938?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Yes, Charlotte?- Merrythought. - Chad Valley.
0:26:32 > 0:26:38What basic shape is the British-registered design mark first issued by the Patent Office in 1842?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Agnes?- A diamond.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44A diamond. Correct. Agnes, could you pick a category, please?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I'll try Whitefriars.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Whitefriars. In 1923, the Whitefriars factory
0:26:48 > 0:26:52was moved to which district now in the London Borough of Harrow?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- I can't remember.- Charlotte?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Absolutely no idea.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Wealdstone. Open question, either one of you can buzz in.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02What name is given to a clasp with a set of short chains attached to a woman's belt
0:27:02 > 0:27:06and used for carrying household items such as keys and scissors. Charlotte?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Chatelaine.- Chatelaine is correct.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09- Please pick a category.- Jumeau.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15Jumeau. What is the French name for the child dolls introduced by Jumeau
0:27:15 > 0:27:16in the late-19th century?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Poupeau?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19No, that's not correct. Agnes?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Poupee?- No, the answer is Bebe.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Open question. What word, meaning "to gape",
0:27:25 > 0:27:28is used for a slant made on the edge of a mirror or piece of glass
0:27:28 > 0:27:30for decoration or to protect against chipping?
0:27:30 > 0:27:31- Charlotte.- Bevel.- Correct.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- Correct. Please choose a category. - Rennie Mackintosh.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37What is the name for this type of chair design by Rennie Mackintosh?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Ladder-back?- Not correct. Agnes?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- I don't know. - It's called a Hillhouse chair.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:27:45 > 0:27:51Well, that was an impressive display and I can reveal that the scores are...
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Agnes, you have stayed on 40,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56but Charlotte, you still have 50
0:27:56 > 0:28:00and therefore you are taking the place in the semis,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03and Agnes, my commiserations to you. How are you feeling, Charlotte?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Stunned.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Stunned. Well, let's see what Eric's verdict is.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14It was a very close competition, but congratulations, Charlotte, well done all through.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19And do join us next week, when three more determined amateur antiques enthusiasts
0:28:19 > 0:28:22will be competing for the title of Antiques Master.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29My mother was in it last year and came second,
0:28:29 > 0:28:33so I hope to go one better and restore honour to the family.
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