0:00:36 > 0:00:42For this week's instalment of the Antiques Roadshow, we thought we'd get some sea air into our lungs,
0:00:42 > 0:00:49so today we've toddled along to Highcliffe on Sea near Christchurch, on the Dorset coast.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Is it Dorset, or is it Hampshire?
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Well, it was Hampshire and then they moved the goalposts,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Anyway, you have a stunning view of The Needles and the Isle of Wight,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03which didn't go unnoticed by Lord Stuart de Rothesay when he built Highcliffe Castle
0:01:03 > 0:01:06overlooking Christchurch Bay in 1830.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Lord Stuart was a distinguished diplomat
0:01:10 > 0:01:17and whilst he was ambassador to Paris, he acquired large quantities of carved medieval stonework.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Twelve barges were needed to carry the stonework from France,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27it was unloaded at a place that is now known as Steamer Point.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Most people think it was worth the effort.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43The result was a unique building in the romantic picturesque style.
0:01:46 > 0:01:52Highcliffe Castle remained in the Stuart Wortley family until 1950 but it's had an uneven ride since then.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56When the family left, the contents and the furniture were all sold off,
0:01:56 > 0:02:02you'll find some of it in the Victoria and Albert Museum, but most of it is in store.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Highcliffe became a children's home for a while and then it was turned into a seminary,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09the Great Hall serving as the college chapel.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16When the Fathers left in the late '60s, two mysterious fires caused terrible damage to the Great Hall,
0:02:16 > 0:02:23the dining room and the bedrooms, leaving the whole place vulnerable to vandals and the elements.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28There were calls for Highcliffe to be pulled down and replaced by a housing development
0:02:28 > 0:02:31but its Grade I heritage status foiled those plans.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37In 1977, Christchurch Borough Council, one of the smallest local authorities in the country,
0:02:37 > 0:02:42compulsorily purchased the castle, the grounds were opened to the public
0:02:42 > 0:02:46just in time to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
0:02:46 > 0:02:54What was left of the castle stood behind a high security fence, while argument raged about its future.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58In 1994, major restoration to the fabric of the building was assured
0:02:58 > 0:03:03through a grant of over £2.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Your Lucky Dip may not have been so lucky for you, but it did Highcliffe a lot of good.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13The Winter Garden is earning its keep as a venue for civil weddings.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17No weddings today though - unless there's something the experts haven't told us -
0:03:17 > 0:03:22but I'm sure there will be some lovely things to have and to hold.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24This is a toy Crown Derby tea service.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Toy Crown Derby, oh, goodness me.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30When you say "toy", do you think it was made as a toy?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Well, I don't know.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35There was an elderly lady lived at the bottom of our garden,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39in the house there and, when she died,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- her two equally elderly maids... - Maids?- Yes.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Lovely.- Two maids, they were terrified of the telephone
0:03:46 > 0:03:51and didn't know what to do, and my mother made all the arrangements.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- When would this have been?- Oh, in the early 1950s, I think.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Good Lord. - Something around about then.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Wonderful, full of charm. Well, in a way, for me,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08that kind of confirms my thinking about the set like this
0:04:08 > 0:04:13because I picture this set in a lovely Edwardian sitting room of a rather refined lady,
0:04:13 > 0:04:19- perhaps in a Sheraton-style china cabinet, because this wasn't a toy.- No.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24This was just something that was made to look pretty and sweet.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- You've got six cups and saucers.- Yes.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Stand the cups on the saucers like that.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Yes.- This is so charming, it makes me just want to play.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Toys for adults.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- So you've got six cups and saucers. - And a sugar basin.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I don't think that's a sugar basin,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45because that is what you put the sugar in, with a lid.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51If we were being a little bit pretentious and French, we'd say that's a sucrier
0:04:51 > 0:04:56- or in English, a sugar bowl. That's actually the slop bowl. - Oh, the slop bowl, of course!
0:04:56 > 0:05:01You've got a lovely teapot and a milk jug and also, the premier piece...
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Look at that, isn't it beautiful?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Yes. - You said it was Royal Crown Derby.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Well, let's have a look on the mark.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Royal Crown Derby.- Yes, yes.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19This is the standard Royal Crown Derby mark there.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24- Have you noticed these funny little squiggle marks here?- Yes.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30There is a table that you can look at, produced by the factory, and you can date them using these marks.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Yes.- And, er, the dates range between 1910 and 1913.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40- Oh, right.- So our vision of a sort of Edwardian gentility...
0:05:40 > 0:05:43this wonderful Edwardian china cabinet is spot on.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- Yes.- We're just out of the Edwardian period, but it is the same thing.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53This pattern has a rather strange name as well, rather impolite really.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56It's called The Old Witches pattern.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Oh, goodness!- But, um...
0:05:59 > 0:06:05they're just luxury objects made for a high class china cabinet to delight and charm.
0:06:05 > 0:06:11You know, a little cup and saucer like that is £80 or £100.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- No!- Yes.- ..Good gracious!
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And you've got six of those.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21That's probably about £500 for the cups.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25That's the best bit...going to be a couple of hundred pounds... 700...
0:06:25 > 0:06:28There's £1,000 or more there.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Oh, I can't believe it!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Thank you very much for bringing them in.- Thank you.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38"Dear Richard and Phillida. This is just to thank you so very much
0:06:38 > 0:06:42"for thinking of me on my first night. All good wishes, Noel."
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- And I assume that's Noel Coward. - It is.- It's his signature, so...
0:06:46 > 0:06:48This is rather intriguing...
0:06:48 > 0:06:56"Dear Blondie. Thank you both so very much for your welcome thought of me on my opening night."
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Who's Blondie?- Blondie was my dad. - This is your dad?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04That's right, he was an actor and he sometimes worked for Noel Coward.
0:07:04 > 0:07:11- He doesn't look very blond.- No, I've never known him blond, but when he was a young RADA student...
0:07:11 > 0:07:15He was obviously terribly fanciable. The master fancied him.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Anyway, there's that one there,
0:07:17 > 0:07:22and here's another very short one, "I'm so awfully pleased to hear from you."
0:07:22 > 0:07:26But this one, which I think is a rather good letter,
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Noel Coward probably writing in bed because he's using pencil, not ink.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- In his dressing gown. - In his dressing gown, yes, and looking absolutely wonderful.
0:07:36 > 0:07:42"Dear Blondie. Yes, I am doing an operetta and you can certainly do an audition for me.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46"You might be very useful, so let's hope you will be."
0:07:46 > 0:07:51It's signed completely "Noel Coward". Noel Coward in full. And underneath,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55a very nice vintage photograph of Noel Coward
0:07:55 > 0:07:58signed on the cuff here "For Dick,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01"(Blondie) Warner, from Noel Coward",
0:08:01 > 0:08:06which is a very nice thing. So what value do you think they've got?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Not much really, they've just been in a chest for years...
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Well, they're not in bad condition.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17These little ones here, these three little letters,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21I would say are worth no more than about £150 each.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Really? That much?- Yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Amazing.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31But I really like this letter here which just shows him sitting in bed,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34or in his dressing gown or whatever it is,
0:08:34 > 0:08:40scribbling off a note. And it's full of character and signed in full "Noel Coward"
0:08:40 > 0:08:44here at the bottom. I would put that at about £300 to £400.
0:08:44 > 0:08:50- Gosh.- But the lovely, lovely photograph here,
0:08:50 > 0:08:55which needs a little TLC, but is nevertheless beautiful,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I would put £500 on that.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- Great, thanks very much. - You're very welcome.
0:09:03 > 0:09:10It belonged to my auntie and we've had it at our house for about 25 years now
0:09:10 > 0:09:14and I should think she had it about 1940, I would guess.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20- I believe it comes from France. - Absolutely right, it's French. - Oh, good.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24And these are typical French shape in the vaguely Louis XV style,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28with these wonderful gilt bronze mounts, these are mercurial gilded.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Right.- Typical writing desk, do you know what these are called?
0:09:32 > 0:09:39- A bonheur du jour. - That's it, good time of the day... a good time of the day for writing.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Have you ever played with this?- No.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45No, clearly you haven't!
0:09:46 > 0:09:52Well, I wouldn't know what to clean it with, would I?
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- Sorry about that.- That's all right.- It's original though.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Yes, definitely original.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- I think we'll put that back.- Yes.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Don't come round the rest of my house, will you?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08It's very interesting -
0:10:08 > 0:10:16these tiny little lozenges here are satinay - not satin wood but satinay - a wood used very much in France,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19but the whole shape is very indicative of a particular period.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- Have you any idea how old it is at all?- No, not the vaguest idea, no.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Well, the indication for this is very interesting because, obviously,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- these are wired for electricity.- Yes. - With light bulbs.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37And if you look, the wires are inside,
0:10:37 > 0:10:38they're not sticking outside.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Right.- So that suggests obviously then, the arms are hollow
0:10:42 > 0:10:46so the electricity can be passed through.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49If this were an 18th-century desk,
0:10:49 > 0:10:56the arms would be solid and then you pin the wires on the outside if you want to put the electric light on it.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- So this has been made for electricity.- Right. - Now, electricity came in 1880-1890,
0:11:01 > 0:11:07more commonly around 1900 and that's when I would date this.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12It's not a reproduction of a French 18th-century piece, it's inspired by the French 18th century.
0:11:12 > 0:11:18It is actually a totally innovative French bonheur du jour of circa 1900.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- Right.- We do need to worry about the condition of it, it's not in the best of states.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27This is the most obvious one. Look how fresh the wood is underneath.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Yes.- Under this, this is tulip wood veneer
0:11:30 > 0:11:36and you can see it's about a millimetre thick, I guess, here and it's just dropped away.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- Easy to repair.- Yes. - Have you ever had it valued?
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- Well, we had it valued for insurance 20 odd years ago at 5,000.- £5,000.
0:11:44 > 0:11:51Right. In good condition, retail, in a shop, let's say a London or smart Bournemouth shop or wherever...
0:11:51 > 0:11:58- Sounds more like it.- ..or Glasgow, cleaned up, with a few thousand pounds spent on it,
0:11:58 > 0:12:03- it would certainly be insured for £25,000.- Right, thank you, yes.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I also have to think of the value in this condition.
0:12:06 > 0:12:13- I would say as it is, insure for about £12,000 or £13,000. - Right, thank you.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- But spend a few thousand pounds on it and you're up in the twenties.- A big difference.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Grace Darling was a young lighthouse keeper's daughter
0:12:22 > 0:12:28who saw a ship in distress in Northumberland, rowed out on her own in ferocious seas
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- and rescued these men in the water. - And wrote herself into the history books.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Along with Florence Nightingale, she became one of the great heroines of the Victorian age.
0:12:38 > 0:12:45She became a sort of role model for how young ladies were supposed to be super-human people
0:12:45 > 0:12:50and it became an absolute pain to her, the celebrity that she endured -
0:12:50 > 0:12:54portrait painters queuing up to capture her image.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58But more broadly speaking, and what's interesting here, is of course that
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Grace Darling's act led to the foundation of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
0:13:04 > 0:13:08which is based just down the road in Poole.
0:13:08 > 0:13:14This boat was made by a north eastern glassworks, pressed glassworks,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16to raise money to buy lifeboats.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20It's an incredibly pertinent piece of glass, though not tremendous value.
0:13:20 > 0:13:27It's...a little bit chippy and I suppose this one, with its original registration number,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31which you know is in there, is probably worth about £50 or so,
0:13:31 > 0:13:35but that pales into insignificance against the story that it evokes.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40It's all about kind of things that spin, isn't it?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Yes, well they're all Victorian or earlier, juggling toys.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Right, now what got you into this?
0:13:47 > 0:13:53What's your particular interest in spinning and string related toys like this?
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Well, I am a member of the Magic Circle and this is allied to magic.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02These were tricks that were done in the Victorian days
0:14:02 > 0:14:07along with pocket tricks that were performed by magicians and things
0:14:07 > 0:14:13and children used to play with these. This little fellow here is spinning a top.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Well, this is an interesting figure as well because this is a French spelter figure.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- Yes.- This figure dates from around about 1910, something like that.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Um, is this some kind of lost art form?
0:14:26 > 0:14:33It is, yes. I mean, he's got that spinning on his...his hand. How did he get it on his hand?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- You can do that, can you?- I can.- OK.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40And there is a special way of winding these tops up.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Right.- And to throw them, they have to be upside down,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48because it will land on my hand, hopefully, on that metal piece.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Right. OK.- Right. - LAUGHTER
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Stand back.- Here we go, whoa.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Yes, fantastic.- Very good.- Very good.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00What a wonderful round of applause.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- That's excellent.- And there's several tricks you can do with this.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Right.- Let me try and do another one.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Right, OK.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13We wrap that round again. As I say, you have to throw it upside down.
0:15:13 > 0:15:21I'm going to make it spin on the table and then make it leap up in the air in this manner...
0:15:21 > 0:15:22I hope this works.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Whoa, excellent, excellent.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Well, as well as being obviously an avid collector of these things,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36it's wonderful to actually see them being used in that way.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39What sort of prices do you tend to pay for these things?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Well, I paid £200 for this.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Right.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49And then these I've just come across in like boot sales and flea markets.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- OK.- I mean these are obviously games, similar to that.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Yes, little ivory and bone spinners from the 19th century.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59These are probably Indian or something I would think.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02That's right, things like this are of Indian manufacture.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07That's obviously a mass produced toy, about 1910 or something.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12I mean overall my impression of what's on the table here,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16is probably £500, £600, £700 worth perhaps.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Maybe a little bit more than that.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22I have to say it's been a pleasure to look at these,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27it's been wonderful to see that demonstration. Thank you for bringing them along.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Well, thanks very much for asking us.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I don't often see Irish pictures on the Antiques Roadshow
0:16:34 > 0:16:40so it's incredibly exciting to see such a wonderful picture. Do you know who this is by?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I don't know anything about it.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- It's been in our family for 50 years.- 50?
0:16:45 > 0:16:50Either on my parents' wall, or our wall and so I grew up with it from being very small.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Anyway you can see here the initials.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- This is by someone called Letitia Hamilton.- Yes.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00On the back, there's a wonderful old label. It's called,
0:17:00 > 0:17:05"Turf Cart in Achill", which is in Ireland.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10I've seen that. It was pointed out to me today but I hadn't noticed it before.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13When you live with something, one takes it for granted.
0:17:13 > 0:17:21- But look at the colouring in this picture.- It's lovely, isn't it? It draws you into it.- It draws you in.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25There's a sort of wonderful peaceful feeling about it.
0:17:25 > 0:17:32- It's not a very technical term this, but it's great globby paint on it. - I think that's a very good term.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Globby - we'll use it, shall we?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Yes, stay with that.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40And here we have the sea in the background here, the Atlantic,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43it's just a sort of scene of everyday life.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Yes, it's lovely, really lovely.
0:17:44 > 0:17:50Now the Irish market has been really in the doldrums for many, many years
0:17:50 > 0:17:56until perhaps the last ten years when we've seen a huge sort of resurgence in the economy in Ireland.
0:17:56 > 0:18:03- Yes, of course, yes.- And people want to buy things from their home, from their national artists,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05it's as simple as that.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09So something like this is to me just absolutely lovely.
0:18:09 > 0:18:16She had a sister, that she used to paint with, called Eva and they often went to Venice,
0:18:16 > 0:18:22and sometimes it's Venetian scenes that on the face of it would be more expensive in other artists,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26but because it's Irish, the fact she's painting in Ireland,
0:18:26 > 0:18:32and sort of advertising her roots, I think it's absolutely wonderful.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38She was born I think in the 1870s and died in the 1960s so lived to a good old age.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- So what sort of age would this be? - Well, that's a good question.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45I guess it would be probably from the 1920s or '30s.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48But it isn't dated as you can see.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53- Yes.- Now...well, I'm not sure if I'm going to shock you or amaze you,
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- but I think this would be worth £15,000 to £20,000.- Good heavens!
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Well, I brought it in a black bin liner!
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Allow me to quote the words of a wise man.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17"The success of the Antiques Roadshow is that it's a conversation
0:19:17 > 0:19:21"between two people with several million eavesdroppers."
0:19:21 > 0:19:26The man who wrote that presented the show for nearly 20 years.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31- Hugh Scully, how good to see you. - Thank you for having me back!
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Now the show is 30 years old, do you notice many changes?
0:19:35 > 0:19:40No changes at all. I mean the odd personnel changes, of course that's going to happen,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44but essentially, the programme has remained exactly the same, and that I think is its magic.
0:19:44 > 0:19:50The format has remained the same for 30 years but every programme is different,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54because the places, the people and the things they bring are different.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56So no two shows are ever the same.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59It's a far cry from those early days
0:19:59 > 0:20:06when nobody thought that a programme about art and antiques could possibly last.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I remember people telling me, "Don't get too involved in antiques -
0:20:09 > 0:20:14"very arcane, very elitist, won't last very long at all." They were so wrong.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17So for you, 20 happy years, any nasty moments?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Never a nasty moment, not one, but there were some strange moments.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26I remember I was in Dunfermline in Scotland and the producer said,
0:20:26 > 0:20:31"Why don't you walk down the queue, chat to people and see what they've got in their bags?"
0:20:31 > 0:20:34So I chatted to various people
0:20:34 > 0:20:40and came to this woman in the queue and all I can say is she was extremely suspicious of me.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Now what would be in there?
0:20:43 > 0:20:49- £5 gold piece of Queen Victoria. - Oh, really, can I see it?- Yes, yes.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- It's very well done up.- Yes.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I'm frightened I lose it. I'm a well-to-do woman(!)
0:20:54 > 0:21:00- Shall I try and undo it for you? - You try and do it. - Do you mind if I tear the paper?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04You are genuinely with this, you're not just saying you're with this?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- You're with the company?- I am with the Antiques Roadshow.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09You took it quite well, Hugh.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10I had to.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14A lot of the most exciting discoveries have come almost by accident.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Yes, that's again one of the great magic moments of the show we so often see.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24I remember there was a couple in Barnstaple and they weren't going to bother to come to the show,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27but the dog needed a walk and the dog's favourite walk
0:21:27 > 0:21:31was past our front door, so as they came with the dog, they...
0:21:31 > 0:21:36at the last moment, brought this painting from the sitting room which they didn't even like,
0:21:36 > 0:21:41and they had no expectation of it, they didn't think it was worth a bean, and, er they didn't like it.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45They brought it in to Peter Nahum who was the art expert on the day,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48and Peter could not believe what he was looking at.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54This was a painting, it was a known painting, painted in the 1840s by a man called Richard Dadd.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Now he'd been employed as an artist on an expedition to the Holy Land
0:21:58 > 0:22:01and he painted this picture as one of a series.
0:22:01 > 0:22:07It's called Artist's Halt In The Desert and it was painted by the Red Sea, but it had disappeared.
0:22:07 > 0:22:14A known painting from the 1840s hadn't been seen until it turned up at a Roadshow in Barnstaple!
0:22:14 > 0:22:18It is an extraordinary painting.
0:22:18 > 0:22:25Can you imagine the strange picnic in the 1840s on the banks of the Dead Sea with nothing around?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I don't know who this painting's by.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32I know it's a wonderful painting. I would hope that...
0:22:32 > 0:22:38I mean, it would be too much to hope really that this was a lost painting by Richard Dadd.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I don't know, I honestly don't know.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I do know...
0:22:43 > 0:22:49It's unusual in a Dadd watercolour to get such strong colour, so we won't raise our hopes at all.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Obviously, I've only had a few minutes to look at this
0:22:54 > 0:22:56and it needs some investigation.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59And that was just the beginning of an amazing story.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Yes. It was one of those very rare, perhaps unique, occasions when the valuation was not given on the day.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10Peter was still a little hesitant, because his reputation was at stake,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14so he asked them for permission to take the picture to London,
0:23:14 > 0:23:21to have it authenticated by the finest expert on the work of Richard Dadd. She gave it the all clear
0:23:21 > 0:23:24and he went back to Barnstaple...
0:23:24 > 0:23:28It is an international treasure and a lost picture
0:23:28 > 0:23:33and I feel that it could possibly make somewhat over £100,000.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Oh!
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Oh, my goodness.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- I hope it's safe.- It's not going to hang on the wall, I'm afraid.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49Well, what a story. I've seen that in the British Museum and it's a mesmerising thing.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56It was a wonderful story for all concerned because we restored a national treasure to the museum,
0:23:56 > 0:24:02the Roadshow had a great story out of it and the couple concerned had £100,000 to ease their retirement
0:24:02 > 0:24:07and that would be about a quarter of a million in today's money.
0:24:07 > 0:24:14Hugh, it's been very good to see you again, and it's been a privilege as well to step into your size 13s.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16You're very kind.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- You fit them very well, Michael. - Thank you.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26I've been watching The Antiques Roadshow since I was knee high to a grasshopper
0:24:26 > 0:24:30and I walked into a charity shop and caught this out of the corner of my eye.
0:24:30 > 0:24:38And just for some instinct, I suddenly thought I should say to my wife, "Can we get this?"
0:24:38 > 0:24:44I don't know why. I'm positive that when you watch the programme over a number of years,
0:24:44 > 0:24:49a lot of things soak into your brain and for some reason it was calling to me.
0:24:49 > 0:24:57So you think that your visual memory has been educated by the Antiques Roadshow and the result is this.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Absolutely, Lars, yes. - And did you like it?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I did, yes, very much so.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04You have a strange two part pattern.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09You've got these spirals which rotate round the vase,
0:25:09 > 0:25:13and in-between them, you have these glimpses of natural scenes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19That's a prunus, here you've got bamboo and if we go a little bit further past some of the animals,
0:25:19 > 0:25:25we have the third of what are known as the three friends of winter - the pine tree.
0:25:25 > 0:25:31So nature mixed with textiles forming the basis of this pattern.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35And you saw what I did - I rotated the bottle.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40The design is actually asking you to rotate the bottle.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- It is covered in a design which makes you want to know what the whole thing looks like.- Yes.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48It's not a flat object and this is the beauty of things like this
0:25:48 > 0:25:54and this is why of course works of art like this are infinitely superior to paintings.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Just be careful what I say actually!
0:25:56 > 0:25:57I agree with you.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Anyhow, so you think it's Japanese?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04- When I looked at it, I thought it was possibly Japanese.- It is.
0:26:04 > 0:26:12- Oh.- And that sort of playing with nature, juxtaposed with fabrics is typically Japanese
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and just to make the point absolutely, finally,
0:26:15 > 0:26:20on the neck of this bottle you've got imitation ribbons tied around.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Of course a bottle in Japan would often be sealed with a cork
0:26:24 > 0:26:30and have a piece of fabric over the top and you would tie ribbons...
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Let's just look at the raw material.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37You've got a wonderful great big mark on the bottom there.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40I noticed on the bottom it had a mark that was,
0:26:40 > 0:26:46from some of the pots I've seen, I've never seen one like that before and I thought it was quite unusual.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Well, it's a very bold mark and it is the mark of Kutani.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55It's a mark that was used in Japan mainly in the 19th century,
0:26:55 > 0:26:59just occasionally you find older pieces with a Kutani mark on it,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03but if you actually look at the porcelain itself,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06you will see there are lots of little tears in the glaze.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Can you see small tears?- Yeah.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- And can you see how irregular that foot rim is?- Yes, it is.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17- Yes, yes.- It's rather amateurish and sloppy.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21So this is actually slightly incompetent as a piece of potting.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26When we put it down, it doesn't like standing still, it wobbles.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Is that good or is it bad, that it wobbles?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Well, it's bad really, I mean who wants a wobbly bottle?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- You paid how much for it? - I think we paid about £3.99.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41- That's three pounds ninety nine, not three hundred and...?- No.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46I would date it to the early 18th century
0:27:46 > 0:27:51and suggest that it's probably worth somewhere between £3,000 and £5,000.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59Wow, that only goes to show that if you watch the Antiques Roadshow...
0:27:59 > 0:28:01You're saying all the right things!
0:28:01 > 0:28:04..instinctively you will pick things out.
0:28:04 > 0:28:12This is crammed full of absolutely amazing jewellery. I, I don't know where to start.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14What made you bring this in?
0:28:15 > 0:28:23Um, I just thought it would be fun to come and so I thought what a good idea it would be to bring it.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Well, I'm terribly grateful that you did. I really am.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- Do you know what the blue is? - I think it's enamel, isn't it?
0:28:31 > 0:28:35It's enamel with a diamond flower in a diamond roundel setting.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41I should think it was probably made what, around about 1890-1900.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47- Yes.- Very typically for the period, they put a locket back compartment
0:28:47 > 0:28:51for you to put a lock of hair or a photograph.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Now this matches, doesn't it?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57But I'm a little bit concerned
0:28:57 > 0:29:00because it almost looks like one earring.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Well, it is one earring.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- It is, is it?- There were two.- Well, what happened to the other then?
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Well, I haven't got a long enough neck to wear earrings like that.
0:29:08 > 0:29:14So I had them made into pendants and I gave one to my daughter
0:29:14 > 0:29:18because I thought it was such a shame to leave that doing nothing,
0:29:18 > 0:29:26- and I couldn't do anything with it unless I made it into a pendant.- So do you wear it as a pendant now?- Yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30It's exactly the same materials that are in this, are in this.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35Diamonds, blue enamel and silver and gold, probably made at the end of the 19th century.
0:29:35 > 0:29:41I can only imagine that the ladies who wore these were very smart ladies. Were they?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Well, my grandmother and my mother and my aunt
0:29:44 > 0:29:51were extremely elegant ladies and my aunt, who I inherited these from, played the harp.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Oh, really? Did she play the harp wearing the earrings?
0:29:55 > 0:30:00- Because at that time they were still the pair of earrings.- She did, yes, they were really dangly.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05And she had a little Yorkshire terrier which she used to keep up her sleeve
0:30:05 > 0:30:10- and play the harp.- Really? ..Shall we move on?- Yes, do.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12What an opal.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16I mean, spectacular opal plaque,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19probably from Queensland, Australia.
0:30:19 > 0:30:26The opal is a huge, great big sheet of colour in a border of brilliant cut diamonds going round the outside.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Where's this one from? Tell me where it's from.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34I don't know where it originally came from but it was my grandmother's.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38It picks up the colour of whatever you're wearing.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43I bet you when you wear it at night time that it acquires a kind of red flash to the stone.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Yes, and it has a lot of emerald green in it as well.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50You've got a really large harlequin plaque,
0:30:50 > 0:30:56"harlequin" being the word we use to describe a kind of rainbow effect of colour.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01- I see.- Now we've got the inconsequential matter of a diamond ring as well.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Well, that was my mother's.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07And I think it looks as though it was about 1930 era.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Well, let me just have a look at it with my lens.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13And I would agree with you.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16It's a step cut diamond made in around about the 1930s period
0:31:16 > 0:31:24with baguette diamond shoulders and very much of the sort of typical Deco design -
0:31:24 > 0:31:30geometric, linear, strong, very bold. You've got some pretty nice pieces.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- Yes, I've been very lucky.- Have you always loved your jewellery, then?
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Yes, I have, I love jewellery.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- Right, can I value them for you now? - Oh, yes, please. Do.
0:31:41 > 0:31:49All right, so round about 1900, blue enamel, diamond flower spray, diamond hoop surround
0:31:49 > 0:31:56- and I should say that one is probably worth about £2,500 today. - Really? My word!
0:31:56 > 0:32:02As a pendant by itself it's probably worth maybe around £1,500 to £2,000.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Well, that's a nice little sum.
0:32:04 > 0:32:11But, but as a pair of earrings, they're worth much more, in the region of £4,000 to £5,000 or more.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16Oh, I must tell my daughter and then when I'm gone, she can...
0:32:16 > 0:32:21- Put it together again, very wise, very prudent.- Yes.
0:32:21 > 0:32:27This is a wonderful opal, in a diamond frame, absolutely classic design,
0:32:27 > 0:32:32probably made in, I suppose something around about...1910.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34I suppose, what am I thinking about here?
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- £6,000 to £8,000 possibly, do you think?- Ooh.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43And now the minor matter of the diamond ring.
0:32:45 > 0:32:52Looking at the stone, it must weigh three and half, three and three quarter carats,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- this step cut diamond.- Really?
0:32:54 > 0:32:59On that size and the fact it's quite a clean stone,
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I mean, I don't know, what are we thinking about here?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04£10,000, do you think possibly?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Oh, my goodness me.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11So if we do a little calculation here, what are we thinking about?
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- £20,000 to £30,000.- A lot of money! - What can I say?
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Well, what can I say?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I'm gob smacked.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25So we'll leave it on the basis that we're both utterly speechless
0:33:25 > 0:33:28and I can tell you - boy! Great pieces...
0:33:28 > 0:33:35- I'm extremely glad I came, Mr Butcher.- Benjamin.- Benjamin. - John Benjamin.
0:33:35 > 0:33:42- But if you want, you can call me "Butcher", thank you very much indeed.- I did call you Mr.- You did.
0:33:42 > 0:33:50I have to ask a question, what is a nice naval commander like you mixing in this kind of company?
0:33:50 > 0:33:56Well, Lady Penelope is one of the slightly more unusual pieces in the Royal Navy Trophy Fund -
0:33:56 > 0:33:58we look after all the Navy's family silver.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04- So how many pieces have you got? - We've got about 18,000 spread worldwide.- Yeah.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08From huge pieces of fabulous centrepiece silver
0:34:08 > 0:34:12to a couple of guitars signed by Status Quo given to HMS Ark Royal,
0:34:12 > 0:34:18but we rather thought Lady Penelope here, that was given to the ship HMS Penelope back in 1967
0:34:18 > 0:34:23by the production company that did the Thunderbirds series, was something rather unusual
0:34:23 > 0:34:26and an awful lot of mystique has grown up over the years.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31- Oh, tell me.- Well, she did about ten years sea time
0:34:31 > 0:34:35and she spent a lot of that time in the Chief Petty Officer's mess on board.
0:34:35 > 0:34:41Occasionally, they come and see us in the trophy centre and they tell us about Lady Penelope,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44and they say they remember coming off watch
0:34:44 > 0:34:50after a particularly unpleasant bit of time at sea and just offloading all their woes on her.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54She was the kind of glamour interest in Thunderbirds.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Thunderbirds produced by Century 21, Gerry Anderson's company
0:34:58 > 0:35:05creating these very lifelike puppets with synchronised jaw movements,
0:35:05 > 0:35:09and they were much more sophisticated than Bill and Ben
0:35:09 > 0:35:13and the other sort of puppets that were known at the time.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18And to have a full-sized Lady Penelope is incredibly rare.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22The first thing to say is that she is not a production, she wouldn't have appeared.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26There is nothing moving about her, everything is static.
0:35:26 > 0:35:32Although she is made obviously by the modellers, the face is absolutely correct, the eyes are correct.
0:35:32 > 0:35:39And I would say that she's wearing almost certainly a production number, as far as the costume's concerned.
0:35:39 > 0:35:46- Any paper work?- We have got a letter from the production company that is the deed of gift, if you like...
0:35:46 > 0:35:49to HMS Penelope and therefore the Royal Navy.
0:35:51 > 0:35:56- A very specific line in there - and quite right - it says, "You must never sell."- Oh, very good.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- And we would never dream of doing so.- Right.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Had she been an actual puppet used on the programme,
0:36:03 > 0:36:07the actual puppets change hands at £30,000 plus.
0:36:07 > 0:36:14So £3,000 to £5,000 is where I would say where she is, considering everything about her.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18She is very desirable, but she's not the ultimate prize.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23But I guess as far as the ship is concerned, she was the ultimate prize
0:36:23 > 0:36:31- and that, as far as being that comfort on dark and stormy nights, she served her purpose.- Thank you.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36Well, you've got here one of the most sumptuous collections
0:36:36 > 0:36:41of officer's lance cap plates that I've seen for a long time.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Why are you interested in them?
0:36:43 > 0:36:49- Having been in the regiment since the age of 15...- 15?!
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- At the age of 15? - I wasn't very good at school.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- OK.- And some pieces came out of the regiment with me,
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- and I've collected ever since. - What's this?- A photo when he was 15.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- This is you?- Yes.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- In the Lancers.- Yes. - OK, which regiment?
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- 17th/21st.- The famous one?- Yes.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16Involved in the Battle of Balaclava, of course, the famous death or glory boys.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Yeah, that's the one. - Where do you get them from?
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Most of the plates on this table we acquired from an attic find,
0:37:23 > 0:37:28if you can find such a thing these days. They all came from one family,
0:37:28 > 0:37:33erm, whose grandfather and his father collected
0:37:33 > 0:37:37and they remained in the same family and I acquired them recently.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43Others that I have, I picked up via military contacts that I have,
0:37:43 > 0:37:47amongst this collection probably the oldest at about 1830, is that one,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51to a regiment that was only around for a couple of years - the 19th.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53The 19th, now that's quite rare.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56It's rare in that pattern. I believe it's the very first pattern
0:37:56 > 0:37:59that was ever produced and there weren't many made.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01OK, erm...
0:38:01 > 0:38:06it, of course, has the fairly standard, slightly taller, ray back.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09The first lance caps were actually almost that size.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Yes, they were much taller, so this has the slightly taller...
0:38:12 > 0:38:16if you compare that with this one, for example, it's a great deal
0:38:16 > 0:38:20taller than the later version and the lion and the unicorn, of course.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24That one was bought for my birthday by Natalie.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Really? Wow! What a generous person you are, that's fantastic.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32That's a beauty. What about some of the others? Again, any favourites?
0:38:32 > 0:38:37Crimean period, 17th Lancers, which was my regiment.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Oh, yes, this is the 17th, Death Or Glory Boys and this is the one,
0:38:40 > 0:38:44actually, that is most recognised by people, isn't it?
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Because of the skull and word "or glory" there
0:38:46 > 0:38:49so that's the one that nearly everybody recognises
0:38:49 > 0:38:50- as the 17th Lancers.- Yes.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Do you have a history in your family then of serving in the army?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Father was a Guardsman. - A Guardsman?- Yeah.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- So he didn't really approve of you... - Riding a horse, no.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06OK. What do you pay for them? Give me an example.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11They range from a standard other-ranks plate on it's own,
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- if it's a good regiment £300 to £500.- OK, yeah.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19In good condition, officers, basic officers, the last particular
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- officers of the regiment such as the 17th/21st Lancers...- Yes.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28- ..the last pattern probably about £700 to £800.- Right.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Then upwards £3,000 or £4,000 depending on how early they are.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34With rarities like this, the sky's the limit,
0:39:34 > 0:39:36it's what someone's prepared to pay for it.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40I guess something like that...
0:39:40 > 0:39:43is going to be something in the region of £3,000 - £4,000,
0:39:43 > 0:39:45I mean, who knows? Maybe more.
0:39:45 > 0:39:51There are 13 lance cap plates for a start, you've got the three caps,
0:39:51 > 0:39:56you know, I mean... Gosh! With the rarities, with the early ones,
0:39:56 > 0:40:01you've got to be talking about £25,000.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Mm, it's a deposit on an Aston Martin.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08PEOPLE LAUGH
0:40:09 > 0:40:14I've seen a few brews in my time, but I've never seen one which says,
0:40:14 > 0:40:19"Charrington's Princes Brew, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,"
0:40:19 > 0:40:23so this is indeed a precious brew. How did it come into your family?
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Ah, well, when Edward VIII was Prince of Wales,
0:40:28 > 0:40:35on 15th March 1932 he paid a private visit to Charrington's brewery
0:40:35 > 0:40:40and in honour of his visit, a Prince's Brew was brewed.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42What's it got to do with your story, your family?
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Um, well, I had a great uncle who was a cocktail waiter
0:40:45 > 0:40:50- in one of the night clubs that the Prince of Wales frequented. - This was a gift?
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Yes, it seems the Prince of Wales went to that club following that...
0:40:54 > 0:40:59visit that day and was handing these bottles out to lots of people.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- Ah, so he would have been... - So he probably...
0:41:01 > 0:41:05he was perhaps a favourite waiter of his and said "Have one of these."
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- I notice you're not letting it go, you're...- No, I say it's mine!
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Your hand was gripped around there as mine would be if this were mine.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Yes, right.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18The Prince would have made a good publican, wouldn't he?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20He would indeed, yes, yes.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- "Evening, Squire."- Yes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26- Playboy Prince with his own label. - Yes, yes.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31Most miniatures we see on the Roadshow, I have to say, are not particularly exciting
0:41:31 > 0:41:35but this one here and the one on the table are without doubt
0:41:35 > 0:41:39some of the finest miniatures I've ever seen.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41I'm very intrigued. Are they relations?
0:41:41 > 0:41:47The lady is, that's on my paternal grandmother's side of the family.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52- She married into the...- She married into this, into this family.- Yeah.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57And if we look on the back it says "Colonel James Hamilton, aged 38, from 1784."
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Do we know what the Colonel did?
0:41:59 > 0:42:04- He was obviously in the army but... - Yeah, I'll go for that! Exactly.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Good one.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08But how did he cope with the pink hair? I'm quite worried about it.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- I think it was just the fashion of the time.- It was, wasn't it?
0:42:12 > 0:42:14What I love about it is the quality,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17I mean, excuse the pun, but it really is head and shoulders above
0:42:17 > 0:42:21any other miniature I've ever seen on the Roadshow
0:42:21 > 0:42:23and if you look very carefully,
0:42:23 > 0:42:27with my magnifying glass, I can just see the initials JS, 1784.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32And obviously that's the greatest miniaturist, John Smart.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- Yeah.- Absolutely wonderful.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39He is the finest miniaturist from the late 18th and early 19th century,
0:42:39 > 0:42:44and anybody who was anybody really wanted to be painted by him,
0:42:44 > 0:42:47and I think he looks so modern this man, doesn't he?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Absolutely stunning.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- Let's look at this one. This lady is your relation, she married into the...- Married into the family.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59Oh, look, it's absolutely identical almost, isn't it?
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- Absolutely.- Just... very good, can you pretend you are...
0:43:03 > 0:43:06She's the perfect lady from the 18th century, very good.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Can you look slightly towards me?
0:43:08 > 0:43:11You see? Perfect.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14They've been in your family obviously since the 1780s.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18- Yes.- She is absolutely ravishing, isn't she?
0:43:18 > 0:43:20I think these are fantastic.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23I just can't tell you how exciting they are. Value wise,
0:43:23 > 0:43:28they haven't perhaps changed that much over the years in value,
0:43:28 > 0:43:32but I would have thought they were worth
0:43:32 > 0:43:34between £10,000 and £15,000 each.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37- Really, each?- Yes, each.
0:43:37 > 0:43:42So that'll pay for a few burgers, won't it?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44- Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48Today I've heard words like amazing and phenomenal issuing from members
0:43:48 > 0:43:52of the Antiques Roadshow team, who are usually quite phlegmatic.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56The reason is the sheer number of people who have been here today.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00By 10am this morning there were nearly 2,000 people on the lawns,
0:44:00 > 0:44:04so it's been a perfect Roadshow scene on an almost perfect English summer's day.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08Many thanks to Christchurch Borough Council for making it all possible,
0:44:08 > 0:44:11and from Highcliffe Castle, once again, goodbye.