0:00:04 > 0:00:08I'm going to start this programme with a little bit of an apology.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11You see, it's been 15 years since we last came to Guernsey,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14and our Channel crossing is long overdue,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16so time to make up for lost time now.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Welcome to the Antiques Roadshow.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Guernsey seems such a tranquil island,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09a place surrounded by such calm waters
0:01:09 > 0:01:12that it's easy to forget its turbulent past.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19But a huge network of fortifications,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22built from medieval to Napoleonic times,
0:01:22 > 0:01:26stand testament to over 600 years of conflict with nearby France.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Guernsey fought off all attempts by the French to capture the island,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37but nothing could stop the onslaught of the Nazis.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42On the afternoon of June 28th 1940,
0:01:42 > 0:01:46six bombers from Hitler's Luftwaffe attacked Jersey and Guernsey.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Like the rest of the Channel Islands, Guernsey was completely defenceless.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52When the German invasion force landed,
0:01:52 > 0:01:56islanders had no choice but to surrender.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00One of Hitler's first acts was to fortify the island
0:02:00 > 0:02:04with vast concrete gun emplacements and observation towers.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11It feels quite eerie to be stood here by one of these concrete monoliths
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and though they may scar the beautiful coastline here,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16it seems only fitting that they should remain
0:02:16 > 0:02:20as a reminder of a bleak period in this island's history.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23These German building works
0:02:23 > 0:02:27were coordinated from a French-style chateau in Saumarez Park.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30It had been commandeered by the German Labour Corps,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34who stripped it of its fine furniture and fittings.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Today, in these more peaceful times, it's a residential home
0:02:37 > 0:02:40in the heart of one of the island's most popular parks.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43And plenty of people have turned out to see us, I'm glad to say.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45So over to our experts.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I can see you're a wine drinker.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Yes, indeed. - Do you have wine out of here ever?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56No, I haven't done, because I haven't had any claret.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01- I think you're permitted to put something else in, if you want to. - That's a good idea.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02- Yes.- Yeah, I think you must.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Yes, yes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07It's such a beautiful object.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11I was immediately taken by this glass
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and the way it's been cut,
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- and this is called rock crystal engraving.- Oh.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23And it was a technique which was done largely in Stourbridge,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- just south of Birmingham.- Yes.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Many factories could have done it, but Webb is a strong contender.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Dates from the last years of the 19th century,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36or the early 20th century.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38In fact, these ran up to the '30s.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42It's been mounted in what we call parcel-gilt,
0:03:42 > 0:03:47which means that it's silver which has had gold onto it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- In places, not all over.- Hmm-mm.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55And we can get the date of it from the date letter here, which is 1900.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Oh, I'd never noticed that.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Ah, you see, that's why we're here.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Now, I want to know...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05did you buy it, for a start?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Yes.- And what did you pay for it?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11I can't remember whether it was £70 or £700.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16- Really? Now, wait a minute... - It was a long time ago!
0:04:16 > 0:04:20..if I give you an IOU, this could be money in this somewhere.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Very interesting. How long ago?
0:04:23 > 0:04:2515 years ago.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29At £70, it would have been seriously cheap,
0:04:29 > 0:04:31unless you were really very lucky.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- So I think you must have paid £700 for it.- Hmm.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Well, what's it worth today?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Yes.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45The real wine buffs are... decanting wine.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50They don't need to decant wine, because it's not throwing a sediment
0:04:50 > 0:04:51but they're decanting it
0:04:51 > 0:04:54because it shows off the colour of the wine so well.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57So you take it out of that dark bottle
0:04:57 > 0:04:59and you pour it into here,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and the colour absolutely comes to life,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- particularly with rock crystal engraving.- Oh.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Your smart claret drinker is going to want that
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and he's going to pay for it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16He would, you know, this is a top-of-the-range model, almost.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Um, I think that would make somewhere around £2,000 to £3,000.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- Wow!- You did all right.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Wow! I sure did.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31The jewellery,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35the lady wearing one of the pieces of jewellery,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37who was she?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39She was, er, Doris Clapham
0:05:39 > 0:05:43and she was one of the original Tiller Girls
0:05:43 > 0:05:47in the beginning of the century, taken in by my grandmother.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Right, right.- Because she didn't get on with her step-mother.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Oh, interesting, interesting.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58- What made her become a Tiller Girl, all those years back? - Well, I think she was a dancer.- Yes.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02When she left home, I suppose it was one way to earn a living.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Apparently, the early ones nearly all married into the aristocracy.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Oh, really?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12And she married Fred Day of Francis, Day & Hunter, music publishers.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17He went to see her every night when she was a Tiller Girl.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21They got married and lived a very high life after that.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23What year did she get married, then?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Er, 9...8...1912.- 1912.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- 1912.- Yes, because that's her diamond wedding.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33All right, the brooch that she's wearing here, in the painting,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36is this brooch here, made in platinum,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38in around about 1925.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Diamonds, and look at the very white diamonds here,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44in two-row formation,
0:06:44 > 0:06:49in little borders of what are called calibre-cut sapphires.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Baton-shaped sapphires.- Yes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56But this is a really pretty brooch, wearable.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00These two pieces here are not in the painting,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02so what do we know about these?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05They were given to her by her husband Fred,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09and apparently she lost the bracelet
0:07:09 > 0:07:11at some point when they were in Paris.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Oh, really? - And he had another one made.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19The bracelet itself has got a highly technical name
0:07:19 > 0:07:22that we describe these, which is called Tutti Frutti.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Tutti Frutti, yes.- Quite clearly, you can see they are a pair.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Now, these are later than the brooch.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32These were probably made in around about 1935
0:07:32 > 0:07:35and they are a tour de force
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- of colourful, bold, strong, society jewellery.- Yes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44And the gems themselves are interesting because,
0:07:44 > 0:07:49when you look closely, you will see that they're carved leaves.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51They carved leaves here of emeralds,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54rubies and sapphires, in diamond frames.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- Tutti Frutti, would you not agree, is very descriptive?- Yes.- Hmm.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Let's move on to... some prices for you.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Well, the painting itself,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08let me explain, I know NOTHING about pictures,
0:08:08 > 0:08:13but I'm reliably informed by my colleagues that it's painted by a man called Cooper,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16who was a society painter in the '20s and '30s, which figures.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Hmm, yes.- That's what we see here.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Now, the painting is damaged.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24It's severely suffering from flaking here, caused by damp.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Apparently, I'm told it's worth £400 to £500.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30The jewels themselves...
0:08:30 > 0:08:34The diamond and sapphire brooch with its strength, its power, its beauty,
0:08:34 > 0:08:39I suppose if I were selling that today - £6,000 to £8,000.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45I think for that grouping, that style,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- I'm thinking about £20,000 to £30,000.- Hmm.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49It's beautiful.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53You can imagine that when she went on holiday to Vienna -
0:08:53 > 0:08:57they used to spend a lot of time at Vienna -
0:08:57 > 0:09:01she probably travelled with all this.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Well, there she was, style, panache.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07She was a woman with individuality, with jewellery to match.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Well, we've done a number of dressers on the Roadshow
0:09:13 > 0:09:18over the last 25, 30 years, but none better than this base.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23This is an extremely interesting base, from my point of view.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- It's got cabriole legs, which is the most desirable type, OK.- Mm.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30And we can put it round about 1735 to 1770.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Difficult to be more precise because they made them in the country the same way.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Once a fashion had come in, it tended to stay.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41We can tell also that it's western seaboard.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44So not necessarily a Welsh dresser,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46but certainly up from there going north,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Chester, way up on the western seaboard.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51And that's usually denoted
0:09:51 > 0:09:55by this type of mahogany crossbanding around an oak drawer.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Got nice little details, a little extra curl here,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03which was an overhang, really, from 1710s, 1720s,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and an overhanging drawer front.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09All these little details go to confirm that sort of period.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12So if we say mid-18th century, it's pretty safe.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- That's the base part. That's the valuable bit.- Right.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17This is later.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19This is nothing to do with it, originally.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22A pair of old doors, nice doors here,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26and this part is not as old as the doors.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31So we have a dresser base, which is valuable in its own right
0:10:31 > 0:10:34and a later adaption of a top,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38which adds utility value to it, but not commercial.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40If this were on the market you'd take that bit away,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43and probably hang it on the wall as a separate item,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45and sell that part, which is the valuable bit.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50- Good heavens.- Now, I'm interested because it's quite insecure.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I mean, it's probably screwed to the base.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58But an original one would have a retaining moulding around.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00It wouldn't just sit, plonked on the top.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03So is this where you screw it back to the wall
0:11:03 > 0:11:05for security or something like that?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08No, that has an interesting history, actually.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10The dresser belonged to my grandparents,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14who left the island hurriedly in June 1940,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and when they came back five years later, they discovered that,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21like many local houses, theirs had been requisitioned by the Germans,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26and they found that somebody had taken a pot shot
0:11:26 > 0:11:28at the quails in that picture.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- This plate?- Yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I think it's cloisonne,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- and because of that, they knew it wouldn't break.- Good Lord.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39They could have gone mad and smashed all the other ones,
0:11:39 > 0:11:44but they just chose that plate, because you can see the two corresponding bullet holes.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- These are actual bullet holes? - Yes. Yes.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I've never been able to find the bullets, sadly.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Look at...now!
0:11:52 > 0:11:54If we were on a crime TV series,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57we'd get a rod and we could tell at what angle they were -
0:11:57 > 0:11:59were they standing up or sitting down?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Absolutely.- Ttfff!
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I've always believed that they were two bored Germans,
0:12:04 > 0:12:08sitting one winter's evening in chairs either side of the room,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- and one took a shot at the quail from one angle...- Yeah.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13..and the other, from the other.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Fantastic!- Both missed.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17- They missed the quail.- Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Well, I... That's a unique story.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23There's nothing like that I've ever encountered.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26All I can tell you is this part, this bit,
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- is probably worth between £4,000 and £6,000 as it is.- Good heavens!
0:12:30 > 0:12:34That part is priceless. Absolutely priceless.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Well, you are Lord de Saumarez
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and we're standing here in Saumarez Park,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45which you know very well, don't you?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Yes, it's the old family seat
0:12:47 > 0:12:51that my grandfather sold in 1936 to the States.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55And you've brought along today an interesting sword.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Something that, actually, I recognise
0:12:57 > 0:13:02and I recognise it by this incredibly distinctive grip,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05the hilt, in the form of a crocodile.
0:13:05 > 0:13:11I recognise this as a copy of the sword
0:13:11 > 0:13:13that was presented to Nelson
0:13:13 > 0:13:18to commemorate the victory at the Battle of the Nile.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Now, after the Battle of the Nile,
0:13:20 > 0:13:27- his captains met on Saumarez's ship, the Orion.- That's right.
0:13:27 > 0:13:34And they decided to invite Nelson to accept a sword, paid for by them,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and a portrait that they were going to have painted later.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I don't think that ever happened.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I don't think it did. They also inaugurated the Egyptian Club.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- The Egyptian Club, sometimes called the Crocodile Club.- Yes.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50And this sword is one of the swords
0:13:50 > 0:13:54that some of the captains had made for them afterwards.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Nelson had the original, which was made in gold,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59and then his prize agent
0:13:59 > 0:14:03arranged for several copies for the senior captains,
0:14:03 > 0:14:09of which I guess your ancestor would be one, Saumarez would be one,
0:14:09 > 0:14:14to have some copies made in gilded brass and this is -
0:14:14 > 0:14:16and I can't believe I'm actually holding it -
0:14:16 > 0:14:20this is Saumarez's actual sword.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24It is, and I believe it's one of the few still in the possession
0:14:24 > 0:14:29- of the family of one of the Band of Brothers.- Because many of the others were sold, of course.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Let's take a look at this sword.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35The hilt is made in the form of a crocodile
0:14:35 > 0:14:38because of the Nile crocodiles, and there's an oval plaque here
0:14:38 > 0:14:46that says "Victory of the Nile, 1st August 1798"
0:14:46 > 0:14:50and that was the date, of course, of the great victory over the French.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52And on the other side...
0:14:53 > 0:14:55..it says - I can't quite read that.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00- What does it say?- "Captain James Saumarez, His Majesty's Ship Orion".
0:15:00 > 0:15:04He was second in command at the Battle of the Nile.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- So he was Nelson's deputy, if you like?- Yes, yes.- How astonishing!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Now, I wonder what the blade is like?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Let's just take this... My goodness, that's stiff!
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Aah! Good. Can I ask you to hold that?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19That's a beautiful blade.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Now, if we turn it this way, we can see that, originally,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25this would have been blued and gilded,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28which is, which would be sumptuous,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30beautiful blueing and gilding.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33We can just see traces of the blueing and gilding left.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36We've got a crown there, the King's crown,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39and GR for George, George III of course,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43and that's the period that this sword was made in.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47But it's a fabulous piece. It's a really, really fantastic item.
0:15:47 > 0:15:55And it does actually have quite a significant value.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Not many of these ever turn up on the open market today,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03but if this ever did, it would sell for
0:16:03 > 0:16:08somewhere between £150,000 and £200,000.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Not for sale.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- You can't be tempted?- No.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15I'm glad to hear it.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22I find myself in a very lucky situation today of being faced by two very lovely ladies.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Yourself.- Thank you. - And Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Now, for all of those people who were growing up in the '60s,
0:16:30 > 0:16:35- I'm sure they'll all remember Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds.- Yeah.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Now, this is what appears to be an oil painting
0:16:37 > 0:16:42and I want to know how you happen to have an oil painting of Lady Penelope.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Well, my husband worked at Century 21.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Really?- In Slough.- Right.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52And it was given to him when the firm closed.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Right, OK. Now, can you tell me what your husband did at Century 21?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Obviously that was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's production company,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03which made all the shows like Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Did he work on all of those productions?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Yeah, he did all the explosions.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- He did all the explosions?! - Yeah.- Fabulous!
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Of course, as a boy, that was the bit I probably most liked.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- You would.- With all the explosions.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20- All those fabulous models that used to sadly get destroyed.- Yeah.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Interestingly enough, this is not what it appears to be at first sight.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27In fact, even though it appears to be an oil painting,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29it's in fact an overpainted photograph.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Really?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- It's in the, um, Penelope's house. - Was it really?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38OK. It's been overpainted by hand and we can see that actually,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40because if you look at the detail in her face,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44just here we can see there's some print work just under here.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47So, er, it's not quite what it appears to be at first sight.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Oh.- But I don't think that really matters,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53because I think it's quite a lovely little memento.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54- It is, yes.- Of that time.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Forgive me for asking, is your husband with you? Is he...
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- No. No. - He's passed away, has he?- Yeah.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Well, in many respects, I think this is kind of a fitting little memento to him.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- It is lovely.- Because without people like your husband,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12boys like myself wouldn't have been entertained.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- True, true.- I adored anything to do with Thunderbirds.- Yeah.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21In fact, I have an old car that I've actually called Thunderbirds Two.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Did your husband ever appear in any of the productions?
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- Er, only once. - Once. What was he doing?
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- They used his eyeballs. - They used his eyeballs?- Yeah.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34What I liked about Supermarionation
0:18:34 > 0:18:38was that occasionally they would insert a real hand, wouldn't they?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- That's right. - And one day he happened to be there and his eyeball came in useful?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Yeah, it did.- Wonderful.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It's an object that I almost hate to talk about value
0:18:47 > 0:18:49because it has a great deal of meaning to you.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- Yeah.- But I'm going to have to.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53It's priceless to you, but on the open market,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56to a serious collector of Thunderbirds memorabilia,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I think it would certainly be worth around about £200 or £300.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- OK. That's fine.- I've really enjoyed looking at it.- Thank you.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- It's made me very nostalgic too. - Good.- Thank you.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Thank you very much.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Sue, you're matron of the residential home here behind us.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Is this from inside the home?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17We've been guardians of it for nearly ten years now.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18And what is it?
0:19:18 > 0:19:24We believe that it's a Victorian jockeys' weighing machine,
0:19:24 > 0:19:29but it was used in a local sports shop for many, many years
0:19:29 > 0:19:33to weigh everybody, before bathroom scales and things like that.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Oh, I see!- People went along to the shop and they were weighed.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38And if it's a jockey's one, then,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41was it for weighing adults or for weighing children?
0:19:41 > 0:19:45I would imagine that originally it was for adults, but we don't know.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48So this is something that is a common sight in Guernsey?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51This has been around at least 95 years,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55because some of the residents can remember paying their penny to be weighed on it,
0:19:55 > 0:19:56when they were small.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- On this actual chair?- On that chair.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02It's known locally as the Podgers' scales, after the shop.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05The Podgers' scales. OK, hands up, anyone here been weighed?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Oh, look! Lots of you!
0:20:08 > 0:20:12You were weighed on here as well? How extraordinary!
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Well, I've got to give it a go.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Yes.- So... Well, I know what I think I weigh.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- Right. - This could be quite embarrassing.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21But how much have you got on there now?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Um...- 28.- That's two stone.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Well, it's going to be more than that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Two, four, five, six stone at the moment.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30All right. I've got to say, I weigh more than that. OK, see how we go.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32OK, we'll try these.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Right, OK. Here we go. Ready?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- CLUNK - Oh, OK.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I think we're going to need considerably more weight.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- More weight.- Er, now, we have a little assistant here.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Rob, lovely Antiques Roadshow assistant here.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Ooh, listen, hang on, that's a bit over the top!
0:20:52 > 0:20:54That's another four stone, Fiona.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56What, ten?! How much do you think I weigh?!
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Right, OK.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Oh!- Ah, nearer there.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Hang on, is that too much or too little?- Too much.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Oh, you are kind.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07That's it!
0:21:07 > 0:21:10LAUGHTER
0:21:10 > 0:21:12And what did that weigh, then?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15How much is it? That's the 64,000 question.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17How many?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Ten stone, four pounds.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Ten stone four?!
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I don't weigh ten stone four!
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Fiona, they always weigh more.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30So you're all right.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32It's not even, it's not on an even surface.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Can I just say for the record, nine and a half stone.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40I knew I shouldn't have had that pudding last night.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45This is a most impressive picture and, do you know,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I've hardly ever seen any work by this artist
0:21:47 > 0:21:50and it's signed on the left here, A.B. Cull,
0:21:50 > 0:21:51which I know as Alma Burton Cull.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Whenever I see his work, it's usually watercolours,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58not big oils like this.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Now, I know that he lived down at Lee-on-Solent,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05and I also know that when he died in 1931,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08his wife put his pictures into store in Portsmouth,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11and of course, Portsmouth was very badly bombed in 1940,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14the majority of them were destroyed,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18and that's probably the reason one doesn't see so many oils like this.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Do you know about the fleet here?
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Yes, the ship in the front is the Dreadnought,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27which, of course, was the name of the ship
0:22:27 > 0:22:32that gave birth to a generation of big-gun warships.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34And that was built in about 1906, wasn't it?
0:22:34 > 0:22:401906, and the other six are two different following classes
0:22:40 > 0:22:42before they started changing the design.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45They were the first really super battleships.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48They were the super battleships of the 20th century.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50And where did it come from?
0:22:50 > 0:22:56Well, um, I saw it in a ship's periodical for sale.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01I've always loved this picture since seeing it,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05a photograph of it in a... On the wall at school.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- Mm-hm.- And I've always thought it was fascinating.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Suddenly it came up for sale, 30 years ago.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16And may I ask you what it cost then?
0:23:16 > 0:23:21- Um, well it cost me £2,000.- £2,000?
0:23:21 > 0:23:25£2,000, and it was a silly price I offered,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and in the end, I got it for the silly price.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Well, I think it's a very wise investment
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- and you obviously like naval scenes. - Indeed.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36What is so incredible about this, is the light on the sea.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- You've got these dark clouds, really very ominous.- Yes.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43And then you've got the sun setting in the background there,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45and this is just superb, absolutely superb.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47There would be a lot of demand for this.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50I imagine one of the big museums or naval museum
0:23:50 > 0:23:53might be interested in this, if this was ever sold.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55To put a price on this is very difficult.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59I mean, I've sold his watercolours for, you know, £1,500, £2,000.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03With so much atmosphere, I mean, I'm going to say...
0:24:03 > 0:24:05that's going to be worth
0:24:05 > 0:24:10certainly £20,000 to £30,000 at auction, and that's conservative.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- You obviously love it very much. - Very much, my pride and joy.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15But it's only leaving my house with my coffin.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20My goodness me!
0:24:20 > 0:24:25I do get excited when I see a very large gem stone.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Do you know what it is?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I think it's a sapphire.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- I'm not sure. It's my father's. - Right.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Um, and he calls it the maharajah's hatpin.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Why is that?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40That's what my father calls it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43It was given to him by his father,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47- who was a purser for P&O on their flagship.- Oh, wow.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52He used to do a regular run from England to India
0:24:52 > 0:24:58in the early 1920s, and he got friends out in India, acquaintances,
0:24:58 > 0:25:04- and apparently, he was given this on one of his trips.- By a maharajah?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Um, as far as I know, yes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Well, that would make, I mean,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11India is just a complete wealth of stones
0:25:11 > 0:25:15and the knowledge of stones and they really appreciate gem stones,
0:25:15 > 0:25:17so that would actually make complete sense.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18We see a lot of jewellery,
0:25:18 > 0:25:23and what's so wonderful is to see a stone on its own,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and that's the beauty of it.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29What's interesting is that a lot of people imagine sapphires just to be blue,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31but sapphires come in all colours.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Greens, um, yellows,
0:25:35 > 0:25:39and sapphire is part of the corundum family,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41which is made of aluminium oxide,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and depending if there's too much chromium or iron,
0:25:44 > 0:25:49- it is either a ruby or a sapphire. So they're the same family.- Mm-hm.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51It's just such a wonderful colour
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and it probably will have come from Sri Lanka.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Now, what is interesting about this as well,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00is that because of its intensity of colour, one would have to,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02to be absolutely certain,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05you'd have to take it to a laboratory to get it tested,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08to make sure that it hasn't been heat-treated.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Sometimes when you heat-treat a stone,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13it can just intensify the colour.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It's permanent.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18To find something of a natural colour like this,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and I'm assuming that it is, is just quite stunning.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23It's quite deep,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27because the cutter has made sure to capture the maximum colour.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31It's needed the depth to bring that colour back up to the eye.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33This weighs about 90 carats.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37If this was a natural coloured sapphire,
0:26:37 > 0:26:42then I would say it's going to be in the region of about £12,000 to £15,000.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- Not bad.- Very good.- Very good.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52And if it was heat-treated, then it would be more like £4,000,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54so there is a big difference.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58A reputable laboratory would be able to tell you the difference.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00But I just think it's fabulous. I really do.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03I mean, you can just lose yourself in it, couldn't you?
0:27:04 > 0:27:11Well, this is the precursor to the waiter's friend, isn't it?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- Yes.- Corkscrew.- Corkscrew.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- And it belonged to? - It belonged to my late mother.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21She bought it in a box at an auction,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24a lot of bric-a-brac, for a pound or two.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27She wouldn't have paid more than that, some 20-odd years ago.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31I wish I could find something in a box of bric-a-brac like this.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Well, she just stuck by it and felt there was something more to it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Well, I'm delighted you brought it in.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- Well, for a start, you know how it works?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:27:41 > 0:27:49So we screw it down and that comes up.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50That comes up.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- Yeah.- So you're in, you're now in. It's holding here on the bottle.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- And here is what we call the worm. - Mm-hm.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Now, the most important thing,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05when we're talking about an expensive corkscrew,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07or any corkscrew,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11the worm has got to be pointed like that, it mustn't be blunt.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Right.- Otherwise it loses its value.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17So then you take the handle...
0:28:17 > 0:28:21I'm imagining we're into a damn good bottle of claret.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Mm, that would be nice.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- And out comes the cork.- Comme ca.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27It's a Royal Club patent,
0:28:27 > 0:28:31and it's by Charles Hull,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33patented in 1864,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36and it's patent number 480.
0:28:36 > 0:28:42- Right.- So you can look it up, anywhere in the corkscrew books.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44It's a serious corkscrew.
0:28:44 > 0:28:51Plus the fact that the worm point is wonderfully un-blunt. It's pointed.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55The remains of the sort of gilding is still on it,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- which is a kind of orange paint. - Mm-hm.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00It's in very good condition.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04It's worth between £2,500 and £3,000.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Good golly! Puh!
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I will open a bottle tonight.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I think this is just the most wonderful object.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- I adore it.- Oh, good.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21- Do you know what it is?- Palanquin?
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Palanquin.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- Palanquin.- Well, that's what we, in Europe, call it.- Mm-hm.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29But, of course, this is not European.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31It's Japanese,
0:29:31 > 0:29:35and there it would be called a kago,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and it would have been used -
0:29:37 > 0:29:41I mean, the full-sized one, not this - the full-sized one
0:29:41 > 0:29:46would have been used for carrying somebody of some substance.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51It is effectively a sedan chair.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53The person that would have been in it,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57would be identifiable by this,
0:29:57 > 0:30:01which is a mon, or badge.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04So we could find out. I don't know who it is, but we could find out.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10The reason these were made is absolutely extraordinary.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16The Japanese are, or were, a very war-like nation,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19and they weren't just fighting other people
0:30:19 > 0:30:22like the Chinese or the Koreans or wherever.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23They were fighting themselves,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26and the samurai were going round the country with their swords,
0:30:26 > 0:30:29chopping people to pieces. Each other.
0:30:29 > 0:30:34And the shogun at the time, in the 16th century,
0:30:34 > 0:30:38called Ieyasu Tokugawa,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41he thought of this brilliant plan,
0:30:41 > 0:30:45which was to have a castle at Edo,
0:30:45 > 0:30:47which is now Kyoto,
0:30:47 > 0:30:51and he said to the samurai and the daimyo,
0:30:51 > 0:30:54who were the lords round the country,
0:30:54 > 0:30:58"You will send me for six months of the year
0:30:58 > 0:31:01"your wife and your children."
0:31:02 > 0:31:06So you can't fight one another, because if you do...
0:31:08 > 0:31:14So these were moving round Japan,
0:31:14 > 0:31:20along the Tokaido road, the whole time.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24And here we've got one, which I suspect was made
0:31:24 > 0:31:30right at the end of the period when these would have been in use,
0:31:30 > 0:31:35- which is about 1870, 1880.- Mm-hm.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36It's made of wood
0:31:36 > 0:31:38and it's been lacquered,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41and we've got metal mounts all over it,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43which have been beautifully engraved,
0:31:43 > 0:31:47and as the original would have,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49we have a sliding door.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54This one's been decorated as an original would be,
0:31:54 > 0:31:58with painted paper on the walls
0:31:58 > 0:32:03- and a brocade cushion.- Mm-hm.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Because it's such a decorative object,
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I think that would make,
0:32:08 > 0:32:11even though the market's difficult at the moment,
0:32:11 > 0:32:16- somewhere around £3,000 to £5,000. - Mm!
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Not bad for a spare bedroom. - My goodness.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25I have to ask, what on earth is this?
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Well, Fiona, this is something I've dug out from the Occupation Museum.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32The Germans used a lot of horses during the occupation.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36They had 700 of these, and they had this obsession with gas,
0:32:36 > 0:32:39so they had gas masks for horses.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44- So these two cones goes up a horse's nostrils.- No!
0:32:44 > 0:32:49They wouldn't go up yours, but they would go up a horse. Yes.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53What do you think? It's a look!
0:32:53 > 0:32:56But any horse would be terrified!
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Yes, when a local farmer, not far from here, saw it, the horse actually bolted.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04And did they ever actually get a horse to put this on? Comfortably.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Well, they did... They did practise, because it was part of their drill.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12And so the Germans were worried, what, that the British forces would gas...
0:33:12 > 0:33:15What, gas the good people of Guernsey along with the Germans?
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Well, obviously, but we had civilian gas masks
0:33:18 > 0:33:22which was issued at the outbreak of war in 1939,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26and the Germans brought their own gas masks in their canisters,
0:33:26 > 0:33:29and these were specifically for horses.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31But gas was never used.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33So when the Germans surrendered in 1945,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35what happened to all the horses?
0:33:35 > 0:33:40Well, before that, in June 1944, with the invasion of France,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43we were cut off in the Channel Islands,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45and there was very little food coming in.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47In fact, there was nothing coming in,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49so by the end of '44, the Germans were consuming,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51they were actually eating their horses.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- Oh!- And they were also catching a lot of fish.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56The locals had to catch fish
0:33:56 > 0:33:58and a percent of the catch went for the Germans.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04So by liberation, out of 700 horses, there was only 302 left.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Well, I hate to think of a horse having to wear this.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10I think it would be cruel in the extreme, I must say.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- But I've loved seeing them, thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:34:13 > 0:34:20Just looking at this dress, it takes me back immediately to the 1920s.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22To flappers, to parties,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25to women emancipated after the First World War,
0:34:25 > 0:34:30- women really having their own place in society now and enjoying it.- Yes.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34So is this dress related to someone in your family?
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Um, well, she wasn't a direct relation. We called her Aunt Mary.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42We were close neighbours and my mother-in-law helped her and looked after her.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44She got very old. She lived to 92,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and it was left to my mother-in-law and it passed to me.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- And this is the lady, this is... - That's Mary Rust, yes.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- This is the lady who wore this fantastic dress.- Yes, that's right.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58- I mean, she was obviously a beauty in her time.- Yes.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01And what was her story? What was Mary's story?
0:35:01 > 0:35:06Well, she was born in Louisiana, and she was in a relationship
0:35:06 > 0:35:08with a young man that the family didn't approve of,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11so they sent her to China, where they...
0:35:11 > 0:35:13I mean, being sent to China,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16it must have been a very, very unfortunate relationship,
0:35:16 > 0:35:21- because I mean, Louisiana, Deep South in America, very strict moral values.- Yes.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25And of course, anything, any impropriety, you would be sent away.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29I think she had missionaries in the family that were in China at the time.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Ah! So they decided, get Mary, pack Mary off...
0:35:32 > 0:35:34They took her under their wing
0:35:34 > 0:35:37and she went to, sort of, tea parties and social occasions.
0:35:37 > 0:35:43I must say, with a dress like this, she went to more than tea parties!
0:35:43 > 0:35:48- I think this was not a sedate tea party.- Started off with tea parties.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- She obviously got rid of the missionaries quick.- Yeah.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- But, no, because this was the height of fashion.- Yes.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58Women for the first time in public, smoking and drinking and having great fun.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Mm, that's right. She met a young man called Oliver Hume,
0:36:02 > 0:36:04who was a self-made man,
0:36:04 > 0:36:08and he became the postmaster general of China,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11and she mixed in very high society
0:36:11 > 0:36:16and she met the Emperor of Japan and such people.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Shanghai was an open port.- Yes.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21And it was very much high society.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24This was the period everyone came into Shanghai.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It was lots of wealthy people, lots of merchants
0:36:27 > 0:36:29and lots of fantastic parties,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31and I mean, a dress like this
0:36:31 > 0:36:34would absolutely have been the height of fashion.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37You would have worn this at something -
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- I should think with a little slip underneath...- Yes.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- You would have worn this...- She was quite small, she wasn't very tall.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46It's absolutely beautiful at the front and then again,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48when you turn it round onto the back,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50it's got that incredible beaded train.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I mean, this is so lovely.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55You can just imagine her dancing with that.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58I mean, really, really beautiful thing.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Just the detail of it is just fabulous.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02I hope she had some nice shoes.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04- Oh, I bet she had wonderful shoes. - Yes.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Ooh, yes. Ooh, I think so.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10A dress like this, so redolent of that period,
0:37:10 > 0:37:13in such beautiful condition, so beautifully done.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17Normally, these dresses I would say about £200 to £300.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18That tends to be...
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Good ones might go for a little bit more, maybe £500.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27This one, I have no hesitation in saying it's £1,000 plus.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31That's right. It's got to go in a glass case really, doesn't it?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35It does, and I'm sure Mary would be delighted that we were looking at it.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39Aunt Mary would love it and she'd be pouring herself a gin.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54These candlesticks I would love to see on my dining room table.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- Really?- They are gorgeous.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- What can you tell me about them? - Er, not a lot.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Really can't, because they belong to my partner,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06and they were left to her by her late husband,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08who died ten years ago.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- Right.- We know he acquired them, we don't know when,
0:38:10 > 0:38:12we don't know much about them at all.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16We love them because we put them on the table when we have a dinner party
0:38:16 > 0:38:18and they just set the scene very nicely,
0:38:18 > 0:38:22but Georgian is the one word that I know may apply. That's about it.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Fair enough. In fact, they just scrape into Georgian.- Right.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28The dates are interesting.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- In fact, we've actually got two pairs here.- Oh, right.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- One pair was made in 1715.- Wow.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38And the other pair was made in 1716.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Really?- But actually, they were probably all made together.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44They were made over Christmas and New Year.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Well, in fact, May, middle of May,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49because the goldsmith's year runs from May of one year
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- to May of the next.- Oh, I see.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53So literally, they could have gone and -
0:38:53 > 0:38:55one pair into the assay office on a Tuesday,
0:38:55 > 0:38:57the next pair on the Wednesday.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58So the fact they're two -
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- if they were chairs or something, you wouldn't know.- Yes.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04But because they're silver,
0:39:04 > 0:39:05we've actually got...
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- that's the A for 1716 on that one. - Right. Yes.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12And let's see what we've got on this one.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17- We've got - and that is the date letter for 1715.- Oh, I see.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21The other marks we've got there are for Britannia standard silver.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Oh, that's a very high quality silver.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27The highest quality, historically, that we had.
0:39:27 > 0:39:33- The maker is David Green. - Is that London?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Oh, yes, they're London candlesticks,
0:39:35 > 0:39:38and David Green, specialist candlestick maker.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42And within goldsmithing, you have these specialties -
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- spoon making, candlestick making. - Yes.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48All each to their own in that sort of way.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51So, where do we go with value?
0:39:51 > 0:39:54I'm going to be a bit conservative,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58because the market's a little bit funny at the moment.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03I would suggest we're looking at a value, at auction,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06of at least £10,000.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09- Good Lord, really?- Yes.- My word.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13If they went towards 15, it wouldn't surprise me.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Good heavens, that's fantastic. Very unexpected. Thank you.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21I wonder what we have in this little manila envelope. Ah!
0:40:21 > 0:40:24It's an interesting banknote. A £1.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26It's an occupation note, isn't it?
0:40:26 > 0:40:31- Yes.- That's been specially printed during the occupation of the island,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34and I can see it's dated 1st January 1943.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37What's the story behind it?
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Well, from what I can gather,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42my father, at the end of the occupation,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46had a carrier bag of these notes.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Right. A carrier bag full of these notes?
0:40:48 > 0:40:52I don't know how full they were, but he definitely had them in a carrier bag.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55He also had quite a lot of German memorabilia
0:40:55 > 0:40:58because my mother sort of said that when the Germans left the island,
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- they just left everything.- Right.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05So you'd be walking around and you'd see German helmets and things just...
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Just left scattered everywhere. - Yes, it was just left.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11And so they thought nothing about it,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14and then in the '60s and '70s,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17my father realised that these might be collectable,
0:41:17 > 0:41:22so he started selling them to local dealers for pocket money, really.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Can you remember how much money they were taking these for?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27No, I don't, I don't know,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31but it came to the thing when the dealers were coming to him
0:41:31 > 0:41:34and asking if he had any more notes to sell.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Did that ever arouse any kind of suspicions?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Did you ever worry or did he ever worry about it?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42No, no, we just laughed because it was just my dad,
0:41:42 > 0:41:44you know, getting a bit of extra money.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Generally, I suppose that something like this probably isn't worth much money at all.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Do you have any idea of what it's worth?
0:41:50 > 0:41:54No, I have no idea. Um, no idea.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59No idea. OK. Well, if I were to tell you that this £1
0:41:59 > 0:42:02was worth £500, you'd be pretty surprised wouldn't you?
0:42:02 > 0:42:03- Yes.- Yeah.- Yes.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Well, not only is it worth £500,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08it's worth six times that.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10It's worth £3,000.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14This is one... This is one of the rarest occupation notes there is
0:42:14 > 0:42:18and this genuinely is worth £3,000.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Oh, my goodness!
0:42:19 > 0:42:21To be honest with you,
0:42:21 > 0:42:25it's a shame that your father gave away, or sold, so many.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Yes, well, there should be four others in existence,
0:42:28 > 0:42:31because when he was coming to the end of the carrier bag,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- my mum gave one to each of her existing grandchildren.- Right.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- So...- So what you need to do is track them all down.- Is track them down.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Because in reality, you have £15,000 worth of these,
0:42:42 > 0:42:44if you can find them all,
0:42:44 > 0:42:45- and...- Good heavens.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49- There was one sold recently on the island, I think...- Yes, yes.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53..which made exactly £3,000, and it genuinely is worth that.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Flabbergasting, isn't it?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Absolutely!
0:43:01 > 0:43:03This wins the prize for the most unusual thing I've seen today.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05It's a little handmade wooden box.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Inside...
0:43:08 > 0:43:10..a little brush, look.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12And what do you think those bristles are made of?
0:43:12 > 0:43:16Believe it or not, the man who made it, it's his beard!
0:43:16 > 0:43:18He had a long auburn beard
0:43:18 > 0:43:21and he cut it off and put it into the bristles.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Which is charming...I think.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Anyway, from Saumarez Park in Guernsey,
0:43:26 > 0:43:28we've had a great day, hope you have too.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31From the Antiques Roadshow, bye-bye.