0:00:04 > 0:00:08When it comes to epic locations, it doesn't get much better than this.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Tucked away deep in a rainy part of the Derbyshire Dales
0:00:11 > 0:00:13lies a treasure chest of a house,
0:00:13 > 0:00:17where for five centuries its owners have had the collecting bug
0:00:17 > 0:00:19written into their genes.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23What better place for the Antiques Roadshow to set up stall than here?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25At Chatsworth House.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27From the 1st Duke to the present 12th Duke of Devonshire,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30there's a strong history of updating
0:01:30 > 0:01:33and re-invigorating their vast collections.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36But they've courted controversy down the years
0:01:36 > 0:01:39by placing the modern stuff next to the old.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45The family obsession is sculpture,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49and they have the finest 18th century collection in the country.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54To the 6th Duke, this was bold and modern,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57so how has the 12th Duke added to it?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02With a bit of humour, that's how.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03When visitors arrive,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06they're greeted by a newcomer to this antique setting,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10the carefree man who's tipping his hat in cordial greeting.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13You might also say he's doffing his hat
0:02:13 > 0:02:17to the historical masterpieces around him.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The tradition of portraiture runs through the house from room to room.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Old masters meet new pretenders in wide-eyed wonder.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35famously painted by Thomas Gainsborough, eyes a successor.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38The ever-changing digital portrait
0:02:38 > 0:02:42of the present Duke's daughter-in-law, Laura.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46You can't help wondering what they think of each other.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52The Devonshire family put their traditional and modern collections
0:02:52 > 0:02:53together because the past often
0:02:53 > 0:02:56directly inspires the present,
0:02:56 > 0:03:00as with these modern ceramics by the artist Edmund Duval.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05He created them after seeing these incredible Delftware tulip vases
0:03:05 > 0:03:08which were high-end home decor 300 years ago.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I think you'll agree, it's quite a collection inside,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14but I've a feeling we've more treasures to
0:03:14 > 0:03:16see outside as we meet our visitors
0:03:16 > 0:03:20in the gardens of Chatsworth House for today's Antiques Roadshow.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25Yesterday evening we were given a fantastic tour here of Chatsworth,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28of the house, but including through the wonderful sculpture galleries.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Have you been through there?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- No.- Well, you really ought to.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37They're full of these huge classical white marble sculptures by Canova
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and others, from about the 1790's
0:03:40 > 0:03:41and your bust here,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45is from exactly the same tradition, the Neo-Classical tradition.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Grand ideas of heroes and gods.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Where did you find her?
0:03:51 > 0:03:56My husband bought her and she's been in the family for about 30...
0:03:56 > 0:04:00I should think over 30 years and unfortunately my husband's dead
0:04:00 > 0:04:03now so I can't have a conversation with him
0:04:03 > 0:04:07to ask him where he got her from. But I know that...
0:04:07 > 0:04:09She's just a wonderful person.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11She's real to me.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I know they called her "Sadness"...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Whether she is called Sadness or not, I don't know.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Lots of people think she looks sad,
0:04:18 > 0:04:23but to me she's been like a healer to me, because when I've been really
0:04:23 > 0:04:27down in the dumps, and I look at her, she sort of says,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30"Yeah, I know but you'll get through".
0:04:30 > 0:04:31That's lovely, that's really lovely.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Well, getting very down to the practicals,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37on the back it says "Wedgwood"
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- here and it does have her title "Sadness" as well here.- Sadness, yes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Wedgwood of course was the father of English pottery
0:04:45 > 0:04:49but also the person who brought Classicism to ceramics.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52And she is, she's a very classical figure.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Now whether she is supposed to be The Madonna, which is quite likely,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58bearing in mind she's wearing blue,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02but the classical traditions also have other...
0:05:02 > 0:05:05It's possible she's from antiquity.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09There are many figures of Andromache weeping over the ashes of her
0:05:09 > 0:05:13husband Hector who was killed in the Greek War by Achilles.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17So it was great tradition at the end of the 18th century.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19She's a fantastic thing.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22So you've got a really, you've got a really good treasure here you know.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Most Wedgwood busts...
0:05:25 > 0:05:28You get small ones here, you get ones this size... She's enormous.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Was that because of the plinth?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34She was supposed to be a very grand bust
0:05:34 > 0:05:36for very grand houses.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It's a great thing, it's really nice.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Um, and the fact that she's a healer, to you, I think that's terrific.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- To me.- I think, the blue, she probably is The Madonna.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50How very appropriate.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Thank you.- It really is.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57And so at auction today she really would be in the region
0:05:57 > 0:05:59of £4,000 to £5,000.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Thank you. I wouldn't sell her.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I wouldn't sell her. She's my best friend.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Standing in front of two absolutely stunning pieces of Stuart embroidery
0:06:14 > 0:06:17and I have to say, with two belonging to the same person,
0:06:17 > 0:06:18are you a collector?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Yes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I've probably been collecting since I moved home.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27The house was built about 1660 and I thought, well,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30what would be nice to go with the house?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32And saw that one first, many many years ago,
0:06:32 > 0:06:38and then this one I bought probably about seven or eight years, as well.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Very good, and they must look fantastic in a house of the right...
0:06:41 > 0:06:45In the setting with the beams and everything,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47yeah, it adds to the atmosphere.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Let's look at this one first.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54It's stitched on thick white satin,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57it has a sort of glittery
0:06:57 > 0:07:00feel that the silk gives from the...
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's almost like gold, isn't it?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Absolutely, this reflected light
0:07:05 > 0:07:09really makes this rich and shiny, and reflective.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11And then, on this side, on your side,
0:07:11 > 0:07:15you can see what the colours originally would have been like.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19It seems to me that this has been
0:07:19 > 0:07:23displayed somewhere where half of it was in the shadow.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27And half of it was in full daylight, because this half is, you know,
0:07:27 > 0:07:32slightly sort of bleached out, but this side is really rich and vibrant
0:07:32 > 0:07:34and you can see the strength of the colours
0:07:34 > 0:07:37that would have been there when it was originally sewn.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39So this is a real sort of...
0:07:39 > 0:07:45A bit of real bling. This is footballer's wives' bling here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Where would that have been in the house, and who would have made it?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Would it have been a child or...?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Because it's very naively done in some respects.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Two different questions there. The first is, who would have made it?
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Well, it would have been made by a young woman, not a child.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06And these were essentially to show her skills as an embroideress
0:08:06 > 0:08:09not her skills as an artist.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13And the pattern itself would have been copied from an engraving
0:08:13 > 0:08:15or a woodcut, or something else.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Now if we shift down to this particular one below,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23you can actually see what I'm talking about.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26We've got the same motif here which is Rebecca and the well.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Oh, yes, yes, yes. - The same motif as in the one above,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32but here you can see, this bit hasn't been stitched.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- Right.- This is the under drawing,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38this is the under drawing, there's the little under drawing
0:08:38 > 0:08:40of the butterfly, the under drawing of the...
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Oh, I've never spotted that, never spotted that at all.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- How long have you had it for? - About eight years.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49It's dark in my house.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53OK, all right, you've got every excuse,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57but you can see that the objects were drawn on by somebody
0:08:57 > 0:09:03else and then the artistry, as far as the embroideress was concerned,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05was in the stitching, and you can...
0:09:05 > 0:09:08On the stitches that you CAN see, you can see how skilled
0:09:08 > 0:09:09that particular job was.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14So it was a mark of a real lady, to be able to produce a work like this.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16So they'd be very much upper class
0:09:16 > 0:09:18kind of people that would do this then.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Domestic embroidery in the Stuart time was a sign of
0:09:23 > 0:09:26leisure and having made it, made it good, rather than being
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- from the working class.- So this was their entertainment then, basically?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Exactly right, exactly right.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35OK, so you bought them relatively recently.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I'm imagining that you paid a fair amount for them, but
0:09:39 > 0:09:43what I can say is although some areas of the antiques world
0:09:43 > 0:09:47have settled somewhat, the market, particularly in The States,
0:09:47 > 0:09:52for embroideries of that calibre in that condition, is very, very strong.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Right.- Perhaps less so for this, because of the condition.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Yes, the damaged one, yes.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01So let's start with this one. I would have said that this,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05in pound terms, would be around £8,000.
0:10:05 > 0:10:11Sorry? Right.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15OK, if you're pleased with that, I think we should get a chair for you
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- for this one.- I can't believe that.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Because I think that this would probably fetch
0:10:21 > 0:10:23around £15,000.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Phew!- In a market which was
0:10:25 > 0:10:29perhaps attracted American buyers.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35That is an absolute cracker, £10,000 to £15,000 I see without any problem at all.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I'm sorry.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41I must sit down, I'm absolutely amazed!
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Now you seem to have brought a little bit of Regency Rocky
0:10:46 > 0:10:48to Chatsworth today.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- On the face of it, it's a picture of two boxers.- Yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Do you know what the family history of the plaque is?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56We've had it for several years.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Basically, my father was in the trade, he came by it, he restored it
0:11:00 > 0:11:02and we've had it ever since but
0:11:02 > 0:11:06it's always just been on the wall and never really looked at.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Well, what's firstly amazing about it,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10it's pottery, what looks like a black frame
0:11:10 > 0:11:14which if it was an ordinary picture would be made of wood.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16It's actually moulded
0:11:16 > 0:11:19integrally into the pottery, which is quite interesting.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21What's wonderful for me,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24as someone who's interested in pottery and porcelain,
0:11:24 > 0:11:25is the size of the plaque.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30It's really big, you don't often see English pottery plaques of this size.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32They often buckle in the kiln.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- Yeah.- And you know, are not flat enough to use.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38So that's the first great thing about it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41You mentioned the two protagonists here,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43the two boxers, Spring and Langam.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- The first thing you notice is the complete lack of boxing gloves.- Yeah.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- These are bare fist fighters.- Yeah.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54And this plaque records a great moment in English sporting history
0:11:54 > 0:12:01when in January 1824 Tom Spring and Jack Langam met at Worcester.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Right.- Tom Spring was the English heavyweight champion
0:12:05 > 0:12:08and Jack was the Irish equivalent.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And they fought bare knuckle
0:12:10 > 0:12:13in front of a crowd reputedly of 50,000 people,
0:12:13 > 0:12:17which was a huge number for the time when the English population
0:12:17 > 0:12:20was probably a quarter of what it is today.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23They fought for 77 rounds,
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- for two hours and 29 minutes.- Right.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You can imagine what a gory spectacle that must have been.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- Yeah.- In front of this crowd, and Spring won.- Right.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37And the plaque must have been made
0:12:37 > 0:12:40fairly soon thereafter to commemorate the event.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44The audience... I mean they make up a fascinating group of people.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47You've got a soldier there on the left,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49another
0:12:49 > 0:12:51just visible there
0:12:51 > 0:12:52in the middle.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55And you've got a black man standing here with his hands behind his back.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Yeah.- Which in itself is unusual.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00It might possibly be,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02a lot of fighters at the time were freed slaves.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05He may himself have been a fighter
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- who is watching others fight. - Yeah, right.
0:13:07 > 0:13:13But you know, only rarely does one find a piece of boxing memorabilia
0:13:13 > 0:13:15as important as this.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I've always been told that there's something special
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- about the black man who's in the corner.- I think that is,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23if it would be interesting if we could find the source for it,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25we might be able to find out who that is.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Who he is, right.- It certainly adds great interest to it.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- Yeah.- I think,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34although there is some restoration to the plaque,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36this piece is going to appeal
0:13:36 > 0:13:39to a collector of boxing memorabilia,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42rather than to a pottery collector,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46and they probably won't mind so much about the restoration,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48especially in view of the rarity.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51So I think it's certainly worth £3,000.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Right.- Maybe £4,000.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Yeah, thank you very much. - It's a pleasure.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00So, this is a wonderful red Morocco album
0:14:00 > 0:14:04with the royal crest here of Queen Alexandra, I think it is.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Yes, it is, yes.- Yes. And of course inside,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11so it is, "Presented to Her Most Gracious Majesty
0:14:11 > 0:14:15"Queen Alexandra, on the occasion of her birthday,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19"the 1st December 1916, as a token of loyalty and appreciation
0:14:19 > 0:14:23"of Her Majesty's kindness at all times to press photographers".
0:14:23 > 0:14:27So tell me about it. What do you want this photograph album for?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Well, I'm very fond of Queen Alexandra.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33She's an extremely beautiful woman,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and I know a little bit of her history.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40And of course it's all about all her activities and her press photographs.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Yes.- So they gave them to her. How many photographs are there in here?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45I'm not actually sure,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I've not really counted them, about a hundred I think.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50And how much did you pay for it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52£1,000.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57- Why?- I think it's...
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Well the gentleman I bought it from...
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I know very well, and he actually said, "I think you should have it
0:15:02 > 0:15:06"because you have such a large collection of memorabilia from her already".
0:15:06 > 0:15:07So he saw you coming?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Probably.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Oh, dear. Anyway, look, this is a wonderful bit here which I think...
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I mean yes, we could look at all these
0:15:16 > 0:15:18other lovely photographs of Queen Alexandra
0:15:18 > 0:15:22but here she is, with Shackleton, Ernest Shackleton,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25who was the chap who went south.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29First of all he went with Scott on The Discovery expedition.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34He then made two expeditions of his own, one of them successful
0:15:34 > 0:15:37and the other one not particularly successful.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39And here is the Queen herself
0:15:39 > 0:15:43and her sister Maria Feodorovna who was over from Russia.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46During the Russian Revolution,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Queen Alexandra insisted that her sister was brought out
0:15:50 > 0:15:54but the others stayed and the others were killed, but her sister
0:15:54 > 0:15:59would undoubtedly have been killed, had not Queen Alexandra intervened.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03That she must be brought out on a gun boat or something else like that.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Right, well you've paid £1,000.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14These few photographs here I think are probably the most interesting.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I would value this...
0:16:17 > 0:16:18not at £1,000...
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I would value it at £5,000.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- Good heavens! - Do you feel better now?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I do, I felt sick before.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Thanks for bringing it in. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35This has been one of the most admired pieces of the day.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38People have been fascinated by it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39I can't make head or tail of it,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42so you tell me what you know about it.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Well, if I could explain how I think it was done.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51I've got a son called Andrew who's got a shed and he has
0:16:51 > 0:16:56lots of bits of timber round it, and I say, "Shall I throw it away?"
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and he says "No, I'll use that, I'm going to make something"
0:16:59 > 0:17:03and I think about 400 years ago there was a chap in Germany
0:17:03 > 0:17:05that had a shed, very similar,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07he had planks of wood and a bag of nails
0:17:07 > 0:17:11and he wondered what to do with it, and I think this is the result.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Right, OK.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Well, it's a lovely story.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22I suppose I've got to try and unravel that now and decide whether
0:17:22 > 0:17:23it really is an old piece or not.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25So, did you buy it in Germany?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Yes, we did, yes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Right, let's have a look at it anyway. What have we got?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I mean, I think this piece is off the wall, literally.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- Yes, yes. - Do you know why I'm saying that?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Not really, no.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40It's a modern expression, but it's an ancient cupboard.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Yes.- Why I say "off the wall",
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I think this piece was actually inset into a wall.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Ah. Mm.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Like an aumbry.- Yes, yes.- That's what we call them in England,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I don't know what the German for it is.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52And it's been pulled out of the wall
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- and then made into a free standing piece of furniture.- Yes, mm.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57So that's absolutely fascinating,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- so in terms of date, it could well be 1600.- Yes.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Let's just have a look at one or two little points.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07The metal work looks pretty convincing to me, nice oak planks.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Here, well it certainly looks old inside, doesn't it?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Yes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Round here, now that's one of the most convincing things to me,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21these lovely old fashioned rose-headed nails,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24which are clearly very early hand made nails.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26But also the way it's finished at the side.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- You can see on your side as well.- Yes.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30It's absolutely crude as anything.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Yes. That's where it's just been literally a hole in the wall,
0:18:34 > 0:18:35shoved into the wall,
0:18:35 > 0:18:39then pulled out, we don't know when. I mean, it's fascinating.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42The trouble is, we can't ask this,
0:18:42 > 0:18:46we can't get a DNA or a laser imprint of what life it's had.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- I find even nationality very, very difficult to be sure about.- Yes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Because I think it's very similar
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- to something made all over Northern Europe.- Yes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56In the late 16th century, which I'm sure this is.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Somebody said to me, "Is it a rabbit hutch or something?"
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- but it is made as a food cupboard. - A food cupboard, yes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I don't what you put down here, flower pots by the look of it.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Well, we've had videos in there actually.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Oh, right, perfect.- Just for storage.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Well, perhaps it was made by your son Andrew, then.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17I don't know how commercial a piece like this would be.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I think it's such fun, and just simply by the admiration
0:19:20 > 0:19:21it's had everywhere this morning.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I think I'm going to put a figure of £2,000 to £3,000 on it.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Right. Mm.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Yes, well we've got a stove at home
0:19:28 > 0:19:32and if it gets really cold we can always use it.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It's sturdy enough to keep us warm for a few weeks I think.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38This is supposed to be a serious programme!
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44This is a handy looking gentleman, I believe he's a relative of yours.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- Yes, he happens to me my grandfather.- Serviceman?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49He was. He served in the Staffords.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52And he actually fought in the First World War?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Er, yes, and also he was based in India.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Right, and I believe that's something he made.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02That's right yes, tapestry, made with darning wool
0:20:02 > 0:20:07that they used for socks, to repair the socks in the trenches.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It's a possibility.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I think more to the case you'd repair your socks
0:20:12 > 0:20:15because without socks in a trench it's not much fun.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20But I suspect he's fallen into the long tradition of the British
0:20:20 > 0:20:25- soldiery of liberating something to make it with.- I would think so.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Now, he's got the Staffordshire colours,
0:20:28 > 0:20:33the rose, Egypt, their battle honour, the Staffordshire knot.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36This is loosely described as trench art.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40People would make things from shells, from bullets...
0:20:40 > 0:20:43This is a bit more spectacular.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48- I think that's a lovely example of First World War art.- Oh, right, yes.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Values...
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I'm afraid to say not a huge amount.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56They crop up quite often.
0:20:56 > 0:21:03I can't really see that more than perhaps £100, £150
0:21:03 > 0:21:07but I think it's just a fantastic piece of First World War art,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09and art from the Staffordshires.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Yeah. It's something that's going to be passed down through the family.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14It's going to my eldest son.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Splendid, and that's what it should be.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- It should be hung on the wall and appreciated.- Yes, yes, yes.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29When I was a child, every year for Christmas,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32my Godmother would give me one of the spoons.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- Really?- Yes, over six years,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37built up six spoons.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42The good thing is, that they're all part of the same set.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44So luckily she picked ones from the right set.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Cos they're actually made by a very good firm,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48they're made by the firm of Peter and Ann Bateman,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51who were the children of a famous Hester Bateman,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- and made in 1796.- Oh.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- So they're pretty old.- Yes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58And a very nice handsome set.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04But probably much more interesting are these other two here.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08They have the same crest on, with this lion at the top
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- and that's not a family crest, or anything you know about?- No, no.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14These were my mother's and she has no idea of the history at all.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Yeah, well these are even older, because this one has a fabulous set
0:22:19 > 0:22:25- of hallmarks down the back and this one's dated 1690.- Oh, wow!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29So that's... That's become quite a collector's spoon.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32It's called a trefid spoon because of this funny shape at the end here.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Right.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It's got a maker's mark W. M.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and I don't think it's known who he is,
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- but this is a really nice 17th century trefid spoon.- Oh, wonderful.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Now the thing is that a trefid spoon is quite a desirable thing.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- Right.- And I get the idea
0:22:50 > 0:22:52that you don't really have an idea what this is worth.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Absolutely no idea whatsoever.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Well, I think if we start with the set of dessert spoons,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03they are probably worth between
0:23:03 > 0:23:08- £170 to £220 for the set.- Fantastic.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10This one...
0:23:10 > 0:23:14about £600.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15No! Six for one spoon?
0:23:15 > 0:23:20- For one spoon.- Oh, that's fantastic, thank you very much.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27It was bought off the internet about six to eight weeks ago
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- by my brother.- Right.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Who unfortunately is on holiday at the moment
0:23:31 > 0:23:34and I offered to bring it along for a valuation.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36OK, and what did he pay?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Well, I think he paid £700 for the owl.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42And what was this described as, when he went to bid for it?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45It was described as a Martinware tobacco jar.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Right, well the Martin Brothers are really quite a serious name
0:23:50 > 0:23:53in the decorative arts market, especially nowadays.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56They're a trio of brothers that came to some great prominence
0:23:56 > 0:23:58at the end of the 19th century, predominantly
0:23:58 > 0:24:03through the manufacture of grotesque wares, grotesque birds.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05And in fact their most popular range,
0:24:05 > 0:24:07and the things that most people see them for,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11and deemed to be most iconic for, are what we call the Wally Birds.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15And they produced them in great quantities from sort of the 1880s
0:24:15 > 0:24:18through to you know the end of the century,
0:24:18 > 0:24:22and as a result, you know, they are incredibly sought after.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26A bird of this size would probably realise
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- somewhere in the region of £20,000 to £25,000.- Really?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- If it were right.- Right.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39And that is unfortunately where I've got to be the bearer of bad tidings.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- OK.- He is good, he is in fact incredibly good,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and that is the problem at the moment.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48The market has become so strong
0:24:48 > 0:24:53and so boisterous that there are some very, very clever people out there
0:24:53 > 0:24:56doing some very, very clever work
0:24:56 > 0:25:00and I have to say that unfortunately he is,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- we've got to use the right word, he's a fake.- He's a fake, right.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04There's lots of reasons why,
0:25:04 > 0:25:08you know, the modelling is almost a little bit too...
0:25:08 > 0:25:11It's almost too focused, it's too tight, it doesn't have the fluid
0:25:11 > 0:25:15freedom of Robert Wallace, who was the main modeller.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17The glazes, again, are not quite right,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20because of course glazes have moved on, there's different processes
0:25:20 > 0:25:25that we now use, and generally the whole sort of feel about him,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27the whole, you know, the gut instinct
0:25:27 > 0:25:32tells me it's just not there, he's not got that magic element.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I know £700 was paid for it but in terms of the value of it
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I actually can't value it,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41because there's a general thing in our business
0:25:41 > 0:25:43where we say that you can't value a fake.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46How can you value something that is incorrect?
0:25:46 > 0:25:51He's potentially going to be an expensive lesson, I would say.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Maybe there is recourse, that's something for you to look into.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Sure.- But I would say when we're looking at things like this,
0:25:58 > 0:25:59it comes back to the old adage,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02if it looks too good to be true...
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- It probably is, right. - You've said it.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Now I am always fascinated by military documents, particularly
0:26:11 > 0:26:14service records and certificates of discharge,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18but one of the things I've noticed from this particular
0:26:18 > 0:26:23discharge certificate is that he's been discharged
0:26:23 > 0:26:25for being under 17 years of age.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- That's right, yes.- Now, who was he?
0:26:27 > 0:26:34Um he was my grandfather who was born in 1899 and he ran off to join
0:26:34 > 0:26:37the army, fought in the trenches when he was 15.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41His mother tracked him down and then asked to have him brought home,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44so he was discharged when he was 16 years old.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47So after he'd been discharged from the army,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50he then went on to join the navy, when he was 17.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- You're kidding!- No.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55And so this certificate here, the certificate of service,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58relates to his naval service then.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- Yes.- Oh, I see it says "Portsmouth" here.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04And one of the things I love about these certificates of service
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- is it's a potted history of what they were doing.- Yes.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10A very unusual service record,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14running off from home at the age of 15, joining the army,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18being discharged because he was found to be under 17,
0:27:18 > 0:27:23then deciding that wasn't enough, he joined the navy, and then,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26by the look of it, he went through many years,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30several decades actually, in the navy, and ended up in
0:27:31 > 0:27:38Portsmouth and was discharged in 1933 by the look of this.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Yes, he did try to go back for the Second World War
0:27:41 > 0:27:42but they said he was too old.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46My goodness, he was a glutton for punishment. But I notice also
0:27:46 > 0:27:48you've brought three medals with you.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53Now this is the 1914-15 star, and on the back
0:27:53 > 0:27:58- it has "Private CF Burdett".- Yes.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00So this is a medal to...
0:28:00 > 0:28:04That was issued for his army service during the First World War,
0:28:04 > 0:28:09and this victory medal also says "Private CF Burdett"
0:28:09 > 0:28:13so this is the victory medal for his army service.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17But this victory medal is also to C F Burdett.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20He's got two victory medals and this one says "AB",
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Able bodied seaman
0:28:21 > 0:28:23and "RN", Royal Navy.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27So this is for his naval service during the First World War.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30But I think the incredible story
0:28:30 > 0:28:33is the fact that he went to war at the age of 15.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36I mean really that's just still a boy, isn't it?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Yes, you can imagine in the trenches.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41And he was awarded two lots of medals,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44which again is almost unheard of,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I mean that's incredibly unusual, it's very, very rare.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50I can't think of another time when I've actually seen this occur.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52What about value?
0:28:52 > 0:28:57There are a lot of people out there, a lot of medal collectors,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00who would be very keen on this little group of medals
0:29:00 > 0:29:03and the documents that surround it.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07I reckon a collector would pay
0:29:07 > 0:29:11at least £800 for it.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13OK. Well, they won't be being sold for a while.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I know everyone says that but...
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Thank you.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22The grounds here at Chatsworth are just wonderful,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25and your father was a gamekeeper here, wasn't he?
0:29:25 > 0:29:29He was working woods and looking after the pheasants.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31One winter he had been out with them
0:29:31 > 0:29:34and spent so long in the snow that he got frostbite in his feet.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37As well as being a gamekeeper here, as a very young man,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39he was also a wonderful artist.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41This is a beautiful little watercolour
0:29:41 > 0:29:42of one of the other gamekeepers.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45He even had a studio here at Chatsworth, didn't he?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47The Duke allowed him to rent a studio for a while
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and then he moved to Bakewell to paint and built his own studio
0:29:50 > 0:29:52and painted in Bakewell all his life.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54And this is him, here in a self portrait...
0:29:54 > 0:29:56look at that splendid beard... and what was his name?
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- Bert Broomhead.- And of course being a local lad, you know,
0:29:59 > 0:30:04not only gamekeeper here, he was able to record Derbyshire at the time.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10As it was. This one's from 1950, a beautiful view of Parwich. I'm sure Parwich doesn't look like that now.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14- Because of course the road would be tarmacked now. - That's right.- Wouldn't it?
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Very much England as it was.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Did you watch him paint?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I mean did he... have you followed in his footsteps?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21I wasn't often allowed in the workshop but there
0:30:21 > 0:30:25is a photograph of me watching him as a little one, painting.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29It was all very hush-hush and secret and I was usually shuffled out of the way.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I have not inherited his talent, but I do think
0:30:31 > 0:30:34people deserve a chance to see the work of an unknown artist.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37And the fact he was given a studio at Chatsworth...
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- he was obviously recognised as such. - He had the approval of the Duke.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44The Duke must have known he was an artist of some talent.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48It must be the first time a gamekeeper was given his own studio.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53It's lovely to see the paintings. Thank you very much for bringing them along.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Well, I normally wouldn't want to see two snakes near me,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23but I'm so pleased to be seeing these two lovely gem-set necklaces.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26How did they slither into your life?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29They belonged to my grandmother who then passed them on to my mother
0:31:29 > 0:31:33and she passed them down to me, so that's all I know about them.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Is it?- Yes.- You don't remember your grandmother wearing them or anything?
0:31:36 > 0:31:41- No, I can remember me mum wearing them, but not my grandmother. - That's wonderful, isn't it?- Yes.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47- A lot of people wouldn't want to wear snakes, which is...- Oh, no. - ..great that she did wear them.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- Yes.- Do you wear them? - Yes, occasionally, yes.
0:31:49 > 0:31:56Excellent, brilliant. Well, they date from about 1850-1860 and the Victorians loved anything
0:31:56 > 0:32:04- to do with animals and nature, love, sentiment, and of course all that is within these two necklaces.- Yes.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09We've got turquoise set to both of the heads of the snakes and the real
0:32:09 > 0:32:13attention to detail was always with the snakes' heads which is fantastic.
0:32:13 > 0:32:20And then we've got old cut diamonds, also highlights in the head, and little red ruby eyes.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Now this one's got a lovely plain gold necklace chain, but this one
0:32:24 > 0:32:29- has also been set with turquoise as well, which is really quite special, isn't it?- Yes, mm, mm.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Which one do you prefer?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Um, that one I think.- Yes.- Yeah. - Yeah, yeah, well that's interesting
0:32:34 > 0:32:39because it's got so much more to it, hasn't it, with having the turquoise in the chain as well.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45- Yes.- Turquoise has always been associated with forget-me-not flowers.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50The true colour of blue forget-me-nots is very similar to the turquoise blue.
0:32:50 > 0:32:56- Yes.- So you've got an instant hidden message there of "forget me not" and again, true love.- Yes.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59But the other sentimental thing about them is that they are necklaces and
0:32:59 > 0:33:02during the Victorian period, anything that was a circle...
0:33:02 > 0:33:07so a necklace, a bracelet, or a ring, was again seen as a true indication of true love, because you could
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- actually end the circle and that you were joined together eternally. - Yes.
0:33:11 > 0:33:17So with regard to value, anybody who collects Victorian jewellery would love to have these two pieces
0:33:17 > 0:33:23- together and it's great that you wear them as well, so you just know that people would want to buy them.- Yes.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I think this one here, because it's slightly plainer,
0:33:26 > 0:33:30might fetch somewhere between £1,500 and £2,000 at auction.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Wow. Really?
0:33:32 > 0:33:37And then of course this one here, we've got a little bit more detail.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42Obviously the turquoise has changed colour, and some people don't like that, they like to see it the really
0:33:42 > 0:33:47beautiful forget-me-not blue, but even so, I think again we're looking at somewhere between
0:33:47 > 0:33:52£1,800 and £2,000 for this necklace because of the extra detail in it.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Fantastic, thank you. Wow.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57My pleasure. So you'll continue to wear them?
0:33:57 > 0:33:59- Definitely.- Brilliant.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- Thank you.- My pleasure.- Thanks.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Well, what a stunning portrait of a beautiful lady. Can I...
0:34:05 > 0:34:08can I see a resemblance here?
0:34:08 > 0:34:10I think I can, which is lovely.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- Yes, it is a picture of me.- And how old were you when this...?- I was 22.
0:34:13 > 0:34:1822, and of course it's by the great, great painter, Stanley Spencer.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20- That's right.- That is fantastic.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23How did your family... or how did you know Stanley Spencer?
0:34:23 > 0:34:29- We lived in Cookham, which is where Stanley Spencer lived.- Ah, of course.- And my father was his doctor.
0:34:29 > 0:34:35Gosh. And he got to know him very well, he was keen on art and things, and so we used to go up there and
0:34:35 > 0:34:38have a look at his paintings when they were being done.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42What an amazing... so what sort of man was Stanley Spencer?
0:34:42 > 0:34:48He was a chatterbox, never stopped talking, and if he'd come to a cocktail party or something,
0:34:48 > 0:34:52the only way to get him to go home was to take him home.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Really?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Gosh! But was he good company? - Oh, yes, yes.
0:34:57 > 0:35:03Fascinating. And I note... I mean it's nicely signed, your portrait, "Stanley Spencer October 1959"
0:35:03 > 0:35:05and of course he died in 1959, so...
0:35:05 > 0:35:12Well, he was dying of cancer and my father said to my mother "He's not eating, let's get him,"
0:35:12 > 0:35:14so he came to our house.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- Up to the house.- And to keep him occupied he drew me and we gave him
0:35:18 > 0:35:21some food and then soon after that he went into hospital where he died.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- Oh, so sad, because he was sort of 68, I think, when he died.- Yes.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- So a young man.- Yes, really, yes.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- He really lived in Cookham all his life, didn't he?- He did.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32I mean it was a sort of paradise for him.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37- Yes.- And he did a lot of Biblical subjects but set in Cookham.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- That's right.- That's right. But he's an absolute genius and I think you
0:35:41 > 0:35:45can see by this portrait, at the end of his life, how wonderful it is...
0:35:45 > 0:35:52the attention to detail is phenomenal... he has that almost Pre-Raphaelite exactness.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54I think he's majestic.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Now have you ever had this valued?
0:35:56 > 0:36:01- No.- Oh, dear, now, I mean they are just so...
0:36:01 > 0:36:06I mean people just love Stanley Spencer, they love his work.
0:36:06 > 0:36:13I mean this drawing's big, it's beautiful, lovely sitter, £10,000 to £15,000.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Oh, goodness me! Wow.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I think we'll take it to the gallery in Cookham to look after.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- Not bad for two days' work. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Where did you get this marvellous tea set from?
0:36:24 > 0:36:30My father bought it in the late 1950s from an antique shop in Sheffield.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34Do you know what he paid for it?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36He paid £45 at the time.
0:36:36 > 0:36:42Right. It's very interesting because when I looked at it at first, it rather made me think of Liberty's,
0:36:42 > 0:36:52the London store, which opened in the 1870s and which sold very fine artistic wares, and became famous
0:36:52 > 0:36:55the world over for doing so, and sure enough, when I turned it over,
0:36:55 > 0:37:00you can see the marks of Liberty, "L & Company"
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- so it is Liberty's.- Oh.
0:37:02 > 0:37:08You also have a hallmark for Birmingham and then finally you've got the date mark for 1902.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14So you've got a great piece of early 20th century silver,
0:37:14 > 0:37:20made for the best retailer in, arguably, the world, in terms of the quality of its goods.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22The Cymric range...
0:37:22 > 0:37:24which this is from...
0:37:24 > 0:37:29was introduced in the late 1890s so this fits perfectly, and here it is.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- Do you ever use it? - No, it's never been used.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- Why not?- Not by my father, or our family.- No, is it just for...?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I think it's too special really. It's sort of more of an ornament.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Yeah, well it's absolutely marvellous and I would have thought that...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45you said how much?
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- £45.- Forty-five pounds.
0:37:48 > 0:37:58Well, I think I would be taking a liberty if I didn't value it at something more like £3,000.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Oh, gosh! Very nice, yeah, yeah, very nice.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05So I think you will be having that cup of tea after all.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Yes, yes, yes, that's lovely.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13A warm day at Chatsworth and we're looking at a pair of fire, or pole screens.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14- Totally inappropriate, isn't it? - Absolutely.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Well, it seems so, doesn't it?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- But we've got a view of Chatsworth on this one.- Indeed we have.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21This is the front of the house.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26Down at the bottom of the picture is the River Derwent flowing and.. .
0:38:26 > 0:38:29So I love the three stags in the foreground.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- It gives it a very relaxed look. - Yes, exactly, it does, doesn't it?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Yes.- And these are hand-painted on to papier mache.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- I thought they were papier mache. - That's a very favoured material which
0:38:37 > 0:38:43came into prominence at the end of the 18th century but by the early 19th century was a great art form.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- Yes, yes. - And of course papier mache with its surface is very heat resistant.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- Of course.- So the Victorians used it for all sorts of things because of its strength.
0:38:52 > 0:38:59- Yes, yes.- So you see trays, boxes, and in this case, lovely adjustable sort of shield-shape panels.- Yes.
0:38:59 > 0:39:05To obviously keep the heat of any open fire off... off faces during conversations.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06- Yes, complexions.- Absolutely.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09And have they been giving you active service for long?
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Well, ornamental service, obviously, and they belonged to my grandparents
0:39:13 > 0:39:17who had a farm on this estate, just outside Bakewell.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- Fantastic.- I suppose they've been in the family about 120 years.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Yes, your Chatsworth heirlooms.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26My Chatsworth heirlooms, exactly.
0:39:26 > 0:39:34Now the borders are very much high Victorian with sort of scrolls of acanthus and sort of strap work.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- Yes.- But do you know something?
0:39:36 > 0:39:41I think that the stands that they're on, which are incredibly elegant and made of mahogany...
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- Yes.- I think the stands were made 20 years earlier.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46- Really? - These, I think are 1840s...
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- These I think are 1820s.- Really? Gosh, I didn't know they were so old.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Because these are very much a Regency shape.- Yes.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- But very elegant. I mean they're totally impractical today.- Of course.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Have you got open fires still?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00No, no, but they're in bedrooms and well away from the light.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- Yes, yes, well they're pretty. - They're so pretty.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07On that sort of basis, you'd need probably around £1,500 to replace them.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- Really?- Particularly elegant and beautifully painted. - Thank you very much.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16I really feel that we're in the scene of a costume drama.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19We're right in the heart of where a costume drama would be filmed.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22It's such a beautiful Edwardian wedding dress.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25I mean, who was it worn by?
0:40:25 > 0:40:33My mother wore it last in 1942/43 and my grandmother in 1902.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Well, 1902 is an absolutely precise date for it, isn't it?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- I mean, it is a classic Edwardian dress.- Yes.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44It was presumably your grandmother's moment to look like Queen Alexandra.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Yes, yes, it must have been, yes, for that date.
0:40:47 > 0:40:54But this is the most wonderful silk dress finished in lace, nipped in
0:40:54 > 0:40:58just below this lovely high bodice line, which is classic for the era.
0:40:58 > 0:41:03Very kindly modelled by a lady who's just come for
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- the Roadshow today, so, and fits it like a glove.- Yes. Perfect.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09But where did she get it from?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Where did she buy it from? Do you know that?
0:41:11 > 0:41:15It was from a shop in Liverpool. Lime Street, Liverpool.
0:41:15 > 0:41:21I mean, the joy of it, I think is seeing it worn, and...
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- Yes.- It's interesting because you've brought these photographs along,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28but there's not one of your grandmother wearing it, so in 1902
0:41:28 > 0:41:31she wore it, but there's just a photograph of her...
0:41:31 > 0:41:39My grandmother, unfortunately, had a birthmark on the side of her face, so she never really...
0:41:39 > 0:41:42would never have a photograph taken.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46Obviously that's my mother and father, with my mother wearing it.
0:41:46 > 0:41:53When it was re-worn by your mother then, in the early 1940s, of course Britain was at war.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- Yes.- And we had utility restrictions in place.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58And we were restricted on the number of buttons, the number of pockets
0:41:58 > 0:42:05and the amount of fabric we could use in clothing, so to wear vintage was actually quite a good call then.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Yes. Yes, it would be. - Did you wear it? So you're the third...
0:42:08 > 0:42:13Unfortunately, no, I didn't know it was there.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17I only found it about 15 years ago.
0:42:17 > 0:42:23My father died and I had to clear the house out and it had been in the garage outside
0:42:23 > 0:42:29in a chest of drawers, in the original box, and it had been there since... all those years.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32I think the interesting thing about this is that ten years ago...
0:42:32 > 0:42:36and that's not that long ago... a dress like this would have been
0:42:36 > 0:42:40very much a museum piece, not considered anything that a bride today would...
0:42:40 > 0:42:41you know... would want to wear.
0:42:41 > 0:42:47But the market has gone through such a sea change recently, and suddenly today's brides are looking for
0:42:47 > 0:42:53something really, really individual that doesn't look like anybody else and so vintage is really back.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57And in that context, as something to wear today for a modern bride,
0:42:57 > 0:43:07I would put a value of between £800 and £900 on it, maybe even, maybe even slipping into £1,000.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08It's on the day, isn't it?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I'd pay that to wear it.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14I don't think I'd fit into it.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28In the glorious surroundings of Chatsworth, I can't think of
0:43:28 > 0:43:29a better place to talk about treasures.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32And in this series we're asking our experts...
0:43:32 > 0:43:34what treasure would they most like to see?
0:43:34 > 0:43:37What would they fantasize about turning up to a Roadshow?
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Then on the flip side... what items do they see the most of?
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Well, Hilary, it's your turn today, so let's start off with what you see the most of.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46What do our visitors tend to bring along in great numbers to a Roadshow?
0:43:46 > 0:43:51I see suitcases full of battered Dinky toys.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55Now, there's nothing wrong with a Dinky toy, don't get me wrong and there
0:43:55 > 0:44:02are plenty of people out there who love Dinky toys, but what everybody has is something a bit like this...
0:44:02 > 0:44:04play worn, battered, bits fallen off.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08Occasionally you might get one in a box but it's those
0:44:08 > 0:44:12sorts of Dinky toys that really people aren't interested in, sadly.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15And do they have a value?
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Well, I mean a tiny value.
0:44:16 > 0:44:21I mean we're talking about 50p, £1 here and there, so not much really.
0:44:21 > 0:44:26I can hear the sound of sobbing off camera, from all the people that own these.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29Yes, but I mean the fact is that you're very lucky...
0:44:29 > 0:44:31you get one lot of pleasure from a toy...
0:44:31 > 0:44:34either you get the pleasure when you get it and you play with it,
0:44:34 > 0:44:36or you get the pleasure later and you can't have both.
0:44:36 > 0:44:41And of course then, it's the ones that weren't played with, which are the rarities,
0:44:41 > 0:44:44even though they were perhaps one of many hundreds of thousands produced.
0:44:44 > 0:44:50And so if it's a rarity, if it is in its box, then the prices can be really quite startling.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53So what would you be talking about?
0:44:53 > 0:45:01Well, I mean the one record price so far is for this one here, which is a little pre-war Dinky about this size,
0:45:01 > 0:45:07but decorated with the name of a particular maker, W.E. Boyce, which was a shop in London.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Incredibly rare.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- £20,000.- No!
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Why?
0:45:14 > 0:45:16It's the simple laws of supply and demand.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19Very, very rare object, thousands of people,
0:45:19 > 0:45:23tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide collect Dinky toys.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Something has to give, and the price shoots up.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Now, if Dinky toys are what you see the most of,
0:45:28 > 0:45:31what would you most like to see?
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Well, I was incredibly lucky, when we came to Chatsworth
0:45:34 > 0:45:41with the Roadshow back in 1996, it was in fact the Dowager Duchess who allowed us to film last time
0:45:41 > 0:45:47and it's this object here, which is a toy by a manufacturer called Marklin.
0:45:47 > 0:45:53Until I came to Chatsworth, there was only one of these known, and when I walked through
0:45:53 > 0:46:00the corridors of Chatsworth House, there on a shelf, in a room, was the second one ever known
0:46:00 > 0:46:05and there was just a little rope across the doorway.
0:46:05 > 0:46:13A wonderful moment and an incredibly rare toy and worth about £100,000.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Wow!
0:46:16 > 0:46:21And did the Dowager, or the Dowager's children...
0:46:21 > 0:46:24did they play with it... or did she have it rather... because she knew it
0:46:24 > 0:46:25was something that was so valuable?
0:46:25 > 0:46:29- No, it was a childhood toy, from a previous generation.- Gosh.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32It's made by the best toy maker at the time,
0:46:32 > 0:46:35a company called Gebruder Marklin.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38They made exceptional quality toys
0:46:38 > 0:46:42and this is just an extraordinary rarity.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47Only two ever known, so it is that combination.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49This... you've seen two of these now...
0:46:49 > 0:46:52been rather spoilt actually... so what would you most like to see?
0:46:52 > 0:46:57What would really set your pulse racing if it just arrived in a plastic bag -
0:46:57 > 0:46:59who knows - at the Roadshow?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Well... now don't laugh...
0:47:01 > 0:47:04because it does look slightly like a brick on wheels...
0:47:04 > 0:47:07but it's this, which is another toy by Marklin.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09I've only got a picture of it.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12It's from their 1904 catalogue
0:47:12 > 0:47:19and it's a picture of a toy steam tram called a Serpollet Wagen,
0:47:19 > 0:47:22designed by somebody called Leon Serpollet, and
0:47:22 > 0:47:24it's never turned up.
0:47:24 > 0:47:29The image is there in the catalogue, so presumably one must exist.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32And if one did turn up, could you put a value on something like that?
0:47:32 > 0:47:35- Ooh yes.- Well, go on then.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Well, I think putting it into context. If this one...
0:47:38 > 0:47:40which is pretty rare...
0:47:40 > 0:47:42is worth about £100,000...
0:47:42 > 0:47:44that, which has never turned up...
0:47:44 > 0:47:49would have to start at around £150,000 and go up from there, one hopes.
0:47:49 > 0:47:50Gosh.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54Right. Well, you heard it here... go search your attics.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Hilary says so.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58If you think you might have one of these,
0:47:58 > 0:48:01this is the Holy Grail for Hilary, so either just
0:48:01 > 0:48:05come along to a Roadshow or contact us at our website, which is
0:48:05 > 0:48:08bbc.co.uk/antiquesroadshow
0:48:14 > 0:48:18Well, when I first saw this box, it reminded me of several others
0:48:18 > 0:48:20that I've seen in the past
0:48:20 > 0:48:24and I was absolutely sure that it contained a gold watch
0:48:24 > 0:48:27emblazoned with the Imperial arms, the double-headed eagle.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29And what does it mean to you when you open the box...
0:48:29 > 0:48:30are you excited about it?
0:48:30 > 0:48:34Well, I recall it from being a young child and my dad would get it out
0:48:34 > 0:48:36of his secret hidden place in the wardrobe
0:48:36 > 0:48:39- and allow us to look at it, but not touch.- Not touch.
0:48:39 > 0:48:45And it belonged to his grandfather, so my great-grandfather who was
0:48:45 > 0:48:48Chief Superintendant of the Metropolitan Police
0:48:48 > 0:48:50and was part of the king's bodyguard.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54And he accompanied the king on a visit to Russia to see the Tsar,
0:48:54 > 0:48:58who I think was his cousin, and he was given this watch
0:48:58 > 0:48:59as a thank-you gift.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01- Pretty good, isn't it? - From the Tsar of Russia.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04Well, I think it certainly was a thank you gift and in that regard
0:49:04 > 0:49:06it's absolutely typical,
0:49:06 > 0:49:09because the Tsar of Russia was the Supreme Autocrat
0:49:09 > 0:49:12of All the Russias, he was Grand Duke of Finland, Ataman of Siberia,
0:49:12 > 0:49:14and his dominions were so vast that
0:49:14 > 0:49:18when the sun was coming up on one side, it was going down on the other, and what this is adding up to, is
0:49:18 > 0:49:23- that it put him in a perfect position to give incredibly lavish gifts.- Yes.
0:49:23 > 0:49:24And this is not just a gold watch,
0:49:24 > 0:49:28but it's decorated with black champleve enamel and blue enamelled
0:49:28 > 0:49:33ribbons, with his cipher and he gave them persistently.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Curiously enough they're incredibly rare in everyday life,
0:49:36 > 0:49:38but they're not rare in my life, because
0:49:38 > 0:49:41I deal with Russian works of art and I must have seen tens of them,
0:49:41 > 0:49:44if not hundreds of them, in my lifetime.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48But at the same time, they're astonishingly rare in everyday life,
0:49:48 > 0:49:50and I'm thrilled to see it.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54I can also tell you from the lid satin here, that it's made by a firm
0:49:54 > 0:49:59called Pavel Bure, and it means Paul Bure, and
0:49:59 > 0:50:02his address and his name surmounted here with the
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Imperial eagle, as is the watch,
0:50:04 > 0:50:07which is a sign that he's under the direct patronage of the Tsar.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11I think we can assume this is Nicholas II.
0:50:11 > 0:50:15- Right.- And that it's probably very early 20th century.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17- Does that fit in with your...? Absolutely.- Yes, yes, it does.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21My great-grandfather retired from the king's service in 1920
0:50:21 > 0:50:23so it would have been before that.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Absolutely and of course 1917 no Tsar at all, with the Russian Revolution,
0:50:26 > 0:50:28so we've got a jolly good framework
0:50:28 > 0:50:29for it, so it's very touching,
0:50:29 > 0:50:33and a great memento of a fallen dynasty, I mean a fallen eagle,
0:50:33 > 0:50:36quite literally, and after 1917 Russia fell into chaos,
0:50:36 > 0:50:38and it's only really coming back again.
0:50:38 > 0:50:43So we have what is a royal, an imperial souvenir and a great one.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Perhaps a valuation, I think rather cool for a Russian
0:50:45 > 0:50:50work of art, of somewhere between £800 and £1,200 would be right.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52Well, I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55We want to keep it in the family because it's got such a history
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- attached to it, and we really love it.- Brilliant.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- Thank you very much.- No, wonderful, that's great, lovely, thank you.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06We were very short of money during the Second World War.
0:51:06 > 0:51:10The impact of the Battle of Britain being considerable, and a lot of
0:51:10 > 0:51:13aeroplanes were actually bought privately,
0:51:13 > 0:51:17either by rich people, or by collections in towns.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20I think a Spitfire cost about £5,000
0:51:20 > 0:51:23and they raised that sum and that Spitfire, aeroplane,
0:51:23 > 0:51:27whatever it was, would then fly with the name of the town on the side.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30There's one in the museum in Stoke on Trent.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Tell me what you know about this.
0:51:33 > 0:51:38Well, what I know about it is that one night me father came home and
0:51:38 > 0:51:41brought that through the door and he says "I've brought you this"
0:51:41 > 0:51:44and he threw it onto the settee.
0:51:44 > 0:51:45What, just like that?
0:51:45 > 0:51:46He just threw it onto the settee.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49Luckily it went towards the pillow and landed.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51If it had gone the other way it would have been onto the floor
0:51:51 > 0:51:54- and probably broke. - How old were you?
0:51:54 > 0:51:59- I'd be probably eight, nine or, something- Where did he find it?
0:51:59 > 0:52:04It was found in a tractor bucket that was on a demolition site,
0:52:04 > 0:52:08and how it survived, we don't know.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11It just got unearthed out this tractor bucket, it was there,
0:52:11 > 0:52:13and well, as you can see, it's not marked...
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- survived.- It's meant to be.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18You know, it's survived that, it's survived the bounce,
0:52:18 > 0:52:20it's survived all the way through.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Now as I understand it, you know,
0:52:23 > 0:52:27this was developed as a way of raising money.
0:52:27 > 0:52:33There was going to be a dog race and the prize was a silver cup
0:52:33 > 0:52:35and the idea was that money being raised through the race
0:52:35 > 0:52:36would go into the Spitfire fund.
0:52:36 > 0:52:41I think when it came to the crunch, they couldn't quite do a silver cup,
0:52:41 > 0:52:43and so you got a pot cup instead,
0:52:43 > 0:52:46but it's relevant because it was made at Pearson's, the local company,
0:52:46 > 0:52:49you know Pearson's of Chesterfield,
0:52:49 > 0:52:51the great maker of stoneware, salt glaze,
0:52:51 > 0:52:55oven wares and decorative pottery over a very long period.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57I like Pearson's, I like their history and I think
0:52:57 > 0:53:00it was a very stylish factory, a very practical factory.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03Anyway, they must have been commissioned to make this
0:53:03 > 0:53:06and I think probably the chap who won it was pretty disappointed.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08He thought "where's the silver cup?
0:53:08 > 0:53:10"I've got this blue pot"
0:53:10 > 0:53:13and I think the problem was also that Chesterfield,
0:53:13 > 0:53:17unlike some towns in this area, had a problem in getting the money.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Bolsover had a Spitfire, Buxton had a Spitfire
0:53:20 > 0:53:24and Chesterfield never quite managed it and in 1943 they gave up.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28They only got half way to a Spitfire and they gave the money away to some other fund.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33- The owner of the dog track did actually buy a Spitfire.- Privately.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36- Privately, yes.- Oh, well that's all right, so it all ends up happily.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38It's very difficult to value, you know,
0:53:38 > 0:53:40it may be the only one of its kind that survived,
0:53:40 > 0:53:43maybe there are other ones in other towns that I don't know about,
0:53:43 > 0:53:45but I think it's a wonderful
0:53:45 > 0:53:51evocation of the hard times in 1940, efforts to keep us going in the war.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55I'd love it, and I think I'd pay about £400 if I saw it for sale.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59Impressed with that, because I've never looked on it as being worth
0:53:59 > 0:54:05- anything at all, you know, it's been in the house and it's the history of it.- But how do you value history?
0:54:05 > 0:54:08You know, it's on our way now towards a Spitfire...
0:54:08 > 0:54:10although they're rather more expensive these days.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13It will go home tonight and sit in my kitchen.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25You know it's incredible to come here to Chatsworth and find the earliest
0:54:25 > 0:54:33piece we've had on the programme, here on this table before us, an ancient Egyptian head.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37I suppose it's about Middle Kingdom which is....
0:54:37 > 0:54:39Yes, 1,700 to 1,750 B.C.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42Over 3,700 years old.
0:54:42 > 0:54:463,700 years old, that's older than me!
0:54:46 > 0:54:48It's not looking in such bad condition, is it,
0:54:48 > 0:54:49all things considered?
0:54:49 > 0:54:50How do you come by it?
0:54:50 > 0:54:54I dug it up out of a back garden in Derby.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58- Dug it up? - Yeah, doing some gardening
0:54:58 > 0:55:02and I hit it with a spade, hopefully I didn't do too much damage to it,
0:55:02 > 0:55:03but I hit it with a spade.
0:55:03 > 0:55:07So presumably someone had used it as a garden ornament
0:55:07 > 0:55:09or rockery or something like that.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11Yes, something along those lines in the past.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14I mean you don't throw away an ancient Egyptian head, do you,
0:55:14 > 0:55:16in the garden without a reason.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Well, I wouldn't. You wouldn't think.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22Of course the fascinating thing about being here at Chatsworth is...
0:55:22 > 0:55:23we had a tour of the house last night,
0:55:23 > 0:55:30and there are masses of these Roman and Egyptian things inside the house,
0:55:30 > 0:55:33this would have fitted in in Chatsworth.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37In my garden in Worcester I used to find Romans
0:55:37 > 0:55:39and their pots buried down below,
0:55:39 > 0:55:45it's what got me interested in antiquities and things and here is...
0:55:45 > 0:55:48did it get you interested in ancient things?
0:55:48 > 0:55:51My mum's always been interested in Egyptology
0:55:51 > 0:55:54but I'm more into geology, so along similar lines.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56Do you know the stone angle on it?
0:55:56 > 0:55:58- What is it, schist or...? - It's quartzite.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02Oh, it's quartzite, quartzite, so absolutely beautifully made
0:56:02 > 0:56:04and I mean it's had some damage...
0:56:04 > 0:56:06well, what do you expect, poor old chap.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09I don't know whether this had a beard,
0:56:09 > 0:56:12- it possibly did have a beard, they did.- Possibly yes.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15..have a beard, and he's had his nose damaged a bit,
0:56:15 > 0:56:18but what the heck, 4,000 years old,
0:56:18 > 0:56:22- you expect it to be a little bit knocked about.- Worn away, yeah.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26But it's incredible to discover it.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29I suppose... I mean you ought to have this
0:56:29 > 0:56:33investigated in perhaps the British Museum or something like that.
0:56:33 > 0:56:37I did take it down to them, 12, 18 months back
0:56:37 > 0:56:39for them to take a look at.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42Initially when I sent them the emails with the pictures,
0:56:42 > 0:56:43they arranged for me to go down
0:56:43 > 0:56:46but they said "in all honesty we're expecting it to be a fake,
0:56:46 > 0:56:50"possibly an early fake, Roman, but a fake none the less."
0:56:50 > 0:56:55I opened it up there and I think the guy's jaw dropped and before I
0:56:55 > 0:56:58knew it, I had the whole department arrayed around the table
0:56:58 > 0:57:00having a look at it because they were like...
0:57:00 > 0:57:03"Yeah, actually it is, it's genuine."
0:57:03 > 0:57:074,000 years ancient and found in Derby.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10It goes back before the city of Derby started.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Isn't that incredible?
0:57:13 > 0:57:16I suppose one's got to think of a value.
0:57:16 > 0:57:23It's extremely difficult, but I suppose one must be thinking in terms
0:57:23 > 0:57:27of £10,000 upwards or something like that.
0:57:27 > 0:57:32I mean, it's a major thing, it really is a fantastic object.
0:57:32 > 0:57:38I'm longing to stroke the chap and to think that it is that,
0:57:38 > 0:57:42and there it stands, having been found in Derby.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48I think I'm speechless.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50For the first time ever.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57A little-known fact about Chatsworth for you.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00In 1829, a banana plant was brought to
0:58:00 > 0:58:04the 6th Duke of Devonshire and his famous head gardener, Joseph Paxton,
0:58:04 > 0:58:05to grow in the greenhouse here.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07It was named the "Cavendish banana"
0:58:07 > 0:58:09which is the Devonshire family name.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11A few years later, a missionary took back
0:58:11 > 0:58:14some young banana plants from here to Samoa.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17They flourished in Samoa and in fact the world over, and now,
0:58:17 > 0:58:22the Cavendish banana is one of the most commercially available bananas
0:58:22 > 0:58:24in the world, so there you are...
0:58:24 > 0:58:29from Chatsworth and the Antiques Roadshow and the Cavendish bananas,
0:58:29 > 0:58:30bye-bye.
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