0:00:02 > 0:00:04Welcome back to Lulworth Castle,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08a spectacular 17th-century hunting lodge once graced by kings
0:00:08 > 0:00:14and famous for its gorgeous interiors and priceless heirlooms.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20But now it's an empty shell.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Today, the Antiques Roadshow is back in Dorset,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29in a castle with a dramatic tale to tell.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16In the 1920s, Lulworth Castle was the home of Herbert Weld,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18a true eccentric.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21He'd been a naturalist and an explorer,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23a correspondent during the Boer War,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27and was described as, "Highly intelligent...but cranky."
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Herbert threw himself into modernising and restoring the house.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35But then, disaster struck.
0:01:37 > 0:01:43On 29th August 1929, his castle became headline news.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Fire. It started at the top of the northeast tower but,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50as molten lead dripped down into the building, it quickly spread.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06A motley team of people arrived to rescue the castle's heirlooms -
0:02:06 > 0:02:09villagers, priests, men from the local tank corps,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12even 36 Girl Guides who were camping nearby!
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Slowly, the priceless antiques began to pile up on the lawn -
0:02:16 > 0:02:19furniture, paintings, carpets, curtains -
0:02:19 > 0:02:20and in the middle of it all,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Herbert Weld sat, slumped in a chair,
0:02:23 > 0:02:27disconsolate, watching his castle burn.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Herbert never realised his ambition of restoring the castle
0:02:35 > 0:02:38but now, at least, it has a roof.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40It's not quite as good as new,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43but the beautiful shell is here for us all to admire.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Today, the lawns of Lulworth Castle
0:02:48 > 0:02:51are once again littered with what may turn out to be priceless heirlooms.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Our experts will tell us.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59It's got to be one of THE most famous images in the world.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01It's got to be in every club, it's got to be
0:03:01 > 0:03:05in every far-flung outpost of Commonwealth,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- and wasn't she pretty?- Undoubtedly.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10And when you see a painting like this of the Queen,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13the radiance just shines out at you.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14It's stunning.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16This hangs in our home,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19and many people would find that possibly quite intimidating.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23But there's something very calm about it and very natural.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25And there's a gentle smile on her face.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- You do feel presided over, don't you?- You do, yes.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Certainly straightens the tie! - But it's very natural to you,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34because it's by Beatrice Johnson and she was...?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Yes, she was my great-aunt.- I see.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41She died in...2000, aged 94.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45She was a very reclusive character actually,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- and hid her light under a bushel all her life.- Really?
0:03:48 > 0:03:54And it would be with the greatest embarrassment if she saw this today.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57But, er, the time has come, really, to reveal her true talent again.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02- She was a photographer first. This is her camera, isn't it?- She was.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04She was a society and royal photographer
0:04:04 > 0:04:07with the famous Dorothy Wilding studio,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10which started in the early 1920s.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Beatrice joined Dorothy Wilding in '23.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18So this painting was the result of a photographic sitting -
0:04:18 > 0:04:20a formal one - with Dorothy Wilding,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22who must have taken a number of photographs.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Yes, she did.- This, presumably, is one of them?- Yes. There we are.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29That's the photograph from which this painting is done - is that right?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Exactly.- There's something stunningly glamorous about that image.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Yes, it is. Incredible, isn't is?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38I mean, it's the extraordinary ubiquity of this image -
0:04:38 > 0:04:40you see it absolutely everywhere.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43And the palace supplied the sample of material...
0:04:43 > 0:04:47That's her dress - that's actually the material from the dress.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Was this given to your great-aunt at the time?
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Yes, it was supplied, along with various other bits and pieces,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55to assist her with the painting.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Just to give some idea of the colours,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00to help her sort of render it right?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Yes.- And how many of these do you think she painted, then?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07We simply don't know - there are three in the family.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09A similar one to this, of this size,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11but you can see the chair she's sitting on.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16And another one of my aunts has a smaller image - just the bust -
0:05:16 > 0:05:19which is more similar to the stamp image.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22But there are many others around the world.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25We certainly know there's one in Australia.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27We've got evidence - letters - to support that.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29It's just such a familiar thing -
0:05:29 > 0:05:33it is such a symbol of empire and Commonwealth and patronage, and...
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- It is.- It's also something about the colours -
0:05:35 > 0:05:38it screams the 1950s, actually, doesn't it?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42These lovely, sort of, er, slightly pastel colours here,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44and the brilliance of the eyes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Now, we've got to value it, of course.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Slightly worried by the amount she seems to have done,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and not really sure how many embassies have this image.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56And yet, it's such an iconic thing and it does come straight from her -
0:05:56 > 0:06:00from your family - so that's got to all help.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03I would have thought that it's got to be worth
0:06:03 > 0:06:05between £4,000 and £6,000.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Not a HUGE amount, but I wouldn't be at all surprised
0:06:08 > 0:06:12if there are monarchists all over the Commonwealth who would like to own this.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- It's such a wonderful image. - Thank you. We're very proud of her.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27We seem to have a miniature garden laid out on the table before us.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30What can you tell me about this miniature garden?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Well, unfortunately, it doesn't belong to me.- That's a shame.- I wish!
0:06:34 > 0:06:38But I've known of their existence - they belong to a very dear friend,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and I go and have a peer in their cabinet every time I go round.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- So they're behind glass? - Behind glass.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- And he acquired them from his father.- Right.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48So we know they're quite old. What I do know for certain
0:06:48 > 0:06:52is there's two examples in Queen Mary's doll's house.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Well, I can tell you a bit about them.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56They're made, unbelievably,
0:06:56 > 0:06:57out of a metal alloy,
0:06:57 > 0:07:03which is modelled by hand to create these wonderful, intricate
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and botanically quite accurate models.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Once they've been made, they're then coloured by hand
0:07:09 > 0:07:13using oil paint, and they're made by this lady
0:07:13 > 0:07:18called Beatrice Hindley whose name appears just there.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22And Beatrice had quite good connections.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27She was asked by that goddess of garden design, Gertrude Jekyll,
0:07:27 > 0:07:32to design the garden for Queen Mary's doll's house.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Oh, right, so she had quite a hand in it, then?- She had quite a hand in it.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I think Gertrude designed the layout
0:07:38 > 0:07:40and Beatrice actually made the plants.
0:07:40 > 0:07:46She also made the plants for another famous doll's house,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50begun in 1922 by Sir Neville Wilkinson, called Titania's Palace.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I also know, in 1927,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Beatrice had an exhibition in Cork Street in London,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59where she exhibited these and they were for sale.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It's possible that these ones
0:08:01 > 0:08:04were bought around that time from an exhibition.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Right. - But the glamour doesn't stop there!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09When Beatrice Hindley died,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12she had a complete representative selection
0:08:12 > 0:08:15of all the flowers that she made,
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- and she left that collection to the Queen.- Wow!
0:08:19 > 0:08:21And displayed in cabinets at Sandringham
0:08:21 > 0:08:23is the definitive collection
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- of these wonderful metal flowers. - So if I went there, I could...
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I'm not sure whether they're on display,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32but you could ask Her Majesty if you could have a look!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34But these are the domain of royalty -
0:08:34 > 0:08:37the best collection belongs to Her Majesty the Queen.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- Wow!- Some of them are quite common and turn up all the time -
0:08:41 > 0:08:43like the tulip there, and like the daffodil.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46That's another common one.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52But some others, like these wonderful, exuberant lilies...
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- And the agapanthus.- Love that one! - Which is one of my favourites.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59But possibly my most favourite is the standard fuchsia.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03You can see from the way it's wobbling, it's got a wire stem.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08But you see these so rarely. And this is a jewel for the collector.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Just that one there is worth £500.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Well, yeah.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20And then we can go on, and I would say, probably,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24the nasturtium is worth 300, 350.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Do a little bit of maths and you can quite easily get to 3,500, £4,000.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34- Wow! Well, Ian will be pleased. - He WILL be pleased, won't he?
0:09:37 > 0:09:41I understand this wonderful desk escaped the fire
0:09:41 > 0:09:44which was in the castle, and it survived.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Well, fortunately - or unfortunately -
0:09:47 > 0:09:50a widow whose husband had been killed in the war,
0:09:50 > 0:09:55he made a trench will and left all the chattels in the castle to her.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57This was only discovered in 1929,
0:09:57 > 0:10:02literally just before the fire in July.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05She sued the family and took all the chattels.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10But glad to say she put them up for auction in early 1930,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- and this was brought back into the family then. - So the whole thing's come back?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Whole thing's come back and it's been with us ever since.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20It's made of the finest Cuban mahogany.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- Look at the colour of that top - isn't that wonderful?- Fantastic.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25It just sings to you.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29It's a remarkable piece of furniture and, er,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32obviously you know what it is - an apothecary piece.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Either an apothecary's chest - it's always known in the family as an apothecary's chest -
0:10:36 > 0:10:39or a collector's chest, because if you sniff the drawers,
0:10:39 > 0:10:45- they don't smell of any chemicals or herbs or anything.- Right.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48So it leads me to believe perhaps it was more likely to be
0:10:48 > 0:10:53for a collection of something, rather than medicinal purposes.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Can we just open the sides? - Yes, certainly.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I'll open this side and you're going to pull the drawers that side.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- How many drawers are there? - 421, including the one in the middle.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- Right, right. So, who do you think made this piece of furniture?- We...
0:11:15 > 0:11:19It's attributed to William Hallett, but there's no...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Nothing to authenticate it - no bills or anything like that.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Well, I can agree that it's possibly by him,
0:11:26 > 0:11:30but there are also other leading cabinet makers of the 18th century,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33who were, again, supplying important properties
0:11:33 > 0:11:36with important pieces like this.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39It's all in the detail. When we look at this brush and slide,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43when we look in the centre, it's almost like a little heart there.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- Yep.- And you've got this wonderful gadrooning, going left and right,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49along the brush and slide.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53It just works. And you've got locks on these tiny little drawers.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Locks were hugely expensive, so no expense was spared.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03I think when this was made, they just said, "Do it. Just do it."
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I love the idea that you've got this...
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- what we call a shaped ogee bracket foot.- Yeah.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14And this, like, scrollwork underneath. It's unbelievable!
0:12:14 > 0:12:17It's beautiful. The colour of the wood there - the mahogany -
0:12:17 > 0:12:19is like toffee, isn't it?
0:12:19 > 0:12:24- It's a fantastic piece, isn't it? - It's absolutely beautiful.- Amazing.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30Beautiful. The date - I would date this at around 1740, 1750.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35It's oak-lined. Lovely little dovetails.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37We've got the original handles.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39These bolts have never been disturbed
0:12:39 > 0:12:41and with an 18th-century piece,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45what we like to see is the drawer linings running from back to front.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50And that's it - everything's there.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- It fits perfectly.- Yeah.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54It's absolutely fantastic.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I can't believe how good this is, in the condition.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02English furniture of this quality has rocketed.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04And I would...
0:13:04 > 0:13:09For an insurance valuation, I would be quite comfortable in saying
0:13:09 > 0:13:14- this should be insured for at least £200,000.- Yep.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17It is such an important piece of English furniture.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- It takes my breath away. It's absolutely stunning.- Great.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Well, thank you very much.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31What sort of person do you think would have used an enormous watch like this?
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Well, I don't have a clue, really,
0:13:32 > 0:13:37but I've been told he was an RAF pilot during the war.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Right.- Brought it down for a friend so I don't know much, perhaps.- OK.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45Well, it's actually worn by a German aviator.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Very, very much used by the German Luftwaffe,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51and you can see it's a massive watch.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And if you can imagine it compared to a normal-sized watch,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57why do you think it might have been that big?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- I don't know, I'm sure. You tell me!- Right, OK.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Well, it would have had a very, very thick strap -
0:14:03 > 0:14:08a big leather strap - and it fastened up outside the sleeve
0:14:08 > 0:14:12of the flying jacket, so the chap could sit in a cockpit still warm,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and he didn't have to pull his sleeve back to look at his watch.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19It was there, on his wrist. So, big, easy-to-read watch.
0:14:19 > 0:14:26Wonderful luminous dial, centre seconds. Great object. Lovely thing.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32So... let's have a quick look at the inside, and just pop the back open.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37And there we have the details that you want to see there.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40And here we are - it's Laco.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Now, I'm just going to press that, start the watch...and there we go.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48It's a lovely, lovely grade movement,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51typically dating from the early 1940s.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- And does anybody wear it now? - I wouldn't have thought so!- No?
0:14:55 > 0:14:59You see, I would be happy, occasionally, to wear a watch like this.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Slightly ostentatious, but a lot of fun.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07A lot of people are very, very keen now on military watches -
0:15:07 > 0:15:09and particularly Luftwaffe wristwatches.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- Highly collectable, both here and on the Continent.- Yeah.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Starting price at auction for something like that would be
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- in the region of £1,200.- No! - Ooh, yeah.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Really? He'll be pleased.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27And say to him, it could happily run up to 1,500 or 1,600.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Could it really? Good. That's good news for somebody - not me.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33LAUGHTER
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Well, I tell you something - if it had its strap, I'd just wear it
0:15:36 > 0:15:40for the rest of the afternoon, just for the sheer pleasure!
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Now, it's not often we see stocks at the Antiques Roadshow -
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I don't think we've ever seen them before.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54What are you doing with this?
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Well, we run a charity called Dorset Reclaim, which collects things for people in need.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01We had these handed in as part of a collection one day,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03about nine months ago.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06We've been sat on them, not knowing what to do with them.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Presumably, the idea's to sell them and use the money to buy furniture for people that need it?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13The idea is to raise money for Dorset Reclaim, to keep the prices
0:16:13 > 0:16:15as low as we can for the stuff
0:16:15 > 0:16:18we actually pass on to low-income families.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Well, I can think of one expert who could possibly use this over here.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23David Battie. David?
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- Yes, Fiona? - Just turn this way, have a look.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32- Oh!- Now, that's what I'm threatening you with if you become grumpy today.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34As long as you're in the other side, Fiona, I'm for it.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- One's tempted to say, "Who's a pretty boy, then?"- Oh, dear!
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Tell me the story about the parrot.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00It was a gift from my parents for one Christmas,
0:17:00 > 0:17:05and I'd seen them in a shop in Weston and I just fell in love with them.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08That's the thing, isn't it? Sometimes you just fall in love.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- Absolutely.- I can tell exactly why you fell in love with him.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- Made in the island Murano.- Right.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Very, very famous glass-making.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21In the 13th century, the Venetians got all the glass-makers
0:17:21 > 0:17:23to move out of the city because of the danger of fire,
0:17:23 > 0:17:27so they moved on to the island and stayed there to this day.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31And they went into a bit of the doldrums in the early 20th century,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the glass-making factories, but this lovely chap
0:17:34 > 0:17:37comes from a period in the '50s and '60s
0:17:37 > 0:17:41when they were really using great designers.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45He's by somebody called Lucio Zanetti and,
0:17:45 > 0:17:50with his father Oscar, they set up a factory in 1956.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52And I think he comes from the early '60s.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Lucio was well known for these fabulous glass sculptures
0:17:56 > 0:17:58and, you know, when you think about Murano,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00there's lots of tourist ware.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Yes, there is.- But our dear parrot here is not a piece of tourist ware.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07He's a rather fine example. What do you call the parrot?
0:18:07 > 0:18:12He's called Louis, because it seems a rather elegant name for a bird.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16What's great about him is you really feel as if he's looking at me.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- He's got his beady eye on you, yes! - Tell me what you love about him.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Well, I love the shape of how he's done the eyes
0:18:23 > 0:18:26and the sculpture of that beautiful beak.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32- And just that line to him. - It just flows, very elegantly.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Exactly. That's what he is - simple and elegant lines.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38A really beautiful-looking bird.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42And he's worth a little bit of money.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47I've seen a seal by Lucio Zanetti that sold for 1,000.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52- I think our parrot here is rather better than that.- Oh, my goodness!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56So I think he would sell for anywhere between £800 and £1,200.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00How absolutely lovely. Thank you so much.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04In 20 years of doing the Roadshow,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I can certainly say this is the first time
0:19:06 > 0:19:08I've ever seen a set of stocks.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Yeah.- Do you know anything about the history of stocks?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Well, only what you see on the TV or in the paper.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Well, of course, stocks have been with us since the medieval times.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Indeed, in the late 14th century, a law was passed saying that
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- every village and town had to have a pair of stocks.- Really?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26The people that were put in stocks -
0:19:26 > 0:19:29it tended to be for fairly minor offences.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Petty larceny... If you were a drunk or a vagrant,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35you used to go in the stocks for anything from a few hours to a few days.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38And the passers-by, if they didn't like you,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40they used to shout at you or throw vegetables.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- The really unkind ones, apparently, used to tickle the feet of the people that were in there.- Yes!
0:19:45 > 0:19:51But by the Victorian times, they thought they were really antiquated
0:19:51 > 0:19:54and not something they should be associated with, so they died out.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Although you do, obviously, still see some on village greens. Have you tried them?
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- I haven't, but I'm willing to try. - Shall we give it a go?- I think so.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- All right. So the side lifts up here, does it?- It is, yes.- Yeah.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09My feet...
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Feet go through. LAUGHTER
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- And the guilty parties are in. - Gently does it.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23- Anybody got any rotten fruit? - LAUGHTER
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- How does it feel in there? - A bit numb.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- You wait till you've been in there three days!- Yeah.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Have you had any offers?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33One dealer did say, "I'll give you £300 for 'em."
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- And did you accept or not?- No.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- How old do you think they are? - I'm not sure.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Maybe 100, 150 years old, maybe.- OK.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I think the wood is certainly old - that's a good piece of oak,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47dating back several hundred years.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50But if you look at the iron mounts, definitely date from...
0:20:50 > 0:20:551880s, 1900, that sort of period, and also, if you lift this up,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I notice that the oak here...
0:20:57 > 0:21:01There's very little wear there, where you might expect some
0:21:01 > 0:21:04if people had been in it for literally hundreds of years.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08So I think, probably, these stocks were made as a novelty item in,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- er...1900, something like that. - OK.- All right?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Consequently, I think the offer of 300 was very good,
0:21:15 > 0:21:20- and if the guy still holds you to it, you should go back and grab it. - OK, will do.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23I'm glad that I'm out of your reach so you can't disagree with me!
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Thank you so much for bringing them in.
0:21:28 > 0:21:34This is a collection of memorabilia in celebration of John Porter.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I have to say, until you arrived and told me,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I didn't know much about him,
0:21:39 > 0:21:44but he was a phenomenal motorcycling engineer and TT racer.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- Yes.- A relation of yours?
0:21:46 > 0:21:53Yes, he was my grandfather and he designed and built his own motorbike,
0:21:53 > 0:21:57and he raced it all over the place - the Isle of Man and Germany.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02And he won the TT for Scotland in 1923 and '24,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04on the same motorbike -
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- I think it's the first time it's ever happened.- Incredible.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13- And I seem to recognise this little girl.- Yes, that was me!
0:22:13 > 0:22:17- I think I was two then.- You haven't changed a bit.- Thank you!
0:22:17 > 0:22:22You've obviously taken trouble to put all this archive -
0:22:22 > 0:22:26some of it's on view at the moment - into frames.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28And here we can see him building the frame.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31And he obviously was an engineer of great repute.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32In Scotland, I understand?
0:22:32 > 0:22:37Yes, in Edinburgh. Yes, he had his own shop - motorbike garage -
0:22:37 > 0:22:42and he built his bikes there and they were called the New Gerrard.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Oh, yes. And in addition to what we've got here is obviously
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- the two trophies from the TT, which he won on consecutive years. - Yes, 1923 and '24, yes.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- And he went to Germany?- Yes.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55And won the motoring Grand Prix over there.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Yes, he's won several trophies. - An amazing achievement!
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Can I ask you what happened to the actual original motorbikes?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- My father did leave me one and, er, unfortunately, I sold it.- Oh!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10But you kept the memorabilia.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13It was cluttering up the garage, unfortunately.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14LAUGHTER
0:23:14 > 0:23:19- Was that a quick look behind you? Yes, it was.- We'll leave that point.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And I'm very sad it has gone, but there you are.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26You've got the trophies, you've got the memorabilia
0:23:26 > 0:23:27and you've got the archive.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Interest in motorcycling over the last ten years has gone up tenfold.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Has it really?
0:23:32 > 0:23:37Interest in early motorcycling is stronger than it's ever been,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39and prices are according.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42And this is just a small sample, what you've brought.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46I mean, these individual trophies for TT races,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- you're talking about £2,000 or £3,000 each.- Goodness me!
0:23:50 > 0:23:54So you multiply that by what you've got here, and the photographs.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55The archive as a whole,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58we're talking about probably £12,000 to £18,000.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Goodness me! SHE GASPS
0:24:01 > 0:24:06- Wow!- But, obviously, they're family pieces.- Oh, I couldn't sell them.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- No, no.- I'm delighted to hear it. - They've lasted this long!
0:24:09 > 0:24:11LAUGHTER
0:24:16 > 0:24:18As a lover of all things Australian,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20of course I'm very excited by a kangaroo.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22But this is a kangaroo with a difference,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24cos reading the little badge on the front -
0:24:24 > 0:24:28boomerang-shaped - I can see the magic name "Amy Johnson".
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Now, why is this Amy Johnson's kangaroo?
0:24:31 > 0:24:37Well, my grandfather took on Amy Johnson as a secretary.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- Early in her life? - Early in her life.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43She came down to London to work, met Grandfather
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and then eventually became his personal assistant.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50And then, at the same time, started to learn to fly at Croydon.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52She then left to take up flying full-time.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- And the rest, as they say... - The rest is history, that's right.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00She became one of THE great flying aces of that period.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03She died in 1941, in rather mysterious circumstances,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06as an air transport auxiliary pilot, and no-one really knows -
0:25:06 > 0:25:09as one never will - quite what happened.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- And so she went to Australia and brought this back.- Correct.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- It hopped all the way back. - That's right.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And I see the little panel says,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20"Presented to Miss Amy Johnson
0:25:20 > 0:25:25"by the president & committee of the West Brighton Club,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29"Middle Brighton, Victoria, 1930." Do you know about that club?
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Initially, because of the connections, we thought it was a flying club.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35My brother did some research six years ago
0:25:35 > 0:25:37only to find it's not a flying club at all.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- It's just a private club. - And she was just a guest there?
0:25:40 > 0:25:45And she was an honorary guest there, so we made contact with them,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47and they said, "Yes, she did come here."
0:25:47 > 0:25:51They've got, in the cabinet, pictures of her attendance.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53And so she brought it back, she said to your granddad,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55"Here you are - you have the kangaroo."
0:25:55 > 0:25:58She and her husband used to go and visit my grandparents
0:25:58 > 0:26:00on a regular basis.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02I'm very interested to see that, actually,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06the great Amy Johnson started out quite an ordinary life
0:26:06 > 0:26:08as a secretary in a solicitor's office,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12earning her living and paying, somehow, her flying lessons.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15And then, suddenly, you know, it all gets going.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18So that's a wonderful insight into how she was.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22The other thing, of course, is, this is a kangaroo with two stories.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26This is what is called cold-painted bronze.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32It was made in Austria in the late 19th century or early 20th century.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34It's cast in bronze and it's hand-coloured,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36with all the naturalistic details.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41That tells us that this is a great object in great condition.
0:26:41 > 0:26:48If you just brought me the kangaroo, I would say to you, £1,200,
0:26:48 > 0:26:51but you've brought me one which is different. That's the other story.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54You've brought me a kangaroo with that bit,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57which is the Amy Johnson bit, and at that point
0:26:57 > 0:26:59it probably becomes at least double that.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04So £1,200, £1,500 becomes £3,000 simply because of the association.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Thank you very much. It's not going anywhere,
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- obviously, because it's a family object.- It can bounce back home.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13It certainly can.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Here we are inside the castle.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Stone and brick enclosing us...
0:27:26 > 0:27:30and these would've been enclosed in stone and brick,
0:27:30 > 0:27:35- so who's the tomb robber? - My grandfather, I believe,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38although I was brought up to believe that my father was the tomb robber,
0:27:38 > 0:27:42but I think because of the ages of them, I think it was my granddad.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- He was in China?- He was. - What was he doing out there?
0:27:45 > 0:27:46He was a businessman.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52- In, say, 1910, '20, '30, something like that?- Yes.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Because it was at that time
0:27:54 > 0:28:00that this class of ware began to flow to the West
0:28:00 > 0:28:04and that people over in the West began to be interested
0:28:04 > 0:28:09in what was coming out. In fact, a lot of it was dug up -
0:28:09 > 0:28:11because these are tomb goods -
0:28:11 > 0:28:16by the Swedish who were putting railways through China.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19They'd do a cutting and there'd be tombs,
0:28:19 > 0:28:24and in the tombs were bronzes. In the early 20th century,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29there was not the knowledge or interest in China
0:28:29 > 0:28:31in conservation that we've got today.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34I mean, in those days, it was up for grabs,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37they weren't interested. The Chinese do not buy grave goods.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42- Even now? - Even now. If these were sold,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44they would not be sold to the Chinese.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Even though the Chinese market is doing that,
0:28:47 > 0:28:51these would go to the Western market, particularly America.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57- I didn't know that. - What these are are ritual bronzes.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00This is a vessel called a Gu.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05It's beautifully moulded with wools and stiff leaves
0:29:05 > 0:29:09and, of course, because of burial,
0:29:09 > 0:29:13it's become encrusted with metallic oxides,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15particularly copper oxide,
0:29:15 > 0:29:19because there's a very high copper content in the metal.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22And this one...
0:29:22 > 0:29:28is a Jue, which is for pouring a libation.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32They're always this very curious shape - the single wide lip
0:29:32 > 0:29:35and two knobs on, and on three feet.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38These both date from the Shang dynasty.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40They're about 1,000 BC,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44but they have survived in fairly large numbers.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46This one is later.
0:29:46 > 0:29:52This is the Song Dynasty, 960 to the 13th century.
0:29:52 > 0:29:58This is a Hu, with these dragon handles and loose rings,
0:29:58 > 0:30:02and this classic, heavy pear shape on a deep foot.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06I've got one very similar to this.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11I love it, I think it's wonderful stuff.
0:30:11 > 0:30:19You probably wouldn't have to pay more than around £500, £600 for this.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- Oh.- Is that disappointing?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24That's not going to buy my daughter's house.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- No, houses are not an option. - THEY LAUGH
0:30:27 > 0:30:34The Jue is going to be around 1,000 to 1,500,
0:30:34 > 0:30:39- and same again for that one, 1,000 to 1,500.- That's brilliant.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- You look disappointed. - You get a very small house!- Yeah!
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- You'd get a rabbit hutch for that. - Enjoy them!
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Around here we get a beach hut.
0:30:52 > 0:30:58The name Lusitania, a Cunard vessel,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01is a name that perhaps is not so familiar to people
0:31:01 > 0:31:05as the name Titanic, which perhaps everybody knows.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09The Titanic is famous for hitting an iceberg
0:31:09 > 0:31:11on her maiden voyage and sinking.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15The Lusitania, however, is a much more important story
0:31:15 > 0:31:22because the Lusitania, this fastest, great liner
0:31:22 > 0:31:26that did the transatlantic crossings,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30was sunk by a German U-boat. Over 1,000 people were drowned
0:31:30 > 0:31:34of which over 100 were American civilians,
0:31:34 > 0:31:39and it was not the trigger immediately,
0:31:39 > 0:31:44but it was what catapulted America eventually into the First World War.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49So it is an incredibly important piece of 20th-century history.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54And we have a piece of memorabilia here
0:31:54 > 0:31:56which I find incredibly resonant.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59First of all, tell me, who is the man in the photograph?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02That's my late father, Frank.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09And he was on the Lusitania at the time she was torpedoed.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12"7th May, ship sunk off Kinsale."
0:32:13 > 0:32:18He was obviously discharged on 8th May 1915.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23The torpedo struck, I understand, at 12 minutes past two
0:32:23 > 0:32:26and his watch was rusted at 2.28.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- The watch stopped when your dad hit the water?- Yes.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- And the water entered.- Yes.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36He didn't speak about it very much
0:32:36 > 0:32:39because he found it a very traumatic incident.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43But he was in the water for five hours before he was picked up.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46At one stage, he found a young boy swimming
0:32:46 > 0:32:50who was obviously in difficulties,
0:32:50 > 0:32:54and my father was a very strong swimmer, fortunately.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58My father swam for some time with this little lad
0:32:58 > 0:33:01with his hands clasped behind his neck.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04But as time went on, it became obvious to him
0:33:04 > 0:33:07that he had unfortunately passed away
0:33:07 > 0:33:10and his own life, he felt... he was getting weaker.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15And so, regrettably, he had to release him.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20And I think it was that that stayed with him for the rest of his life.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- It was very traumatic, as you can imagine.- Understandably.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27If I may, I would like to just pick it up
0:33:27 > 0:33:30because it's not often that
0:33:30 > 0:33:35you get to handle an object which opens a door into world history.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Yes, I will always keep it.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43What price? What price on a piece of world history?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- It's an absolute rubbish watch, I'm afraid.- It is!- I'm really sorry!
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- I can't say that your dad had a brilliant watch.- No, he didn't.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55But it is the association that gives the significance.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00Some Lusitania artefacts have appeared on the market in the past.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03They always create a stir, particularly in the States.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I would see this, certainly,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08fetching £1,000 at auction, if not more.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10But that's not the point.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15- The point is to say that this is an extraordinary object.- Yes.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20Thank you. Well, we, as a family, we are proud of it. Thank you.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32You know, some people go all their lives
0:34:32 > 0:34:35trying to build up a complete set of the Down-And-Outs
0:34:35 > 0:34:39and here you have a complete set. How did you come by them?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42They belonged to my husband's great-uncle
0:34:42 > 0:34:46and they travelled down through the family from him.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49My husband died 14 years ago
0:34:49 > 0:34:54and so they are now part of my children's inheritance.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58But they've always, in all the time I've known of them,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01they've always been a box in the loft.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06- Because they're just too precious to leave out.- Yes, they are, really.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09They are, of course, made in the 1880s
0:35:09 > 0:35:11as a set of Down-And-Outs.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15They're poor old characters who've come down on their luck.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18This chap has been in the war. He's lost a leg.
0:35:18 > 0:35:24Here, I suppose, a driver of a coach. They're all sorts of people.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28Two little boys who are happy to do a job.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Which is carrying sandwich boards on their backs
0:35:30 > 0:35:33on the cobbles of London's streets.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38And what they're for is for putting menu cards over their backs.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Like a sandwich board. You serve them at the table
0:35:41 > 0:35:43and you see what the menu is.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Menus hanging down back and front so you can tell what you've got to eat.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, whatever it is. And there they are!
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Made as a complete set of six. Marvellous of you to get them.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58They're in pretty good condition, aren't they?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00This one has got a slight problem
0:36:00 > 0:36:04in that it was probably dropped at one stage.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08But the rest are in incredible condition. So there you are.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13A few years ago, these fetched a considerable amount.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Everybody was trying to get a complete set.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17And I suppose they were
0:36:17 > 0:36:21going for something around about £1,500 as a set.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25But now the price has dropped a little bit.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28I think some have built up their complete sets.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31But still, I think even nowadays,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33a full set of six as good as these
0:36:33 > 0:36:37is going to fetch you something like about £1,000.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- Lovely, thank you very much. That's good.- Not bad for Down-And-Outs!
0:36:46 > 0:36:50I usually see individual pieces of jewellery which is fantastic.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55But it's very special when you see a collection of jewellery
0:36:55 > 0:36:58because it's showing a little insight
0:36:58 > 0:37:01into the person that originally owned it.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Who was the original person who owned this collection?
0:37:04 > 0:37:08It was passed down to me by my gran and I believe it to be her mum's,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11and maybe even her mother's.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- So when you first received this, what did you think?- Wow!
0:37:15 > 0:37:20Obviously, I don't know what it's worth and I'm not really sure
0:37:20 > 0:37:22when which pieces were made.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- OK, and have you worn them? - I haven't worn them all.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- But I have worn a few of them. - Jewellery should always be worn.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31And not just one, lots of it.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- So put it all on! - Put it all on! Exactly!
0:37:34 > 0:37:37What I love about this is because it's telling me
0:37:37 > 0:37:41a little bit of history of what was going on at the time as well.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46You have here, for instance, a beautiful diamond-hinged bangle,
0:37:46 > 0:37:50about 1890 the diamonds were cut.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53There are inclusions inside because, at that time,
0:37:53 > 0:37:54they were cutting mainly for weight
0:37:54 > 0:37:57rather than trying to get the perfect diamond
0:37:57 > 0:37:59that we expect today.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03But as we can see in the sunlight, it is absolutely gleaming away.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08So that's about 1895-1900. We have as well, over here,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11we have these pearls.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14What is lovely about these
0:38:14 > 0:38:18is that they are natural perils. They're not cultured pearls.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22I can tell that because of the texture, a slight hammering effect.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Then we have this wonderful brooch.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- Have you worn this one?- I have.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31I'm not sure what stone it is. I'd be interested to find out.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Well, it is an aquamarine.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35And during this period, about 1900,
0:38:35 > 0:38:39they loved the quieter, sort of pastoral colours of the time.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44And this is very much indicative of that sort of period.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46But the one I love is this little bird.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48It's quite interesting, isn't it?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50It is so beautiful.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53People often ask me, "What kind of period do you like?"
0:38:53 > 0:38:57And I say, "I like all periods, what I love is craftsmanship."
0:38:57 > 0:39:02And what is lovely... They are rose-cut diamonds.
0:39:02 > 0:39:08This is when a diamond has been cut with a flat back and a faceted top.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11But what is beautiful is that, if I turn it around,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14you see how the attention to detail,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17it's still engraved on the back,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19even when you don't see it.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Only you, the wearer will know
0:39:21 > 0:39:24that there is that extra detail at the back.
0:39:24 > 0:39:30And it has, of course, the little ruby eye for passion.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36The red for passion. Diamonds are for ever.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39"My passion is with you forever." Possibly.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42I think it's just fabulous, I love it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Collectively, you are looking
0:39:44 > 0:39:50in the region of between £7,000-£10,000 for the collection.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55I think it's wonderful to see this, such an array of different jewels.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58And wear them.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Thank you so much for bringing it in.- Thank you.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05It's by far the nicest clock I've seen all day.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Are you a bit of a clockie? A bit of an enthusiast?
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- I am a little bit, an amateur. - How many have you got?- 14.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- And is this your nicest? - This is my nicest.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- How long have you had this? - Just over 30 years.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20It was left to my mother by an old school friend
0:40:20 > 0:40:24and then when my mother passed away, I collected it.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25It is lovely and most unusual.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Obviously, the case is mahogany.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33And the dial is so unusual for a London clock.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37For the simple reason that it is painted
0:40:37 > 0:40:40with a circular enamel dial.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I'm not familiar with John Pilkington,
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- have you done any research? - No, none at all.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48But the main thing is that, up in the arch,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51we have wonderful automata.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55A slight bit of damage to the dial, but nothing that can't be sorted.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57And then, of course, we've got a concentric date.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Now, the one winding square is the giveaway that we've only got
0:41:01 > 0:41:03a timepiece movement, not a striker.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08I'll just whip it round there and then we can have a look
0:41:08 > 0:41:11at the tapered plates, verge escapement,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14lovely little movement, little bob pendulum.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16There we go.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19And as I turn it round,
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- the automata should be starting to work, with any luck.- Hopefully.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27And you reckon it will just take us a couple of minutes.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29He's coming down.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33He's been up, he's now coming down.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Down here, we are going to see the white bird appear, are we?
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- He should do.- He's very small, is he?- He could be shy.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- How small is he?- Miniscule.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Well, while we're waiting for him to disappear
0:41:46 > 0:41:48and the white bird to appear...
0:41:48 > 0:41:51From my angle, he's there.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- Can you see the white bird? - Yes, I'm trying to lure him out.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Here he comes.- The bird's coming out. There he goes! He's been caught!
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- I love it.- And then the man will go back up again.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06So this just works off the pendulum and these are continuous automata.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Automatically, yes.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12The overall joy is the size.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- It's very small for a clock of this period.- Really?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- What sort of date do you reckon? - I've no idea....
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- Late 1700s, early 1800s. - Absolutely spot on.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Lovely handles on each side.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Lovely brass mouldings all the way round, brass feet.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- All original? - Absolutely original. That's the joy.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38This is all in lovely original condition.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Cracking good, in fact. So good that, in this state,
0:42:43 > 0:42:45I'm going to quote you £7,000-£10,000.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47CROWD GASPS Say that again.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50£7,000-£10,000.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55I can't believe it. Thank you.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- And so this is now your favourite of the 14?- It is! It is, bless it.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05We so much enjoyed our day here at Lulworth Castle.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08And wonderful to see that apothecary chest
0:43:08 > 0:43:11back here at the castle, surviving the fire by a stroke of fate
0:43:11 > 0:43:13because it wasn't inside at the time.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17From all the Antiques Roadshow team, from Lulworth Castle,
0:43:17 > 0:43:18until next time, bye-bye.