0:00:52 > 0:00:55The Constable family, who built this fine Elizabethan hall,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59were serious interior designers and prodigious collectors
0:00:59 > 0:01:01who amassed incredible treasures,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04so the Antiques Roadshow has come to the right place -
0:01:04 > 0:01:06to Burton Constable Hall in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09The Constables have been here for 700 years,
0:01:09 > 0:01:13and successive generations have added their own collections
0:01:13 > 0:01:16from Greek antiquities to Chippendale furniture,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and flamboyance seems to have been written into their DNA.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Take, for instance, the 18th-century grand tourist William,
0:01:24 > 0:01:29he was simply pazzo - crazy - about Ancient Rome, collecting sculptures,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31paintings and antiquities,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35and without even a hint of modesty, he had himself painted
0:01:35 > 0:01:37as a Roman orator and statesman.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Not content with Rome, he was drawn to France, too,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45fancying himself as the great French man
0:01:45 > 0:01:48of culture and literature, Rousseau.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52The great drawing room has more than a whiff of French 18th-century bling
0:01:52 > 0:01:56about it. This brilliantly bonkers palm tree ottoman,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58the whole suite of furniture.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03The mirrors, the window pelmets cost, in today's money,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06a staggering £165,000.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Typical of wealthy men of the age,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12he created a cabinet of collecting curiosities,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15but William took it to the next level.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The quantity, range and quality of this
0:02:18 > 0:02:20for the 18th century is astonishing.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25It's like a chamber of horrors in here.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29There's a claw of a giant lobster,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32an armadillo tail,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35desiccated leg of an elk.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36This is a mammoth tooth.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41My favourite - a bezoar.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Between you and me, that's a hairball from a cow!
0:02:48 > 0:02:50He also amassed collections of rocks, fossils
0:02:50 > 0:02:52and scientific instruments.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56William Constable is a man we'd like to see at today's roadshow.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58You never know, one of his descendants may turn up today
0:02:58 > 0:03:01with an ancient trinket or two. Over to our experts,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03looking for the latest treasures
0:03:03 > 0:03:05from the East Riding of Yorkshire and beyond.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10One of the reasons I love this job is because it lets me play with the
0:03:10 > 0:03:12ultimate boy's toy.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15And what more could you get than this
0:03:15 > 0:03:20wonderful, Edwardian vis-a-vis tin plate car?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25It dates from around about 1903-1904, that sort of period,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29and would have been contemporary with a steam car that you could see
0:03:29 > 0:03:32out on the road, so you can imagine a nipper seeing one of these
0:03:32 > 0:03:35on the road, a full-size one, and saying, "Dad, buy me one!"
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- And at Christmas time, hopefully this would have arrived.- Yeah, yeah.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44So, 1903... Has it been in the family forever?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46As far as I'm aware.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I don't know any more than that.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51My father used it as a child.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Beyond that, I can't really give you any more of an answer.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00And so maybe your father was born in the 1920s?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- 1924, yeah.- So he probably inherited it from his father.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05From his father, yeah.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- And when was he born?- In 1892, something like that.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12'92, so you add on a few years. I said this was 1902...
0:04:12 > 0:04:15So he'd have been a ten or 11-year-old?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Yeah, yeah.- Ideal.- Yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Another exciting thing about this,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23it's a steam car that actually worked from steam, not clockwork.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28In the back here would have been a little spirit burner and there would
0:04:28 > 0:04:30have been a boiler above it, with some water in it,
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and that would have actually powered the rear wheels.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Extremely dangerous.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Absolutely, and very exciting!
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Very exciting, and what I love about it,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42it's in its truly original paintwork.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48So this was made in Nuremberg by Gebruder Bing,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51and I'll just twist it around here because it is a sculptural piece,
0:04:51 > 0:04:52and you can see it from all sides.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59On the back is the maker's mark and it's got upholstered seats.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02It's called a vis-a-vis because the driver would have sat one side and
0:05:02 > 0:05:04your have passengers opposite, so vis-a-vis -
0:05:04 > 0:05:07you're looking at your passenger rather than having them behind,
0:05:07 > 0:05:12so exactly like the full-sized car, wouldn't have gone very fast.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13THEY CHUCKLE
0:05:13 > 0:05:16But can you imagine seeing that out on the road as a full-size one?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Absolutely.- One you can still see on the Brighton run.- Yeah!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21It would have been an expensive toy to buy at the time,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25so it was a special treat, obviously, for your grandfather.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29It would have been several pounds, which is hundreds of pounds today.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Yeah, yeah.- On the downside, the tyres are deflated.- Mm-hm.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- It's missing some of the stanchions around the back there.- Yep.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It's been in the family since 1903.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43What's going to happen to it after you've finished with it?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Well, obviously, I've got two sons and a daughter.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Any of them here today?- My daughter's with us today, yeah.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Do you like the toy?- It's great.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57OK. Well, maybe you'll like it a bit more when you know about the value!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59LAUGHTER
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It is original. It's in... not the greatest condition,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- but it's what every collector wants to find.- Right.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06If it had been boxed, even better,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- but you can't have everything in life.- No, no, no.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15At auction, I would suggest a figure of between £8,000-12,000.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Oh!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20LAUGHTER
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Now do you like it better?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Love it!- You love it!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28So, I think where we know where it's going to go in the future.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Lovely, thank you ever so much, thank you.- Thank you.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36You've brought me this lovely little box.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Before I tell you what I can about it, perhaps you'd like to tell me,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42if you would, how come it came into your possession?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Well, my grandfather gave it to me and it was, I presume,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50my grandparents', and it was given to them at their wedding in 1912.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Oh, OK. And your grandfather used it to keep stamps in, is that right?
0:06:54 > 0:07:00Well, yes, he did in latter years, but I did know if it was
0:07:00 > 0:07:02used for anything else before that is.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Any guesses?- Well, for snuff.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Snuff, yeah, I suppose that was very popular back then, wasn't it?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- It's actually a bit older than your grandparents' wedding.- Oh, really?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Yeah, it dates to 1839.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Really?- Yeah.- Oh, my goodness.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16- And if we open it up...- Yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23..inside, there's a little lid within the lid that's pierced.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Yes.- And that also opens up to reveal
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- where your grandfather kept his stamps.- Yes.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32It isn't a stamp box.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- No.- It's not a snuff box either.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Right, OK.- This box is what's known
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- as a vinaigrette.- Mm-hm.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41And, originally,
0:07:41 > 0:07:47where the stamps are now would have been a sponge drenched in scent.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Oh, right, OK.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52And when you were walking through the vile streets of...
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Wherever.- ..London or Birmingham, in the days of yore -
0:07:54 > 0:07:57when people were less fussy about
0:07:57 > 0:08:03how they dealt with their household waste, shall we say politely? -
0:08:03 > 0:08:05you might have wanted to hold that under your nose,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- to protect yourself from the vile smells.- Yes, absolutely.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Vinaigrettes are a big collectors' area.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15There are various things people go for. They like exotic grills,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18they like them big and grand and gilded and what have you.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24The two things they really like are a good maker, that's very important,
0:08:24 > 0:08:30and there is a group of vinaigrettes that have castle tops on them,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33which are the real prizes, cos they're terribly rare.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Now this one... Actually, oddly enough, it is by a good maker.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39It's by a fella called Nathaniel Mills,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41who's probably the best box maker of his generation.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44He's very sought after and people collect Nathaniel Mills for his
0:08:44 > 0:08:47own account - people collect boxes just because
0:08:47 > 0:08:49they're made by Nathaniel Mills. And also...
0:08:50 > 0:08:55..on the front, there is a relief of Windsor Castle,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57otherwise known as a castle top vinaigrette,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00which is what all the vinaigrette collectors want.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- Really?- So it's neither a snuffbox,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06nor is it a stamp box, it is a vinaigrette,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08but it's a very, very nice vinaigrette.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10It's in remarkably good condition.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14It looks almost as if it's been put in a box on the day it was received
0:09:14 > 0:09:15and hasn't really been got out since then.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17It certainly hasn't been polished very much,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19cos there's hardly any wear on the top.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I've never polished it and I just keep it in...
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- I've always kept it in the dark. - In the dark!
0:09:24 > 0:09:25LAUGHTER
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Best place to keep it, really!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31OK. That's obviously done it some good.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I've never heard of that as a strategy
0:09:33 > 0:09:35for keeping silver in good condition!
0:09:35 > 0:09:40Normally a box of that sort of size and type would be worth about...
0:09:40 > 0:09:44er, you know, on a good day, £300-400,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48but it helps being Nathaniel Mills and it helps being a castle top.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52And, you know, if you went into a shop to buy that,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56it's going to cost you somewhere in the region of £1,200-1,400.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Really?! Oh, my goodness!
0:09:58 > 0:10:00That is great!
0:10:04 > 0:10:08So, here we are with two beautiful, vintage baby carriages
0:10:08 > 0:10:10from the late 19th century,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and perfectly at home with a house like this,
0:10:13 > 0:10:18because to afford a pram in 1870, 1880,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- you would have had to be very wealthy.- You would, yes, very.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Why do you have them?- I just absolutely have a passion for them.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30I fell in love with them when I took my neighbour's grandson out in his
0:10:30 > 0:10:34pram, and it started from there at the age of eight or nine.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35I just absolutely adore them.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38And how many have you got?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I've got 95 at the minute.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- 95 prams?- 95, yes.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Where do you keep your prams?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I've got them in storage at the moment,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51but they do come out and they do go to local events in the area.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54And how long has it taken you to collect 95 prams?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- About six years.- So you've got 95 prams in the last six years?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Yes, yes.- So where do you find them?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Er, auctions, internet sites.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09I've had people donate them to me because they know that they will be
0:11:09 > 0:11:12looked after and cared for and taken to local shows.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15And how much do you tend to pay?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19The most I've ever paid is for this one here, and that was 500.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22This is a particularly fine example.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23I mean, there's double-handled,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26which people often talk about for two babies.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- They do, yeah.- But they also say that it's because
0:11:28 > 0:11:31it's nice and narrow, so it could go down alleyways.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Yes.- But we do have to remember that this was a
0:11:34 > 0:11:36very, very expensive thing in its day,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39and this beautiful little detail of this is that, of course,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42you can take the hood and bring it the other way.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Yeah.- This is a rare pram, which I'm sure you know.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Thank you. I do, yeah, thank you.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Beautiful. So this one is sort of 1880-1890,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53and where did this one come from?
0:11:53 > 0:11:58It originally came from a London department store.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Well, it's certainly the quality that would be sold
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- in a very top department store. - Yes, it is, yeah.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I mean, these were made by top cabinet-makers, furniture-makers,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- carriage-makers. - Yes.- This was not a simple thing.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14That's why they're so beautifully decorated.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16There have always been baby carriages,
0:12:16 > 0:12:20but I suppose the Duke of Devonshire, in the 1730s,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23got someone to design a baby carriage
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- that was to be pulled by a goat or a small pony.- He did, yes.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- So quite an eccentric thing, too...- It is.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32..if you imagine being pulled along, but these, of course,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34would have been probably used by nannies...
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Yes.- ..for the wealthy households of the day.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Yes.- In terms of value,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43you're a collector so you've got a pretty good idea,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46but for this one, I could easily see this for sale,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49in this condition, and being an unusual pram,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I could easily see it at £700-800.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Right, OK.- This one, less.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- Yes.- Sort of 200, but if you count up your collection,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01you've invested quite a bit of money.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I have, yes, it soon adds up.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- It's beautiful. - Thank you, thank you.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10There's a well-known store, which is known throughout the world,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14who specialise in flat pack furniture, which we all know,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17but when I look at a table like this...
0:13:17 > 0:13:21it was being done long, long before that company ever existed.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24So, let's put this table together and see what it looks like
0:13:24 > 0:13:28when it's fully set up. Could you help us, please?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32So, what's your story about this table?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36This table, I know very little about it other than it's been in my family
0:13:36 > 0:13:39all of my lifetime, so it has some age.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40- Right.- And, erm...
0:13:42 > 0:13:44..I've always described as
0:13:44 > 0:13:47the original piece of flat pack furniture.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52The only place I have seen anything like was at Cotehele House.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Where's that?- In Cornwall.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Right.- And they suggested that they thought theirs
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- came from a Spanish galleon.- Ah!
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- It wasn't as fancy as that.- Right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Very simple.- Yeah.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I was in Audley House a couple of weeks ago
0:14:09 > 0:14:13and the lady there suggested that it was a refractory table
0:14:13 > 0:14:15that they would bring into the dining room in
0:14:15 > 0:14:18the days before dining tables were invented.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20So what date are you thinking of?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I'm hoping it's 17th-century.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I've always argued it was 17th-century.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30OK. So it's possibly Spanish, 17th-century...
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Is that what you're hoping for?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33LAUGHTER
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- I'll make that commitment, yeah! - Make that commitment? OK!
0:14:36 > 0:14:39I think we can agree that it's not English.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42It is a continental piece and it's made of oak.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46When I look at the ends and we see these balusters,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48and the way it's executed...
0:14:48 > 0:14:52If it was Spanish, I would expect to see some metal down there.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55And being that it's all in oak,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58to me, it says it's Dutch.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01It is controversial, but that's my opinion.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04It just reminds me of lots of Dutch furniture,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07which I've seen and handled over the years.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11So, yes, I like the idea. It's a metamorphic piece of furniture.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14It's to be closed down, then set up.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Did you notice the hinges underneath?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- Yes.- These lovely hinges, what we call butterfly-shaped hinges.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Nice little feature to see.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25The date of it, I'd say late 17th, early 18th-century.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28So, it's a transportable dining table.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- That's it, yes. - It's a nice piece of furniture.
0:15:31 > 0:15:37- People look at... brown furniture and say, "It's not fashionable."- Hm.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41When you get something in good taste, which I say this is,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- it's understated elegance.- Mm-hm.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47And this works in a modern household,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50it works in an antique household.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52It doesn't argue with anything.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- It's simplicity in itself. - Yeah.- Less is more.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59And, to me, this ticks the boxes.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04I would put a value on this around £2,000.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Thank you. Interesting. - Does that make you smile?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09It's bound to make you smile, isn't it?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's a surprise. I've just had a text from my son saying,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14"How much is the table worth? £10?"
0:16:14 > 0:16:16LAUGHTER
0:16:16 > 0:16:17That's what kids know!
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Well, some visitors to the Antiques Roadshow
0:16:24 > 0:16:26love to blow their own trumpet,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and, indeed, you have every reason to blow yours.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Tell us why.- Well, I represent the Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38- OK.- We have a very proud history, going back over 200 years,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41and before us we have an artefact of that history
0:16:41 > 0:16:42that we're very proud of.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Yeah, and the rather clumsily named ophicleide.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Yes.- Yeah, and what an extraordinary thing.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50I mean, a queueing visitor said,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52"Hey, up, you've got a ship's foghorn!"
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Yes.- I mean, it's enormous, isn't it?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59And it has this huge, single tube or bend,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03but it's sculptural quality is quite magnificent.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Why does this belong to you?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Well, it was donated to us by a lady by the name of Jane Russell,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12whose ancestors played in the band back in the 19th century.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14This instrument was hung for many years
0:17:14 > 0:17:17on the back of a joiner's workshop door,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20because the joiner in question was Jane's father.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Grandfather and her great-grandfather
0:17:22 > 0:17:24played in the band in the 1850s.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Fantastic! So, I'm looking at a photograph here,
0:17:27 > 0:17:32which depicts a gentleman, Mr J Frank...
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- Yes.- ..holding this very instrument.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37We think so. We're not entirely sure of that.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40We're about 95% sure this is the same instrument
0:17:40 > 0:17:41as in that old photograph.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Incredible, because this type of instrument,
0:17:43 > 0:17:48invented in the early 19th century to take over from the serpent,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52which was, as its name suggests, a great, sort of, coily thing.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56And the modern-day instrument which replaced this is the euphonium,
0:17:56 > 0:17:57- or perhaps even the tuba.- Tuba.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59It's sort of in between the euphonium and the tuba.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- What do you play? - I play the trombone.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- I have played the euphonium, but... - OK. Can you play this for us?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Well, it'll sound like I'm playing a drainpipe,
0:18:07 > 0:18:08but I'll give it a go!
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- We have got a tonal home open, haven't we, with no key?- Yes.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Give it a go. - You'll be very impressed.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16LAUGHTER
0:18:17 > 0:18:20LOW HONKING SOUND
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Wow!- That's about as much as I can do with it, I'm afraid!
0:18:24 > 0:18:26What a treat, to see such a fantastic thing,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29but you want to know, presumably, what it's worth.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Well, we're not thinking it's worth very much,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33but you tell us differently, that'd be great, yes!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35It's funny - just before the record opened,
0:18:35 > 0:18:40we spotted that it is actually signed by Metzler and Co of London,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- but, you know, they're quite rare. - Mm-hm.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45So, at auction, I think you'd see,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48with the provenance, a price of around £1,200.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Really? Goodness me!
0:18:50 > 0:18:53That is a surprise - I thought it would be worth scrap value!
0:18:53 > 0:18:54LAUGHTER
0:19:01 > 0:19:03This is like an anxious...
0:19:03 > 0:19:05CROWD GROAN
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Aaah!- ..visitor.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Does anybody want some tea?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19CROWD GASP AND GROAN
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Burton Constable is a splendid house there behind us,
0:19:27 > 0:19:31but, of course, what we're looking at is, in a way, rather more exotic.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36I mean, I can see here portraits of two Maori chiefs.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- Yep.- Not something usually associated with Yorkshire, but...
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- No.- Who are they? Why have you got them?
0:19:42 > 0:19:48Well, my father went out to New Zealand in about 1924.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50For the first time. He went out twice altogether.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53And the last time, he came back in '31.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56We believe he brought these back after his first trip
0:19:56 > 0:20:01and know nothing about them, apart from the fact they were always
0:20:01 > 0:20:04hung up at home when I was a kid.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Absolutely terrified us, my sister and myself!
0:20:07 > 0:20:09And since then, since my mother died,
0:20:09 > 0:20:12they've been on top of a wardrobe at home.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15So, they've never had... They've been popular, let us say.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- No, no.- So, what was your father?
0:20:18 > 0:20:24Father, well, he served his time as an apprentice toolmaker with GEC,
0:20:24 > 0:20:31and he went out, we believe, with GEC, or on contract from GEC,
0:20:31 > 0:20:36to do sort of civil engineering-type works in New Zealand and Australia.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39So, what he brought back, as far as we know,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42are hand-painted portraits of Maori chiefs.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45We assume them to be actual people.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Of course, in the 1920s,
0:20:47 > 0:20:52there was an increasing awareness of what Maori culture represented.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56In the 19th century, they were, sort of, alien tribes,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58almost kept at a distance.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Very warlike. By the '20s, in the 20th century,
0:21:01 > 0:21:02we were beginning to think,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05"Actually, there's an interesting history there."
0:21:05 > 0:21:07More and more people were going to New Zealand
0:21:07 > 0:21:10and, therefore, Maori culture was very much on the up.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12And so pieces like this, which...
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Don't take this wrong, but these are, frankly, tourist pieces.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Yes, we thought so.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20..would have been available, readily available,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22for visitors like your father, who thought,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26"What can I take back that tells the story of this extraordinary race,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28"that essentially were New Zealand?"
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Uh-huh.- Now, of course, the Maori culture is very familiar
0:21:31 > 0:21:35to most of us, but these do highlight certain aspects.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40The body decoration - the tattooing, and so on - is very, very important.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45It is tribal marking that identifies where they're from.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49And, there is a cloak made of bird feathers.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54Again, absolutely classic Pacific, South Pacific and Maori culture.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58He's wearing probably pendant jade earrings,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00or jadeite or something like that,
0:22:00 > 0:22:05and everything about the detail, although typical,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08throws an insight into what the Maoris looked like.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12This again reflects that increasing interest in, who are these people?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- Yes.- We'll never know who the artist is.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18They're hand-painted on black velvet.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24It's actually art projecting a culture into a tourist market.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25And similarly this. This is something...
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I've read the plaque. It says,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31"Frank, from Auckland friends, February 1931."
0:22:31 > 0:22:33So, do you think that's when he was actually leaving to come back?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36That was the last time, yeah, when he came home the last time. Yes.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39And this, again, typical Maori carving,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- but very much as a tourist piece. - A tourist piece. It looks it, yes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46It's based on much more significant 19th - or even 18th -
0:22:46 > 0:22:49century pieces in style, but, by this time,
0:22:49 > 0:22:54these were being hand-carved in a sort of semi-mechanical way
0:22:54 > 0:22:56for an ever burgeoning tourist market.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Yeah.- Two Maori portraits, a Maori carving...
0:22:59 > 0:23:02frankly, £100 for the lot.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- Ah.- But, it's the story.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Yeah. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13We get visitors from all over the place to the Antiques Roadshow,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15and you're here with your jewellery.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18How have you ended up bringing it to us?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Well, I was home, back in New Zealand,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23and my mum has just gone into a rest home,
0:23:23 > 0:23:27so my sisters and I were going through her drawers
0:23:27 > 0:23:31and we came across these.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33We asked Mum where she got them from
0:23:33 > 0:23:38and she said that her grandmother had given them to my grandmother -
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- her mother. - Well, beautiful jewellery!
0:23:41 > 0:23:45If we start over here, this is a really delicate, pretty - as I say,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48glinting in the sunlight - necklace and brooch,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52which dates from round about the late '20s, early '30s.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Could even be just a little bit later,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58as costume jewellery was really becoming very popular
0:23:58 > 0:24:00during this period.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04This is made of marcasite, which is basically iron pyrites,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08which, when cut, gives off a fantastic sparkle,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12as we're seeing here, and was used to imitate diamonds.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15And, of course, this style of jewellery has developed as well from
0:24:15 > 0:24:19the 18th-century, when cut steel was used again to imitate diamonds
0:24:19 > 0:24:22as well, and in the low candlelight that you would have,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24lots of people wouldn't really notice.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Contrasting, of course, we've got lots of colour going on here,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- isn't it? It's good.- Yeah.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Quite a confusing set of colours, in some ways,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36but really very pleasing to the eye as well, isn't it?
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- Beautiful.- So, what we're looking at here is a revival set of jewellery,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44based on very much the Renaissance Revival,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47and looking back at the strong colours that were being used through
0:24:47 > 0:24:51the Tudor period. So, in the centre, we've got the banded agate stone,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55which is also in the pendant drop down here.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Around the edge, we have beautiful amethysts...
0:24:59 > 0:25:03..all centred around, and then some lovely, natural pearls,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06and also a little amethyst in the top here,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08and then all of this beautiful,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11turquoise green, white and red enamelling
0:25:11 > 0:25:16that we see around the mount, all set in yellow gold.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20The pendant, if we look at the back, we can turn that over.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22And, of course, there's a locket in there as well.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Now, that might have had a portrait locket in it, or some hair,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29depending on what the owner really wanted to do.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Set in probably 18-carat gold.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Yeah, lovely, isn't it?
0:25:34 > 0:25:38So, all in all, I really like both pieces of jewellery.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42And I'm just wondering what our surrounding audience are thinking.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Who likes this one here? The marcasite one.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46- The marcasite's good. - I like marcasite.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50OK? OK, yeah, yeah. Hmm. No.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Hands up for this one over here.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Oh, OK.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- You said you didn't prefer them. You liked both of them.- No.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Well, they're my mother's! - LAUGHTER
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- They're not mine!- Oh, but they might eventually become yours.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Well, my sisters and I, yes. - Brilliant. That's wonderful.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Well, we do have two very differing pieces of jewellery.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13The marcasite, although it glistens, it looks fantastic,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16it's a popular, market costume jewellery,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19we're looking at maybe £20-30 for the set.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Really?- Yeah.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28When we come to this piece here,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31there is some enamel damage on the piece,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- which is a shame.- Yeah.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34But it shows it's been worn.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Jewellery's there to be worn.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40So if this came on the open market, went into auction,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43we'd be looking at a saleroom estimate
0:26:43 > 0:26:45of between £5,000-7,000.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- CROWD GASP - Wow!
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Really?!
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Mum'll be thrilled!
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Wow! I...I just can't believe it.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00I thought it was costume jewellery.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'm mightily impressed by the size of your anchor,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06but you're going to impress me even more if you tell me
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- you own the yacht that goes with it. - Oh, unfortunately not!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11No, I wish we did, yeah!
0:27:12 > 0:27:15So, um, how come you've got it?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Well, we moved into our house in Hull only a couple of years ago
0:27:18 > 0:27:20and it was just left behind, in the garden,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23but it was kind of buried in the old pond that was there.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26We only saw the top half of it.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28When we dug up the pond and excavated it,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30it was quite a lot bigger than we thought.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I mean, it's a strange thing to leave behind.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Normally, things are left in the attic,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37but, this is the first time I've ever known somebody leave an anchor
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- in the garden.- Yeah, yeah!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I don't know how it would have ended up there.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- We're not far from the sea.- Yeah. - And, erm, you know,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Hull was a great shipping port back in the 19th century
0:27:47 > 0:27:50and later, so there would have been many of these around.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Maybe this is a souvenir. Where does it live now?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Still in our garden! It's like a feature now.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01This is what is termed an Admiralty pattern anchor,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05and, probably, going back until 300-400 years,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07they are all the same design.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Clever design, because, obviously,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13this was at the front of your man-of-war, or whatever it was,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15merchant ship, so, the order would have gone out -
0:28:15 > 0:28:17"anchors aweigh" or "anchor away!" -
0:28:17 > 0:28:19and this would have been thrown overboard,
0:28:19 > 0:28:21attached to a chain, obviously,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24and it would have hit the seabed as you see it now.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Then, as the chain became taut, it would have flipped over, like so...
0:28:31 > 0:28:34..and it starts to grab the seabed.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37And that would actually make the whole ship secure
0:28:37 > 0:28:39until you wanted to leave.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42And then you would have gone over the anchor.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Hopefully, it would then flip back this way
0:28:45 > 0:28:48and you could pull it up on to the ship.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Very simple, but very practical, because the last thing
0:28:52 > 0:28:56- you wanted, to be drifting with a very expensive ship.- Yeah.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59I'm a scuba diver and I probably see many of these on the seabed,
0:28:59 > 0:29:03because often they get fouled and they cannot get them up,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06and sometimes they just have to cut the chain and leave them behind,
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- so, sadly, it's your buried treasure...- Yeah!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14..but there were many thousands made over many hundreds of years,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- so, not a rare piece.- Aw!
0:29:17 > 0:29:18THEY CHUCKLE
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- But a great garden ornament.- Yeah.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Talking about values, we're probably thinking of,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28as a decorative item, somewhere in the region of maybe £300-400.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33Great! That's quite a lot more than we expected, isn't it? Yeah!
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Even though it's a gorgeous day out there, the sun's really shining,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41it's rather breezy.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45And although this game blows me away, I think it's so fantastic,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47I don't want the pieces to get blown away,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50so, we've come in here, into the tea tent, to film it.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55If someone had given me this game when I was a kid,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57I'd have been in seventh heaven. Is it something you've played with?
0:29:57 > 0:30:01We did, yes. When we were younger,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03we were allowed to play with these under supervision.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10My dad was born in 1927, and they were his when he was a small lad,
0:30:10 > 0:30:14so, yes, we did play with them, occasionally.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Cos they were obviously from the late 1920s, early '30s.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- I believe so.- And they're all different characters.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23And it's like early identikit or Photofit
0:30:23 > 0:30:26the police subsequently used to identify criminals
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- and put up a Photofit image of them. - Yeah.- But this is much more fun.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33When I was a kid, I loved faces and drawing.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36This would have been right up my street.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I've made up a couple of faces here. This one is like...
0:30:40 > 0:30:43..the surprised visitor to the Antiques Roadshow
0:30:43 > 0:30:46when given the valuation. That's the sceptical face -
0:30:46 > 0:30:48"I'm not sure that you're right."
0:30:48 > 0:30:49And that was the dead chuffed one.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53One face that I'd really like to make up is this one...
0:30:54 > 0:30:59..which is the very angry visitor to the Antiques Roadshow.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03He thinks we've got the valuation wrong.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06But it's the sort of games you can play with these things.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10It's clear they're from that period but there's no brand names on them
0:31:10 > 0:31:12or anything, no box, so we can't possibly know,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16and I find it hard to value, cos I've never seen one before...
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- Yes.- ..but I know that it is something that you could even enjoy
0:31:20 > 0:31:22today, and, if you were careful, still play with it,
0:31:22 > 0:31:24so, I'm going to value this game...
0:31:24 > 0:31:29I'm going to make it up, but I would probably give £100 for this...
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- Right, yes.- ..not knowing anything about it.- What it is, yeah.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35That's great.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52The Antiques Roadshow team have been scouring the local museums this week
0:31:52 > 0:31:54in search of something weird and wonderful.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57And, Will Farmer, you're normally talking to us about ceramics...
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Yep.- You've brought this object along from a local museum...
0:32:02 > 0:32:04..and we have to guess what it's used for.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Absolutely. And it's a curious, little object and, thankfully,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09it's been very kindly loaned to us
0:32:09 > 0:32:11by the East Riding's museum collections.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13And it looks like a little, miniature gas lamp,
0:32:13 > 0:32:14but then with this dish on top.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16It's a curious thing, isn't it?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18When you think about the era it came from -
0:32:18 > 0:32:20we're talking towards the end of the 19th century -
0:32:20 > 0:32:21and it falls into that, you know,
0:32:21 > 0:32:23"Necessity is the mother of all invention."
0:32:23 > 0:32:28And they came up with the most weird and wonderful things to, you know,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31combat problems and issues that they felt were important.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32So, what are those issues?
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Well, there are three I'm going to throw to you.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Number one, this is a vaporiser,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41and it's used in medical terms,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43so, you would fill it with coal tar,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45the scent would fill the room,
0:32:45 > 0:32:47and it was claimed would cure all manner of ills,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51whether it was bronchitis or whooping cough, or even asthma.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54To clear the chest. Are you listening, ladies and gentlemen?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Carefully? Cos I'm going to be asking questions afterwards...
0:32:57 > 0:32:58LAUGHTER
0:32:58 > 0:33:00..if only for help in trying to work it out!
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- OK.- Second option...
0:33:02 > 0:33:06It is actually an insect repellent.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07What, in the late 1800s?
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Absolutely! The ladies did not want these things flying around their
0:33:11 > 0:33:14heads, did they? So, you would fill it with either tansy oil
0:33:14 > 0:33:18or Osage orange oil, and burn it gently away where they were sitting,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21and it would keep those awful little bugs at bay
0:33:21 > 0:33:24and not disturb their calm peace on a Sunday afternoon.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- Midgies and what have you? - Absolutely.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Possible, possible.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- Next?- And the last one I'm going to offer you is that this was a
0:33:33 > 0:33:36creation brought about for the gentleman
0:33:36 > 0:33:39in the fact that, of course, smoking was, you know, a habit.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42It was a very social event for gentlemen
0:33:42 > 0:33:45at that time and they would have their smoking rooms,
0:33:45 > 0:33:49where they would all depart together and sit and talk with their whisky
0:33:49 > 0:33:52or their brandy, but, actually, smoking was such on the rise
0:33:52 > 0:33:53and so important that, actually,
0:33:53 > 0:33:56it was very important for a smoking room to have that
0:33:56 > 0:33:58atmosphere, have that smell.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- What, even before they'd started? - Oh, yes. Absolutely.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04It was actually advertised
0:34:04 > 0:34:07that you would burn away a tobacco-scented oil,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09and the tag line for it would be,
0:34:09 > 0:34:13"To avoid that embarrassing, smokeless scent."
0:34:13 > 0:34:14So, as you walked into the room...
0:34:14 > 0:34:16You are having me on! LAUGHTER
0:34:16 > 0:34:19..the aroma was already there in the room.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22That's so preposterous. I'm not sure...
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Maybe you couldn't make that up!
0:34:24 > 0:34:27OK, let's have a hands up for that chesty cough!
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Possible, it's possible.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30Chesty cough?
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Not that many.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36OK. That embarrassing smokeless odour.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I wouldn't be surprised if it is that.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39You wouldn't be surprised if it is that?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41And then the insect repellent.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- Definitely.- Oh!
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Hang on. That's what they're going for, Will.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49The only thing is, from what I know of that period,
0:34:49 > 0:34:53I don't really associate it with women sitting outdoors.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54It doesn't really do it for me.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56I think it's the first one. It sounds more plausible.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Which is which one?- The tar.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01You think it's putting the tar in?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- SCOUSE ACCENT: Where are you from with your accent?- Liverpool.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Yeah, I thought you might be!
0:35:05 > 0:35:08But also, for the ladies, you've got to think about the fact,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10early evenings, they're in their conservatories,
0:35:10 > 0:35:12they're in their parlours.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15I'm going to go with the voice of reason - the voice of Liverpool -
0:35:15 > 0:35:16and, er...
0:35:17 > 0:35:24..with the coal tar to cure a chesty complaint of some variety.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27That's what the going for, isn't it? Yeah. That's the one.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30You and I have done a few of these over the years, haven't we?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- And you love it when I get it wrong! - And I've won every time, haven't I?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- Not this time!- You got it right.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38CHEERING
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- I bow gracefully to you. You got it!- Oh, brilliant.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Yeah, that smokeless, embarrassing thing.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51It was a good line though!
0:35:51 > 0:35:55It was brilliant! Well, I think we've done rather well there.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- I think we have. - Will, we caught you out.- Well done.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Me and my new friend.- Well done!
0:36:06 > 0:36:09You appear to have brought a pogo stick to the Antiques Roadshow,
0:36:09 > 0:36:11but it isn't, is it?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Do you know what is?- Well, I didn't until 18 months ago...
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- Right.- ..when one very similar popped up
0:36:19 > 0:36:20on another antiques programme...
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Right.- ..and I think it's called a fencing musket,
0:36:23 > 0:36:25but I don't know much about it from there.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26You're absolutely right.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31This preposterous-looking device was for training troops in
0:36:31 > 0:36:36bayonet fighting, so it's a better idea to give them this, which has,
0:36:36 > 0:36:38as we've demonstrated, the end that goes in and out,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40as opposed to giving them a real bayonet, which,
0:36:40 > 0:36:43if you're practising, you do tend to push through your fellow troops.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44- Absolutely!- Not a good idea.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46So, it's a fencing musket,
0:36:46 > 0:36:49and they would train with these things.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53It's...terribly old-fashioned style,
0:36:53 > 0:36:56but all it's doing, it's just a great big tube
0:36:56 > 0:36:58and they would practise bayonet fighting.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Superb!
0:37:02 > 0:37:04I've had it, must be, what, 47 years now.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10I actually found it in the loft of my dad's house.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12I was only ten years old.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15We'd just moved in. He said, "Go up and have a look what's in the loft."
0:37:15 > 0:37:18So, he put me on the shoulders, up I went, and I found it.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21I found it behind the chimney in the loft when we'd moved in.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26And it's just been propping my garage door open ever since then.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27It's just been...
0:37:28 > 0:37:33It doesn't do anything. I notice it's got a 1915...
0:37:33 > 0:37:36thing on there. But what does the X underneath mean, sir?
0:37:37 > 0:37:40You've got 1915 and the broad arrow stamp.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Then the cross means it's released from service.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- Released from service?- Yep.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51How can I put this? Released from service legitimately,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53as opposed to somebody nicking it.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56And you've also got the maker there, Webley and Scott,
0:37:56 > 0:37:57- London and Birmingham.- Wow!
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Goodness me. And it needs quite a bit of force to push it in as well.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Yeah. When you were fighting, you would be padded up,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10but it's still...
0:38:11 > 0:38:14It's not going to be a lot of fun in your chest.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17We're talking First World War. They were convinced that the bayonet was
0:38:17 > 0:38:19the thing, the bayonet charge.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23It was...terrible tactics against modern weapons.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27It's not massively valuable,
0:38:27 > 0:38:31but if something like this came up, I would think £200-300.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34It could be £2-3 million, to be fair -
0:38:34 > 0:38:35it's priceless to me.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- Fantastic.- I've had such a long time, I'm not going to part with it.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39Good.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43This is a very pretty, little oil sketch.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46It's so swiftly painted. Where did you get it?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50I got it from the local boot sale about two years ago
0:38:50 > 0:38:52and it cost me 75p.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Good Lord!
0:38:54 > 0:38:55- Yeah.- OK.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58All right. Do you know who it's by?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00It's by W Kay Blacklock.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03You can tell that, cos it's signed clearly, can't you?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Yeah.- Did you ever look him up or try to find out anything about him?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- No, I didn't.- William Kay Blacklock.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Actually, mostly a watercolourist.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Actually born in Sunderland.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16So, I did wonder whether this might be Staithes.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18You know, there's a fishing village up in the north-east?
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Yeah, I've heard of that. - Lots of artists went there.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23But it turns out it isn't Staithes.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- It's actually Polperro in Cornwall...- Oh, right.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28..which is a sweet, little Cornish fishing village.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Lots of artists went there.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34It wasn't quite a colony, but chuck a stick and you'd hit several.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- It was absolutely seething with artists.- Right.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Very nice it is, too, with this washing all hung out here and just
0:39:39 > 0:39:42little dabs of oil paint to suggest the reflection
0:39:42 > 0:39:43- of light on the water.- Yeah.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46And the fisherfolk going about their daily business.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47No tourists in those days.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49We're talking about 1880, something like that.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Yeah.- A nice thing. And you paid, what, 75p?
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Yeah.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Hm. Well, I think it's worth £600-800 now.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59- HE GASPS - Oh! Really?
0:40:01 > 0:40:02That's, er...
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- ..that's ridiculous! - It is a bit!- Yeah.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13Sitting here, in bright sunshine, this stuff is just bouncing around,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- isn't it?- I know. It's gorgeous. I love it.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19How long have you been picking it out?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21About six or seven years.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24I just saw one piece and just fell in love with it
0:40:24 > 0:40:26and then got obsessed with it, basically.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28So, how many pieces have you got?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Erm, about 100, I think.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I've just gone a bit OTT with it.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Are they all the marigold colour or have you...?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37They are. I've got a few in the green and the amethyst,
0:40:37 > 0:40:40but this was the one that I started collecting,
0:40:40 > 0:40:42so, it's mainly this, yep.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45So, you know what it is, its name, don't you?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Yep, it's carnival glass.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Carnival was actually a British invention in America.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Weird, but true. John Northwood,
0:40:52 > 0:40:55one of the great legendary glass-makers of Stourbridge
0:40:55 > 0:40:59had two sons - John II and Harry -
0:40:59 > 0:41:02and John inherited the works, Harry got the hump,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05moved to Pennsylvania in the States,
0:41:05 > 0:41:08where he used his experience in fine glass-making
0:41:08 > 0:41:11to develop this technique.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17You get standard pressed glass and you iridise it by
0:41:17 > 0:41:20exposing it to a vapour called dope,
0:41:20 > 0:41:26and that is a chemical vapour, which, when the glass is still hot,
0:41:26 > 0:41:30it turns the glass iridescent, and it's fairly easy to make,
0:41:30 > 0:41:34so what happened was that, 1910, 1912, that kind of...
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Just before the First World War.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40At that date, three Tiffany vases cost the equivalent
0:41:40 > 0:41:43of the first Ford motor car.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44So, huge money.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Against that, this was sold for cents.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53What happened is, of course, the wealthy ladies, who owned...
0:41:54 > 0:41:58..Tiffany, went downstairs and saw their housekeeper
0:41:58 > 0:42:01owned carnival glass that was almost identical,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04and it completely blew the market in Tiffany glass.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06This stuff was working-class glass.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10It was so easy to make that various manufacturers piled in,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13to a point where overproduction meant it was given away at fairs
0:42:13 > 0:42:17on the hoopla. So, how much are you paying for something like that?
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- Well, my son bought me that... - That's the best one.- Yeah.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24..for £60.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- Ah, yeah.- And these, I bought separately, for £10-20.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31It is ingenious. The design of this is ingenious, because, of course,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- you get two vases for the price of one.- Yeah.- So, you get...
0:42:35 > 0:42:38There's your standard vases, which is how you bought it.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- How I bought that. - But because you recognise it,
0:42:40 > 0:42:43you know that it actually is one of two parts.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45There, you've got the bowl and the vase in one,
0:42:45 > 0:42:49which takes up less space, and it's adaptable. Yeah.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51How much did you pay for it?
0:42:51 > 0:42:54£20 for the bowl and, I think, 10 for the...
0:42:54 > 0:42:58- 30 quid.- And these were just pounds, really.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- Pounds they are.- Bought separately.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02You know what it is? This is a taste issue.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- It really is.- Nobody likes it in the family, other than me!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07So, look, guys...
0:43:07 > 0:43:11if this was a tenner, or you could walk away with it,
0:43:11 > 0:43:15but the deal is you have to have it out on your sideboard forever,
0:43:15 > 0:43:16how any people actually want it?
0:43:18 > 0:43:21OK. One. Two.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Well, why does stuff go down in value?
0:43:23 > 0:43:25You know why - cos nobody wants it any more.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Nobody wants it, yeah.- Here's your son's present for 60 quid.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Well, I think that represents...
0:43:30 > 0:43:33I mean, I think you'd be lucky to get that for the entire table.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37I really do. I think... It's a yesterday's thing,
0:43:37 > 0:43:39but, clearly, it will live to fight another day.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Now when that is, of course, whether it's this year,
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- next year, some time, never...- I just love it.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48- Thanks for bringing it in. - Yep. Thank you.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56Maybe if I rub this often enough,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59a genie's going to pop out and our wishes will come true!
0:44:01 > 0:44:04It's actually made by quite a famous designer.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Right.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09I don't know if you've heard the name before - Christopher Dresser.
0:44:09 > 0:44:10- Indeed.- The date is about 1880.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14- Mm-hm.- And you bought this piece in Beverley market 40 years ago
0:44:14 > 0:44:16- for how much?- Round about £5, I would think.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Well, I can tell you, you're comfortably into four figures.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21You're £1,000-1,500.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Good gracious! Yes.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31Rodrica, we're so enjoying filming in your wonderful home and gardens
0:44:31 > 0:44:34here at Burton Constable. Got a little surprise for you...
0:44:34 > 0:44:36- Ooh.- ..courtesy of these two ladies here.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Would you like to take up the story?
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Yes, I will. We used to live in Sproatley, in the village,
0:44:42 > 0:44:45and met lots of people, of course, over the years.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49I had a very elderly neighbour, who, when she moved out,
0:44:49 > 0:44:51gave me some of her things.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55One of them was a drawing of Burton Constable Hall,
0:44:55 > 0:44:57which had been done by her late husband,
0:44:57 > 0:45:01when he was 16 years old, in 1898.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04So, here we are. This is the picture.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06And I thought it was just appropriate
0:45:06 > 0:45:09- that it came back to you. - Oh, that is so precious.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- How amazing!- And it's a wonderful record of its time, Rodrica,
0:45:12 > 0:45:15because, of course, this was contemporaneous at the time.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17So, I think you should give this to Rodrica...
0:45:17 > 0:45:19- There you are. - ..since that is your drawing.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21- Thank you very, very much. - It's our very great pleasure.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24This is accepted with love and gratitude.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26This is wonderful. This has come home today.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28- Thank you so much. - Indeed.- Wonderful.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Well, this has got to be the most superlative collection of
0:45:34 > 0:45:37costume jewellery I think I've seen for a very long time.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40What can you tell me about it?
0:45:40 > 0:45:44- Erm, well, it's at least 50 years old.- 60, or 70, even.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47It belonged to my mother and her nans.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50My aunt had a fabulous dress shop in Doncaster many years ago,
0:45:50 > 0:45:54'50s and '60s, and she used to buy in Paris and London,
0:45:54 > 0:45:57and, in those days, everything was very glamorous.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59And so I guess she wore quite a bit of it.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01Some of it will have been in the shop,
0:46:01 > 0:46:04some of it will have been worn by the models, who used to model it.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08Well, I think you've probably got some of the biggest names here
0:46:08 > 0:46:11in, sort of, mid-20th-century costume jewellery design.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I don't really know where to start, to be honest with you.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17This bracelet here, for example.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19That's a Boucher bracelet.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23Marcel Boucher, he started by working as a designer
0:46:23 > 0:46:26for Cartier in Paris in the 1920s.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28But, you know, if you look at the quality of it,
0:46:28 > 0:46:33it's set just the same as real Cartier jewellery would be set.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36At a glance, you wouldn't know that that wasn't the real thing.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38Absolutely fabulous.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41That piece dates probably from the mid-19...
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Probably late '40s, early 1950s.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47And this set, equally, is by Bucher.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49They must have been very stylish ladies.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Well, I've worn this with a plain navy evening dress
0:46:51 > 0:46:53- and it looks fabulous.- Fantastic.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56You wouldn't know it wasn't a real thing, would you?
0:46:56 > 0:46:58So, even though they're not precious jewels,
0:46:58 > 0:47:02they are made in exactly the same way as real jewels
0:47:02 > 0:47:03would have been made,
0:47:03 > 0:47:05and they wouldn't have been cheap items when they were sold.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09- No.- But it comes from an era when people were terribly glamorous.
0:47:09 > 0:47:10Exactly, it was a different age.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13Exactly. All the film stars would have been wearing similar things,
0:47:13 > 0:47:16and, of course, a lot of the costume jewellery,
0:47:16 > 0:47:18particularly in the States, was actually originally made
0:47:18 > 0:47:20for the Hollywood stars of the day.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- Mm-hm.- Moving on a little bit...
0:47:23 > 0:47:24These are probably 1970s.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26These are Givenchy.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Beautiful. I love the bull's head there.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31This is very Art Deco in style.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35Obviously, in the 1970s, Art Deco styling was very popular.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38There was a very big look back to the Art Deco period
0:47:38 > 0:47:42and a lot of, sort of, fashions were copying those designs,
0:47:42 > 0:47:45so, it looks Art Deco, but it's 1970s.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48This is an Italian designer, Coppola and Toppo.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52They were very well known for their beaded necklaces.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Again, that's a fantastic set.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56You've got some other little pieces by them as well.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00I have to say, I couldn't quite resist putting this one on
0:48:00 > 0:48:02because it matches my dress!
0:48:02 > 0:48:04And, um, this is the Panetta ring,
0:48:04 > 0:48:07same as the two we have there. These are actually, again,
0:48:07 > 0:48:10an Italian designer working in New York...
0:48:10 > 0:48:13- Right.- ..in the 1950s onwards.
0:48:13 > 0:48:14These are both silver rings.
0:48:14 > 0:48:19This one is just silver and this one is silver and gold-plated.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22Again, at a glance, you wouldn't know they weren't the real thing.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25- No.- So, have you considered values on them at all?
0:48:25 > 0:48:27No. I've no idea. Absolutely none.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30Right. OK. Well...
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I'm sure you know there's a huge market
0:48:32 > 0:48:34for good, designer costume jewellery.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38Particularly from, you know, the 1940s onwards.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42We've got a huge span here from 1940s through to 1970s
0:48:42 > 0:48:47and one or two 1980s pieces as well, but, you may be surprised to know
0:48:47 > 0:48:54that I've seen this - just the bangle - for sale, for £1,000.
0:48:54 > 0:48:55- Gosh!- Just the bangle.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57So, that's a retail price, obviously,
0:48:57 > 0:48:59but, for the set,
0:48:59 > 0:49:01you've got the matching earrings and the matching necklace.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05That's got to be, at auction, £800-1,200.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Collectively, slightly difficult to quantify -
0:49:10 > 0:49:12particularly as you have more than this -
0:49:12 > 0:49:14but, I would have thought, what we've got here,
0:49:14 > 0:49:18you're probably looking at a minimum of maybe £5,000-8,000.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Gosh!
0:49:21 > 0:49:23That's amazing for something that's...
0:49:23 > 0:49:25I mean... It's really artificial, basically.
0:49:25 > 0:49:26It's paste, isn't it?
0:49:26 > 0:49:30It is, but, if you look at things like the Boucher pieces,
0:49:30 > 0:49:32you know, he was a trained Cartier jeweller,
0:49:32 > 0:49:35and this is made in exactly the same style,
0:49:35 > 0:49:37but just using base metal rather than the real thing.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Wonderful. Thank you.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41And they would have been expensive when they were new as well.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Yes. Thank you very much.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Songs For The Philologists.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49It's not a title that's going to see a book
0:49:49 > 0:49:51- flying off the shelves, is it? - No, not really!
0:49:51 > 0:49:54But I'm guessing this word here is why you brought it to me.
0:49:54 > 0:49:55It is indeed, yeah.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57- Tolkien.- Mm-hm. - Are you a Tolkien fan?
0:49:57 > 0:50:01Yes, I've been a Tolkien fan for most of my life.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05And these are, really, a series of songs, obviously,
0:50:05 > 0:50:08but they're songs in Old English.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11Old English and I think some in Norse, maybe.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14So this is very much Tolkien territory,
0:50:14 > 0:50:19- isn't it?- Yes.- But published in 1936, that's incredibly early,
0:50:19 > 0:50:21- isn't it?- Yeah.- That must be one of
0:50:21 > 0:50:25- Tolkien's earliest appearances in print.- I think so, yeah.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27And I think the story behind it is that he was teaching,
0:50:27 > 0:50:29this is soon after the First World War,
0:50:29 > 0:50:31- he was teaching at the University of Leeds.- Yes.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33He was teaching at Leeds in the '20s.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37- Yes.- This wasn't published till a decade later, and in London.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40And the story is that...
0:50:41 > 0:50:44..a student of Tolkien, or a student from the Leeds department,
0:50:44 > 0:50:48ended up in London and gave these poems to his students to print.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51- Yeah.- It was a printing exercise.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54- So, as we can see, it's quite amateur, if we're honest.- Yes!
0:50:54 > 0:50:55LAUGHTER
0:50:55 > 0:50:57That's not the finest printing I've ever seen,
0:50:57 > 0:51:00but we have to forgive it, because if we look at the back cover,
0:51:00 > 0:51:03you see this Department of English, University College London,
0:51:03 > 0:51:04this is a hand press,
0:51:04 > 0:51:08so this was printed by students at UCL London with a hand press,
0:51:08 > 0:51:11so...historic printing.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13So, tell me, you're obviously a Tolkien collector,
0:51:13 > 0:51:15you're a Tolkien enthusiast.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Where did this come from? Where did you get it?
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Well, it was sort of soon after I'd started collecting and a book dealer
0:51:21 > 0:51:24that I bought some things from rang me up and said,
0:51:24 > 0:51:25"I've got one of these."
0:51:25 > 0:51:27I knew of them and that they were rare.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32And they said, "It's £2,000."
0:51:32 > 0:51:35And so I talked to my wife, I thought, "That's a lot of money."
0:51:35 > 0:51:37And we thought, "Well, we've got the money,"
0:51:37 > 0:51:39cos we'd been saving up for a new car - or a new second-hand car!
0:51:39 > 0:51:41LAUGHTER
0:51:41 > 0:51:45And then we said, "Well, the bank will lend us money for a car."
0:51:45 > 0:51:48So we rang them back and said, "Yes, we'll buy it."
0:51:49 > 0:51:50Had you bought the car -
0:51:50 > 0:51:52I'm not sure what sort of car you'd get for £2,000! -
0:51:52 > 0:51:54what would that car be worth today?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56It wouldn't really be worth anything now.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59Absolutely nothing. So what's this worth?
0:51:59 > 0:52:03Now, if you are a serious Tolkien collector, and you understand this,
0:52:03 > 0:52:04you may have a copy of The Hobbit,
0:52:04 > 0:52:06you may have a copy of The Lord Of The Rings.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09Those are expensive books, we know that,
0:52:09 > 0:52:13but they're relatively common in comparison to this.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15Now, if you were a really serious collector,
0:52:15 > 0:52:16you'd want a copy of this.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19If you were a completist, you'd look for a copy of this
0:52:19 > 0:52:22and you would look long and hard, I think.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24£2,000 in '95.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28I think today if the same dealer offered it to you,
0:52:28 > 0:52:30I'd think they'd be phoning you up and asking
0:52:30 > 0:52:33- for £10,000-12,000.- Wow!
0:52:36 > 0:52:38I've got a group of medals in a case here,
0:52:38 > 0:52:40a very historic group of medals.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42There's one medal in there in particular
0:52:42 > 0:52:44that I'm going to come to in a minute,
0:52:44 > 0:52:48but this is a maritime story, a story about an expedition,
0:52:48 > 0:52:51perhaps one of the greatest maritime and expeditionary stories in the
0:52:51 > 0:52:56history of Great Britain, and you are directly connected with that,
0:52:56 > 0:53:01and I want you to tell me all about this gentleman, Arthur Casement.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Arthur Casement was my great-grandad.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06Er...
0:53:06 > 0:53:11Lived in Hull all his life. He was a seaman.
0:53:11 > 0:53:12He did what seamen do...
0:53:14 > 0:53:15..and a good job of it.
0:53:16 > 0:53:21And so, why has he got this medal, the Polar Medal?
0:53:21 > 0:53:24Because he was on the supply ship
0:53:24 > 0:53:28that went with Scott to the Antarctic.
0:53:28 > 0:53:36He and a third ship helped to break Scott out of the ice
0:53:36 > 0:53:38when he was frozen in.
0:53:38 > 0:53:43- That's the 1901 Scott expedition to Antarctica.- Yes.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47I love this picture here of Morning, the ship,
0:53:47 > 0:53:51and also we have a wonderful picture of Arthur on deck.
0:53:51 > 0:53:57It's a great visualisation of those men, who were very brave.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- That's correct.- Now, we all know the story of Scott, don't we?
0:54:00 > 0:54:02It's a sad story, it's a story,
0:54:02 > 0:54:06which, in many ways, I find one of the most emotive stories
0:54:06 > 0:54:07- in British history.- Yeah.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11To read Scott's last letter brings tears to anybody's eyes,
0:54:11 > 0:54:15I have to say, and here we have something directly related to an
0:54:15 > 0:54:19expedition that wasn't the expedition in which Scott died.
0:54:19 > 0:54:24- No.- But it was the precursor, the 1901 expedition to Antarctica.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27Now, Scott set off on that expedition,
0:54:27 > 0:54:30of course it was a massive expedition,
0:54:30 > 0:54:33but he got locked in the ice for 26 months.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37So I wonder if you can tell me a little bit about the technicalities
0:54:37 > 0:54:39of how he would have been involved
0:54:39 > 0:54:41in trying to release Scott from the ice.
0:54:41 > 0:54:42Do you know much about that?
0:54:42 > 0:54:46No, I think they tried to break it out and couldn't,
0:54:46 > 0:54:49so then they had to send for help.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Yes, the Terra Nova, of course, was the other famous ship and, in fact,
0:54:52 > 0:54:54people seem to know more about the Terra Nova
0:54:54 > 0:54:55than they do about Morning, in fact.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58- Yeah.- Maybe it's the name, I don't know.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00And perhaps, in some ways, people like Arthur don't get
0:55:00 > 0:55:04quite as much recognition, being on Morning,
0:55:04 > 0:55:06- as Terra Nova gets.- Mm.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09Now, he was obviously a really well regarded seaman.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13We have his discharge book here and there are various entries for it.
0:55:13 > 0:55:18What's important also is the entry that we have here, handwritten,
0:55:18 > 0:55:23for Morning, the ship which rescued Scott and his men, essentially,
0:55:23 > 0:55:28the supply ship, and it's dated 09/07/02,
0:55:28 > 0:55:31which, obviously, is incontrovertible evidence.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35Also, an amazing letter over there, which was from a lieutenant
0:55:35 > 0:55:38called Edward Evans in the Royal Navy,
0:55:38 > 0:55:42which was basically a handwritten letter of the period, actually 1904,
0:55:42 > 0:55:45a reference saying that, "He has, on all occasions,
0:55:45 > 0:55:49"shown himself to be a hard-working, zealous and very capable seaman."
0:55:49 > 0:55:51It's a great reference, isn't it?
0:55:51 > 0:55:56So you've got some wonderful paper and original ephemera relating to
0:55:56 > 0:56:00him as well. That medal is an Edward VII medal?
0:56:00 > 0:56:01That's correct.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05And it's with his First World War service medals as well.
0:56:05 > 0:56:11- Yeah.- Now, the Polar Medal itself is actually a bronze medal.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13It was also issued in silver.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15The office has got the silver medals.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17The bronze medal, in fact,
0:56:17 > 0:56:21about 200 have been issued throughout its history.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24Now, that's not many medals.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26This was given to Arthur Casement
0:56:26 > 0:56:29in recognition of his bravery in service
0:56:29 > 0:56:32in rescuing Scott and helping to rescue Scott.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35I suppose we have to think about putting a value on it, really.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38I think that if this were to come to auction, a collection like this
0:56:38 > 0:56:44in a really good Polar, Antarctica kind of expeditionary sort of sale
0:56:44 > 0:56:47that's related to that sort of material, I think this would make...
0:56:47 > 0:56:50- £10,000-15,000 at auction.- Wow.
0:56:51 > 0:56:52Oh...
0:56:52 > 0:56:54SHE STUTTERS
0:56:56 > 0:56:59It's difficult to price this sort of material.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02It's so historic that, in fact,
0:57:02 > 0:57:06actually, it's almost priceless in many respects.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Thank you. Thank you!
0:57:11 > 0:57:13As our day draws to a close here at Burton Constable,
0:57:13 > 0:57:16and if you think back to the very beginning of the programme
0:57:16 > 0:57:18when we saw that wonderful collection inside,
0:57:18 > 0:57:20I would never have guessed that we would be adding to it,
0:57:20 > 0:57:22albeit in a very humble way,
0:57:22 > 0:57:27but a rather touching way with this beautiful drawing done in 1898.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30And I know Rodrica was thrilled to receive it.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32We've had such a lovely day here at Burton Constable.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36The sun has shone upon us. We've been so lucky.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38From all of us here, until next time, bye-bye.