Compilation - Ugbrooke 38 Flog It!

On Flog It! today, we are on a special trip around the UK,

revisiting some of the magnificent venues we've seen on the series.

And as always, we're tracking down your treasure

and taking it off to auction.

I'll be exploring Ugbrooke House in Devon,

where two of the most prolific names in 18th-century design meet.

Behind me, we have the work

of one of the most influential architects of the day, Robert Adam.

And in front of me, a landscape designed by no other than

Lancelot Capability Brown,

which just leaves me in the middle to show you around.

Welcome to Flog It!

Here at Ugbrooke,

there's been a house on the estate as far back as 1086,

when a small dwelling was recorded in the Domesday Book.

But it wasn't until 1760

that celebrated architect Robert Adam created

what we see today.

From the front of the house you can see why this is one of the

earliest examples of Robert Adam's castle-style architecture,

with these massive, great big four squared turrets with battlements.

And nothing says castle like a battlement.

I'll be delving into the house

and showing you some of its unique antiques later.

But first, let's see where we're heading on today's show.

We're at a famous London landmark, Greenwich Royal Naval College,

an exquisite setting for a valuation day,

and there's double trouble for Philip Serrell.

I get two for the price of one here, don't I?

-I get two of those and two of these.

-It's your lucky day.

At Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex,

James Lewis discovered a silver chain

that embodies all we love about antiques.

I have to say, when you look at pieces like this, Nicky,

it's a real comment on the times.

And at Althorp house in Northamptonshire,

Will Axon has fallen hook, line and sinker for his fishy find.

Bob, I am loving this glass vase you've brought in.

That's all for later, but first up on our tour

is the glorious Victorian town hall in Reading

where the Flog It! faithful crowd are bringing us gems galore.

Every antique tells a story,

and sometimes they stir emotional memories,

as David Harper is finding out.

Oh, Brenda, there is so much going on here.

Tell me how you came to own him.

An elderly gentleman gave it to me.

I have a feeling my daughter might have liked it when she was young.

He might have said, "Have it."

I don't know any more.

-Oh, I see, so it was given to your daughter?

-Well...

You're making me cry now.

It must be happy memories, I suppose.

-So how long ago was that?

-Oh, it must be 40 years or more.

-40. OK.

-He was a bit of a moocher.

A moocher? What's a moocher?

If he could pick up little bits that were hanging about, he would.

-OK. So was he a bit of a wheeler and dealer?

-In a tiny way.

That's nice. And what have you used him for? Has he been on display?

-He's been a doorstop.

-A doorstop?

For years. And now since he's been in the conservatory,

looking out the window.

-What do you think he is?

-Well, I thought he was a Chinese lion.

OK. He is.

He's a lion dog.

But he's one of two.

And I'm calling him "him", I think it's actually a "her".

-Really?

-I think so.

If we open up the head...

Hang on a moment.

Oh, my gosh.

Brenda, what on earth do you get up to in your house?

I thought I had got rid of the cobwebs, I did give him a wipe.

You got rid of the cobwebs.

That has not seen a duster in a blinking generation.

Have a smell.

-Oh, yes.

-It is incense.

So you haven't burnt it?

-No.

-OK. Somebody, over 40 years ago, lit that.

Now, can you imagine if you lit that and you dropped him into the head of

her body, out of the mouth would pour smoke.

So this is something not just to, you know,

lighten your room and make your room smell nice,

this is a form of meditation,

this is a time for you to reflect on life, you fire her up,

out comes the smoke and it is to remind you

of your long-gone ancestors.

Gosh, I had no idea.

You should be crying at this point,

actually, because it's very emotional.

She, to me, screams late Ming Dynasty, she screams it.

If she could talk, she would say, "I was made in the 17th century."

That's what I feel. But I can't categorically prove it,

we've got no traceable history here.

It is one of those very exciting objects.

Brenda, valuation, crikey, this is...

With something like this it's almost impossible.

What is a single shi shi dog worth,

with a little bit of damage?

I would suggest 300 to 500.

-No. I'm shocked.

-Is that good?

-That's amazing.

-It's good for a doorstop.

-I feel terrible now, I haven't looked after it.

-You know what?

Actually, you are wrong, you've looked after her perfectly.

She is going into auction in the perfect condition.

She's as found.

Unpolished, that's perfect.

-Oh, brilliant. You're making me cry again.

-Oh!

From Reading, we're heading 70 miles north

to a truly spectacular location - Althorp House in Northamptonshire,

once the home of Princess Diana.

And Will Axon has found his own piece of classic beauty.

Bob, I am loving this glass vase you brought in.

Tell me, is it something you've bought,

-you collected, have you inherited it?

-It belongs to my sister.

And her husband, her late husband,

bought it in an antique shop in Woodstock near Oxford

-about 45 years ago.

-Yeah.

And I think he paid £10 for it.

A good bargain.

-Yes, hopefully.

-And where is your sister today?

She's in Oxford. Yes, she can't get here today.

-So how come you've got it?

-She just asked me to bring it along

to see if it was, anything about it, really.

OK. What struck me, first of all, was this wonderful design

of various fish and reeds and subaquatic plant life here.

Because every time you move, the angle slightly changes, doesn't it?

The refraction of the light just really emphasises that 3D.

Tell me, what does she know about it?

Or what have you found out about it?

Only that we know it's Swedish.

I think he was quite a well-known person.

The design...

It is designed by Edward Hald, I believe, for a firm called Orrefors,

which is a Swedish art glass firm, as you say.

Date wise, I think Hald joined Orrefors around 1917,

that sort of period,

so you're probably looking 1950s, something like that,

maybe touching into the '60s.

I think it was designed to be used, you know.

Putting water in there, perhaps a little cutting of flower,

flower cutting from the garden, or something similar.

Now, you say it was your sister's late husband who purchased it

-for about a tenner maybe.

-Yes.

So good deal, doesn't stand her in a lot.

Do you think she's going to be happy to sell it,

or are we going to have to phone her with an estimate?

No, she did say she is willing to sell it.

-Did she?

-Yes.

If I told you that I would stick it in at auction at, say, 100 to 150,

how does that sound? It's not a bad return, is it, for £10?

No, I'm sure she would be happy with that.

Well, if I could stick a nought on everything I bought,

-I would be well happy.

-That's right.

I think we'd better put a reserve on it.

I don't want you to get into trouble with your sister,

and I don't want to get into trouble with her,

so let's reserve it at £100.

-Can you give the auctioneer a bit of discretion?

-Um...

I'm hoping he's not going to need it, so if you want fixed, tell me.

Yes, I think 100, I would be happy with that.

It's a nice round number, isn't it? £100 fixed.

Well, Bob, if you're happy, and we'll assume your sister is happy...

-Yes, hopefully.

-..all that's left to say is, "See you in the saleroom."

OK, then. Thanks very much.

We'll find out whether the fish bowl is catch of the day

in the saleroom later.

But first, it's back to Ugbrooke

where that popular 18th-century designer Robert Adam's work

can still be enjoyed both outside and in.

But it's the library wing which is the best example of Adam's work,

a series of three rooms joined together

to house a great collection of books

with the most wonderful architectural detail,

especially these lovely applied neoclassical mouldings,

which was Adam's trademark.

But, sadly, a great deal of the collection was sold off

in the mid-1960s to pay for death duties,

but today you can still get lost

in many hundreds of books and manuscripts.

But all is not what it seems here in the library.

There is a rather odd-looking shelf here.

Now, this is where it gets a bit like James Bond,

because it is, in fact, a secret door.

And if I open it, look what's in there.

Follow me.

It is, in fact, a chapel.

This is St Cyprian's Chapel,

designed by Robert Adam in the 1760s,

and as you can see, he's designed it in the shape of a cross.

There's always been a chapel on this site since ancient times,

and it is said that this is

the oldest post-Reformation Roman Catholic chapel

in the south-west of England.

But nobody knows why Robert Adam

installed the secret door in the chapel.

Maybe it's because if the family were running late for mass

they could enter through this way without being noticed,

or if they had to nip off early, this is the quick exit.

Nevertheless, isn't that spectacular?

Next stop on our tour is another extraordinary British landmark -

Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex.

Built in the 15th century,

it is one of the earliest and most important examples

of a brick building.

James Lewis has found a beautiful item representing a bygone era.

I have to say, when you look at pieces like this, Nicky,

it's a real comment on the times.

100 years ago, our housekeepers would wear a solid silver chatelaine

with a solid silver envelope for keeping stamps,

a heart-shaped pincushion.

And today,

we've got a dish cloth, a mop, and, if you're lucky, a feather duster.

But with this it was something slightly different,

it was also a symbol of authority.

Because the housekeeper, the head of the household, would have this.

And then under them they would have the cleaners

with the mops and the buckets.

Today, in our busy, hectic sort of schedule and lifestyle we have,

we're lucky if we have a cleaning lady to help us out

-maybe two or three hours a week.

-Absolutely, absolutely.

Is this something that you had lying in a drawer?

We've had it for over 20 years.

-Have you?

-Yes, my husband's mother left it to him.

She was a housewife, her husband was in the Navy.

And she was Australian.

And her ancestors were from Scotland.

So I don't really know where it comes from,

and none of her sons know.

Well, chatelaines come in very many different forms.

Sometimes you find a four chain, which is a fairly small,

simple one like this.

I've seen them with sort of 10, 12, 14 chains.

We sort of take the end off that and turn it over.

What a great thing, a really useful pencil.

Although all these little pieces on here look very well together,

the chatelaine itself, the first piece,

the suspension hoop and the chains

would have been purchased to start with,

individually, with none of these bits on it.

-OK.

-And then what's happened is somebody, they could even be gifts,

or gone out to purchase them herself,

and each piece is purchased individually,

which is why they are all slightly different in style.

All the silver hallmarks are around the same sort of date,

they are by different makers, they are slightly different dates.

-But they are around 1880 to 1890s, that sort of period.

-OK, right.

The pencil is worth around £30.

The penknife is worth 30, £40.

The pincushion is again about £30.

And the stamp case, I think that's got to be worth £60 or £70.

-Right.

-So up to 150.

And then we've got the chain as well.

-So I would put an auction estimate of £150 to £250...

-Right.

..and I think it should do jolly well.

There are still lots and lots of collectors for chatelaine.

-Yes.

-Still a buoyant market.

But a really good little object.

-I think it will do well.

-Thank you very much.

That is a lovely example of a chatelaine.

And now it's time to take all three items

off to auctions around the country.

And here is a reminder of what is up for sale.

There's nothing fishy about this bowl by a famous Swedish designer.

Does the big name mean big money?

The lion dog incense burner has spent the last 40 years

as a doorstop.

Will now be its time to create the sweet smell of success?

A 19th-century lady's chatelaine, both practical and pretty.

Will a collector want to give it a new home?

We're finding out right now as we had to Rye Auction Galleries

on the South Coast.

Like all salerooms, there's commission to pay,

so factor that in if you're buying or selling.

And it's time to test the estimate of the silver chatelaine.

Nicky, it's good to see you again.

We're just about to put the chatelaine under the hammer.

It is a lovely thing.

-Why are you selling this?

-Well, it's my husband's mother's.

And we don't have a housekeeper, we don't really need it.

And it's just been sitting in a drawer, unfortunately.

OK. Look, it's quality. There's a lot on there, isn't there?

-There is.

-But they can be a lot bigger.

There are all sorts of tools.

Four or five bits on there, but can be double that.

-It should make top end.

-Did you hear that?

James is excited, I'm excited, let's find out what the bidders think,

it's going under the hammer right now, this is it.

The Victorian silver chatelaine in ornate pierce design,

with foliate, swag and cherub decoration.

And I start it at 95, 100, 110 I've got.

That's a good start, Nicky.

120. 130. 140.

Yes, we are selling.

-160. 170. 180. 190.

-No.

180 I'm here. At £180.

190, they've come back.

-200.

-Gosh, that is still good.

At £200. 210 now.

At 210. 220. 220. 230.

Gosh, this is exciting.

Coming back to your 220 at the moment.

At 220, it's on the front row.

£220...

Yes, hammer has gone down. £220.

I'm surprised at that.

But it was just a good price.

Our next auction comes from

the market town of Wokingham in Berkshire,

where Martin & Pole is putting the lion dog up for sale.

If it really is 17th century, it could send the buyers barking mad.

Is it a dog, is it a lion?

I tell you what, though, it looks really, really frightening.

It does, doesn't it, Brenda?

-Not to us, Brenda, not to us, remember.

-I've grown to like it.

OK, but it's there to keep people away, isn't it?

-It is.

-And it's Ming Dynasty.

-I think it could be very late Ming.

-It looks late 17th.

Yes, it does. It has the feel, the casting.

It is amazing. Sends shivers up the back of my spine.

Right, we're going to find out if the bidders fall in love with this.

Yes.

Chinese bronze incense burner.

Start this with me at £150.

160 anywhere?

With me at £150. 160.

170.

On the internet at 170. 180. On the internet now.

£180.

Any further offers at £180?

-Are we done?

-Not 180.

£180, then.

Well, we had a fixed reserve of £200 on that,

it didn't quite reach it. We were £20 away.

I'm pleased it didn't reach 200.

-Me too.

-I think it should be worth an awful lot more.

If it is period.

So it's going home.

I know, but I don't mind. I quite like it now.

And our third item is up for sale at Gildings in Market Harborough.

It's time to see if the fish vase reels in the bidders.

Well, our next owner, Robert, cannot be with us today.

He's on holiday in Brazil, so good luck to him.

We've got his son here, Matt, and we've got his little fish vase.

It's a bit like a little fish tank, isn't it?

-A beautiful little thing.

-It's very small but is very nice.

Yeah. I like it. Let Dad go on his holiday, enjoy himself,

you're going to do the business for him and ring him up later on,

cos I think this will do the top end.

Should do. Let's find out what the bidders think,

it's going under the hammer right now.

This lovely Orrefors aquarian vase.

Well viewed, lots of bids on my book.

80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130,

140, 150, 160.

-Healthy bidding.

-I'm bid at £160.

-Top end.

-New bidding at 170, 180 down here.

£190. £200. 220, 230, 240.

-Quality.

-Quality sells.

£280. 290, 300.

-This is great.

-Going well. This is going very well.

400, 420 here, then, at 420.

You're out on the side? 420, seated forward. Any more?

420, then, in the rows.

-It's great.

-£420.

Yes! We like that. Well done.

Well picked out as well, you saw that.

I spotted that as well.

Well done, you can ring Dad up.

-I will.

-I hope he is having a good holiday

and Brazil - has he been there before?

No, it's his first trip so he'll be very pleased.

Inspired by the World Cup, a good time to go now.

-Look, give him our best regards.

-I will do.

Well done, mate.

That's it for our first visit for the saleroom,

we'll be back later to put three more lots under the hammer.

Back in the Devon countryside,

I went to explore another impressive stately home

and hear its fascinating story.

This is Killerton, an 18th-century mansion

set in an immense 6,000 acres of land.

It boasts the first ever giant redwood tree

to be planted in the UK,

and some unique portraits that celebrate

the family's political success.

The Acland family bought this estate in the Elizabethan period

and for 400 years, it was passed down through generations.

That was until one man made a decision

that changed the family's fortunes forever.

This is the story of Richard Acland who sacrificed his fortune

for his political beliefs.

Born at the start of the 20th century,

Richard grew up in a time of great unease.

World War I had shaken the very fabric of the country

and it was followed by the Great Depression of the 1930s.

When the country plummeted into the Second World War,

Richard was in his 30s and served as a Devon Yeoman,

not as an officer but as a soldier.

Although born into aristocracy,

Richard was always moved by the plight

of those less fortunate than him.

He saw men return home from the war irrevocably changed.

He realised there was a desire for a new and more equal society.

And he wasn't the first in the family to hold those beliefs.

Richard came from a long line of liberal politicians.

His father, grandfather and great-grandfather

all sat in the House of Commons.

The Liberal Party stood for social reform and the avoidance of war.

It was a natural fit for Richard Acland who gained his seat in 1935.

But he went further than any of his predecessors

to embrace those principles.

Acland was a radical, described as birdlike and excitable.

And he wrote this book, Unser Kampf.

I know what you're thinking.

It sounds a bit like Hitler's doctrine Mein Kampf, doesn't it?

Well, that was intentional by Acland.

He was contrasting Hitler's elitist ideology, "My Struggle",

with his own socialist viewpoint, "Our Struggle".

In these pages, Richard Acland paints Britain as an unfair society,

built on inequality and greed.

"Wouldn't it be rather wonderful to live in a world in which we did not

"have to think about ourselves all the time?

"Wouldn't it be rather wonderful to get away from, this is mine,

"this is yours, and this is to other fellows,

"and look out on everything we saw and say, this is all of ours?"

It was this belief that drove Acland to form a new political party.

The Commonwealth Party was made up of liberal thinkers including one

of the most notable authors of the time, JB Priestley.

As the name would suggest,

the Commonwealth Party believed in common ownership of land,

and more morality in politics.

So how did Richard Acland square these radical socialist beliefs with

his ownership of such a large estate?

Well, quite simply, he decided to give it away.

In 1944, Richard and his wife and Anne Acland

gave the majority of their estate to the National Trust.

Their children would not inherit Killerton, nor its vast landscape.

Richard Acland's grandson, Dominic Acland, is here to tell us more.

You spent time here at Killerton as a youngster,

and got to know your grandparents. What were they like?

They were loving grandparents, good fun to be with at times.

My grandmother was very strict.

That could be quite intimidating.

And my grandfather was very abstracted in his writing

and his thinking.

But we remember great times playing in these grounds,

-climbing trees.

-It must have been lovely.

This was almost like a private place to come and play.

Dominic, your grandfather gave away a large part of the Killerton estate

to the National Trust in 1944.

Tell me about the events leading up to that?

Well, Richard was obviously a radical thinker.

He had his political beliefs

that he didn't believe in private ownership.

And also he wanted to raise funds to support his new party.

And he wasn't really that interested in the estate.

But Anne had moved here once they got married

and was very involved in the life of the estate and the tenants.

And she really valued it,

and held it as something precious that he didn't, really.

Killerton was far more than just a house.

It was a home to hundreds of families

who'd lived in the estate cottages for generations

and over a dozen tenant farmers

whose livelihoods depended on the Aclands.

And it was Anne who had seen this first hand.

Was it Anne's idea to give Killerton to the National Trust?

Yes, it was. Rather than sell it off to a private owner,

which would have exposed all the tenants to unsafety,

she suggested that.

That was a source of a great deal of difficulty between them

and we think they almost split up over it.

How did your father feel about that?

I mean, it was his inheritance that was being given away?

He was only four or five years old at the time so he wasn't aware.

But it was a difficult thing for him.

Strangely enough,

he went on to study estate management at university

with no estate to manage.

I'm very proud of what Richard did, actually, with this estate.

I think it created a fantastic opportunity for the National Trust

to come in and do what they are doing.

And it was a wonderful gesture.

The estate has been open to the public since 1978.

And thousands of people enjoy the house and grounds every year.

So what of Richard's political career?

Despite Richard's best efforts,

the Commonwealth active life was short-lived.

The party won two seats in Parliament in 1944,

proving there was an appetite for a more democratic message.

But the Labour Party's landslide victory of 1945

wiped out those seats.

And the Commonwealth Party split.

That he believes that Labour have

the right policy and also has

the men to carry it out.

Richard switched his support to Labour,

becoming an MP for them until 1955.

Until the end of his life in 1990,

Acland always remained a left-wing maverick,

resigning from parliament over the development of the H-bomb

and writing about Third World poverty

and his detest of capitalism.

Today, here, the estate of Killerton remains active

with 18 tenant farmers still tilling the land,

and thousands of people each year enjoying the mansion house.

So thank you, Richard Acland, for Killerton,

a gift that keeps on giving.

Our special round Britain voyage continues

and the next port of call is the World Heritage site

Greenwich Royal Naval College.

The painted hall has been described as the Sistine Chapel of the UK.

It's simply gorgeous.

And good old Phil Serrell has found a pair of candlesticks

matching his candlelit surroundings.

I get two for the price of one here.

Two of those and two of these.

-It's your lucky day.

-Are you big Flog It! watchers?

-Yes, we are.

-Do you enjoy it? Yeah.

-Every moment of it.

And you're in it now. What do you know about these?

Well, my sister inherited them from her mother-in-law,

and then we inherited them from her.

My sister's mother-in-law came from Russia.

And my daughter's a historian.

-You're the historian?

-Well, an amateur.

Amateur. What does the amateur sleuth tell us?

Right, I think it's just the fact of early 20th century,

I think they must've come over from Russia at that point.

We're not exactly sure when.

And very often sticks like this might have a Jewish connection?

Probably, yes. I should think so, yes.

OK, fine. Have you recently cleaned these?

-Yes.

-What have you cleaned them with?

-Silver polish.

-If you look very carefully here, there's some quite,

in my eyes, almost some abrasions that run around here

that is almost like someone

has taken a very fine gauge wire wool to them.

This business is all about using your eyes.

-Under there.

-That clearly is not silver.

So I suspect this column has been broken

and it's been repaired just there.

They haven't been loved, in a way, have they?

-Maybe that happened in the move?

-Possibly. Who knows?

There's a name here,

E-H-RLIC-H. Ehrlich.

And I would imagine that may have been the silversmith.

In some way, I would think between 1905 and 1910, 1912,

something like that.

In terms of value, do you have any idea of value?

-Not at all.

-Not a clue.

-About 50 quid?

-We're hoping.

-What are you hoping for?

-A cool million!

A million? I think that might be a bit optimistic.

I'm sure. We were thinking about a couple of hundred.

What I think we should do is put them in

with the £200 to £300 estimate. £180 reserve.

-You happy with that?

-Very happy.

-Thank you.

So now we've got rid of these,

what's the next bit of family history we're going to restore?

I don't know. I'm looking in her garage at the moment!

-Really?

-Who knows what we'll find?

We'll find something.

From the sunny capital, we're racing back to Althorp House

where Will's found a design classic.

Now, June, am I right in understanding

that you've had a fairly long life,

surrounded by antiques? Tell me more about it.

Yes, my father used to collect antiques

and I still have quite a collection of his memorabilia.

-Yes.

-Then I worked for an auctioneer.

-Did you really?

-Yes.

-What, portering or cataloguing?

-Oh, secretary to the auctioneer.

-Oh, really? Back in the day.

-I used to go out on valuations and things.

Interesting, yes, to support the auctioneer.

You sort of learned on the job, as it were?

-Yes.

-Tell me, is this something

you've purchased yourself or inherited?

No, I bought it as a miscellaneous job lot at an auction sale.

Oh, we like those stories.

I can't even remember what I bought the lot for

but I think it was £6 I paid for it.

-Good work.

-I looked at it and I saw Tiffany & Co underneath,

so I got a little bit more interested.

Yes. It's actually very stylish, isn't it, almost in its simplicity?

You've got this simplicity of form

and you've got this beautifully worked floral spray.

They're very organic, aren't they?

That very Nouveau swirling lines, worked in, I'm assuming, silver,

though it's not marked, on this bronze ground.

And you've got this rather interesting

sort of rope twist spine to it, like a zip,

then this little suspension loop at the top.

Marked Tiffany. Now, Louis Comfort Tiffany, the American, he was...

he established Tiffany and was born in the mid-19th century.

Let's have a look at the mark because we would be daft not to.

So you've got here Tiffany & Co and then we've got sterling silver,

which is the decoration.

Marked sterling because it is American silver.

When would you think it was...

Date wise? I would have thought it would have been around 1900,

when you're going from the Art Nouveau

slightly into the Arts and Crafts.

It might be 1910, it might be 1915,

but that gives us a ballpark figure.

As far as value goes, yes, it's got a bit of a dint, hasn't it?

Which I'm going to have to take into account.

My gut instinct, my guesstimate would be about £300 to £500.

-Yes.

-Which, you know, for a little vase...

..isn't bad really, is it?

-It isn't.

-You've let the cat out of the bag,

telling me it didn't cost you a lot.

So, I'm going to say to you, if you were happy at that valuation,

I would suggest reserving it at £300.

-You do love it, don't you?

-I do.

So I don't want to give it away and I think it stands a chance

at that sort of money because the name will catch people's attention.

It's beautifully decorated.

Silver and bronze, nice combination

and, well, I think your £6 bric-a-brac investment,

-I think you might do all right.

-Thank you.

Well, that was a great find by Will Axon,

a stunning Tiffany's vase and with a maker's name like that,

it should attract a great deal of attention in the auction room.

On the show, we're always going on about masters and makers

who sign their pieces, even if it's just initialled

or a potter's strike mark because the collectors absolutely love it.

It creates provenance.

It can tell us when a piece was made,

where it was made and generally, it's a sign of good quality.

Now, here in the dining room, on the mantelpiece,

there is one of the greatest names in ceramics.

We see them on the show a lot.

Can you guess what it is?

Well, it's Worcester, and this is a matching set

of seven first-edition pieces.

The pieces here at Ugbrooke

were made by Dr Wall in the mid-18th century.

He was a physician by trade but was the first to experiment

with soft paste porcelain

and co-founded the Worcester factory in 1751.

I have to say, I think they look absently fabulous here on

the mantelpiece, graduating downwards and outwards.

Interestingly enough, these were scattered all over the house,

lost and forgotten about in different parts.

They were only reunited as a collection in the mid-'90s.

I find that quite remarkable.

Lost and forgotten about and here they are 300 years later,

looking at their very best as a complete set.

If these ever came up for auction,

they would create a great deal of worldwide interest

because they are just fabulous.

Our journey is nearly complete, having crisscrossed the nation

and haven't we found some fabulous antiques on the way?

Now it's back to Reading Town Hall for the last valuation of the day.

Magpie Anita Manning has created her own collection of silver.

-Gwen, welcome to Flog It!

-Thank you.

You've brought an interesting little group of things in today.

Tell me, where did you get them?

I bought this when I went to Portugal on a holiday,

one of my mad moments.

This, I was given by a step-mother-in-law

who I didn't like very much!

And this is very special because I used to help at the Scouts

and there was a jumble sale and somebody brought that in

and I said, "That's lovely but I shouldn't have it," and he said,

"You do a lot of work, make me an offer."

So I offered him £5.

-Right.

-It went to the Scouting movement.

It's a great organisation, the Scouts.

-Wonderful.

-I have a soft place in my heart

for anything which has to do with writing.

This type of item takes us away from computers and iPads

and fancy phones

to a time when someone would sit down with a beautiful set like this,

a pen, a quill pen, and little bottles of ink.

It takes you back to a more romantic time

and I would say that the mounts in this

and the embossed flower decoration and the centrepiece are silver,

possibly Portuguese silver.

The base is made of rosewood which has a beautiful hue.

This item was made probably mid-1800s.

-Really?

-These bottles may not have been the original bottles because

the lids are made of plate silver, plate rather than silver.

The bangle, a nice Victorian bangle, mid-1800s.

-Do you like this?

-I like the look of it, yes.

-Have you worn it?

-No, I think it's too small for me.

Too small? So, it's time for that to be passed on anyway.

I like this wee clock.

-I love it.

-I think it's a nice wee thing.

It's made of silver.

It's probably from the 1930s.

1920s, 1930s.

I'm saying that because of the marvellous face.

It's like an engine-turned face and not a bad buy for £5.

-No.

-Now, if these came into my auction,

there's nothing which is of any huge value individually.

So, what we tend to do in that situation

-is put things together as a little group.

-Mm-hm.

Now, for this little group,

I would put an estimate of, say, £100 to £150 on it.

-Would you be happy to let them go at that?

-Yes, I would.

-But not less than 100.

-Not less than 100?

We will put a fixed reserve of £100 on them

and I think they should sell at that.

So, I'll see you at the auction.

That would be lovely, thank you very much.

That's our last three items in the bag,

boxed up and ready to take to auction.

Here's a reminder of what's going under the hammer.

This pair of candlesticks are certainly striking

but will they get the bidders fired up?

It's one of the most recognisable names in design

and it was picked up for just £6.

Could the Tiffany vase make June a juicy profit?

And Gwen's silver ink stand, bangle and clock

may not have started life together but they're in good company now

and they make a classic collection.

We're dashing back to Martin & Pole's in Wokingham to see if

the collection of silver items Anita put together

will excite the bidders.

Good luck, girls, OK?

We've got a bit of a mixed lot going under the hammer.

I like the desktop set.

We've got a bangle and a clock, so basically,

you rummaged around the house before the valuation and thought,

"We'll take that, we'll take that, we'll take that,"

-and put it in a bag!

-Something like that.

-So, a bit of decluttering.

A little bit. I don't mind if it doesn't go.

-Oh, bless you.

-Especially the clock.

We're going to try our hardest and talking about clocks,

time is up, it's time to put your lot under the hammer.

Let's hand the proceedings over to the auctioneer.

A 19th-century rosewood desk stand.

This comes with a silver desk clock and silver bangle.

Start this with me at £75.

80 anywhere?

With me at £75.

Any further offers at £75?

80, 85.

90. With you at £90.

Any more at £90?

95 with me.

100 with you now.

At £100.

Any more at £100?

Are we selling at £100?

Are we all done at £100?

Straight in at 80, sold at 100.

Job done, is that OK? You're happy, aren't you?

Yes, I am happy.

You've decluttered and someone else has bought them

-and they will love those items.

-Thank you.

Thank you for coming along and joining us today.

-Thank you for the pleasure.

-It was exciting and quick, wasn't it?

Our next stop is back down south at Chiswick Auctions in West London.

Let's hope they've got money to burn

as the pair of candlesticks go up for grabs.

I've just been joined by mother and daughter team, Rosalie and Darragh,

and we have the two Russian silver candlesticks and our expert,

Mr Philip Serrell, who's going to put more light on the subject.

Or is he? They're interesting things, aren't they?

Yes. I have a gut feeling about these.

Well, let's put them to the test. They're going under the hammer now.

The Russian silver candlesticks, what are they worth?

Start me at 180 for them.

180 is bid.

200 on the internet.

210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270,

280, 290, 300.

320, 340, 360.

360. 360, they sell.

We'll take 360, though.

They shot up, very quickly.

-Very exciting.

-Yes.

£360.

-That's all right, isn't it?

-OK.

-That'll sort you out, won't it?

-You can go shopping now.

-Absolutely.

Finally, it's back to Market Harborough

to see whether it's going to be Breakfast At Tiffany's for June.

Good luck with this, June.

-Thank you.

-I'm quite excited about this Tiffany's.

-That's a great name, isn't it?

-Job lot, wasn't it, for you?

Yes. I didn't buy it for that.

I didn't know it was in there, it was in the bottom.

-How long ago?

-About 25 years now.

How much did you pay for this? £6.

It's got a model number, it's fully signed.

Good luck. Good luck, June.

Let's put this to the test, it's going under the hammer right now.

Now is the lot number, the aesthetic movement Tiffany & Co spill vase.

Bidding opens with me here at £240.

240, I'm bid.

260, 280.

£280.

At 280. 290, I'll take.

I've got 290 here, thank you. I'll take 300.

Thank you, at 300. 320.

-Here we go.

-360, I'll be with you in a minute.

400. 440, 480.

480, at 480. 500, thank you.

With Denise at 500. And 50 on the internet.

-600.

-Yeah.

And 50. 700 with Denise.

And 50 with the internet so it's 750 with the internet.

Bidders all out in the room as well?

Telephone's gone as well

and we're selling to the internet bidder at £750.

-Fantastic, well done.

-Thank you so much.

-Good result. £750.

-Well done, you.

Well done, you, for looking after that.

-Enjoy the money, won't you?

-I will.

As I say, something for my new conservatory when it comes.

What an amazing profit for June.

She wasn't the only Flog It! fan who went home with a stack of cash.

Remember, it could be you next time.

That wraps up our tour of the country.

We've seen thousands of your items and visited some magnificent venues.

I hope you've enjoyed the show.

So, until the next time, it's goodbye.