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Antiques Roadshow guest shaken as they learn truth behind 'unfinished' plate

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Antiques Roadshow guest shaken as they learn truth behind 'unfinished' plate
Antiques Roadshow guest shaken as they learn truth behind 'unfinished' plate

ANTIQUES Roadshow guest was stunned after she discovered an ancient "unfinished" cameo plate was worth £15,000.

The guest brought on two family heirlooms to the BBC show's set in Kenilworth Castle in the West Midlands on Sunday's episode.

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The guest is delighted a the evaluationCredit: BBC
She brought in two family heirlooms
She brought in two family heirloomsCredit: BBC

Expert Will Farmer examined a delicately engraved bottle and cameo plate crafted by members of her family hundreds of years ago.

The guest shared that the pieces were made either by her great grandfather or her great uncle.

Her great grandfather was Frederick Engelbert Kny, who was a well-known glass-engraver in Stourbridge coming from Bohemia.

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Will inspected the pieces and then revealed that he believed both of the pieces were by her great uncle Ludwig.

The engraved bottle was in fact a scent bottle, while the engraved cameo plate was an unfinished plaque.

Will revealed that the scent bottle would be worth around £1,000 to £1,500, while the cameo glass was a "slightly different thing".

"I'm going to suggest that this at auction would be £10,000 to £15,000," Will said.

The guest was left completely stunned and said: "Hmm. Wow."

She then added: "That's wonderful."

Antiques Roadshow airs Sunday at 7pm on BBC Two.

Henna Sharma

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