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An Antiques Roadshow guest was left astounded and shaking as she learned that a dish that had been sitting in her parents loft for 20 years was actually worth up to £10,000.
She met with expert Duncan Campbell during an episode of the BBC programme that was filmed at Wightwick Manor in Wolverhampton.
The woman had brought along a golden grape dish that had been passed down in her family, before being left to gather dust for decades.
She explained: 'It has been in my parents loft for about 20 years, it's not used for anything and we haven't cleaned it.
All I know is it belonged to my parents and then my grandparents. We know very little about it. I think it might be Russian but I'm not sure.'
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left astounded and unable to stop shaking as she learned that a dish that had been sitting in her parents loft for 20 years was actually worth up to £10,000
She met with expert Duncan Campbell during an episode of the BBC programme that was filmed at Wightwick Manor in Wolverhampton
After close inspection, the expert remarked: 'Well it's a very simple dish, you've got a shell, a big scallop shell and a lovely little cherub on the front with angel wings who's gorgeous.
'You're right, it is Russian. The interesting thing about it is that it's made by a rather good Russian maker.'
Flipping over the dish to show the underneath, he pointed out a marking and added: 'On the bottom here, we've got the mark of Fabergé.
'You wouldn't have necessarily associated a dish like this with Fabergé would you?
'But in actual fact it is made by Fabergé and the quality of it is fantastic.'
Duncan revealed that it was made sometimes between 1910 and 1915, just before the Russian revolution.
Building the suspense, he continued: 'Often you associate Fabergé with tiny little jewels but they had a whole range of silverware as well coming out of their workshop, including your lovely scallop dish.
'The cherub is cast beautifully and although it's not clean at the moment, I think if you did clean it, you'd really notice the detail is absolutely gorgeous, it's a really pretty little dish.
The woman had brought along a golden grape dish that had been passed down in her family, before being left to gather dust for decades
The guest's face dropped as she heard the valuation and exclaimed: 'No, oh my goodness. I am shocked'
'It's been up in the loft, out of sight, out of mind, not being used for anything.
'You might be interested to know, that if you put this up for sale it ought to make somewhere around the £8,000 to £10,000 mark.'
The guest's face dropped as she heard the valuation and exclaimed: 'No, oh my goodness. I am shocked.'
Unable to stop shaking her head, she gushed: 'No, I never ever thought, oh my goodness. That's really shocked me. I can't believe it, up in the loft'
'Among all the spiders and the dust,' joked the expert as the segment came to a close.
