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Item: Sooty Puppets<\/b><\/p>\n
I was at Castle Howard in 2017 when I was shown some original Sooty and Sweep puppets. I had goosebumps filming them because, when I was five, living in a children\u2019s home in Southport, I\u2019d met their creator, Harry Corbett, and played with these same puppets. After the programme went out I was contacted by Anna, my best friend at the home. She now lives in New Zealand, but we were able to meet up the following year \u2013 after more than 60 years.<\/span><\/p>\n Item: Saxon Ring<\/b><\/p>\n In 2001 at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, I noticed a man walking around. He came up at the end of the day and produced a Saxon ring that was plaited from pure gold. He\u2019d found it in a hedge. I told him that the person who owned the ring was a high-status individual, perhaps a king. We have to imagine him hurtling along on his horse; the ring falls to the earth and then, 1,500 years later, it comes out just as it went in, because gold is incorruptible.<\/p>\n Item: The Cottingley Fairy Camera and Photos<\/b><\/p>\n In 1917, the nation was transfixed by the story of two girls who claimed to have taken photographs of fairies in a wooded dell near Cottingley. It wasn\u2019t until the 1980s that one of the girls admitted it had all been a hoax. In 2008, the daughter and granddaughter of one of those girls brought along one of the cameras used in the deception and a set of the famous fairy photographs. For me, this was the most magical moment in my three decades of Roadshow <\/i>duty.<\/p>\n Item: Status Quo Embroidery <\/b><\/p>\n After a motorcycle accident left him paralysed, Colin Booth embroidered a tapestry with titles of Status Quo<\/i>\u2019s hits using a needle held in his teeth. He died aged 39 and his mother brought the tapestry to the Roadshow<\/i> at Tredegar House, in Newport. It was an incredibly emotional moment and it left me in tears.<\/p>\n Item: Pen and Ink Illustrations by Donald Chaffin<\/b><\/p>\n I think one of my favourites is still definitely one of the first items I ever came across \u2013 at Bolsover Castle in 2015. They were original pen and ink illustrations by Donald Chaffin for the first edition of Roald Dahl\u2019s Fantastic Mr Fox<\/i> in 1970. I had never seen the original drawings before, but they were so recognisable and immediately brought back wonderful childhood memories of reading the story!<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Item: Welsh Treen Love Spoon <\/b><\/p>\n At Erddig, near Wrexham, Wales, in 2018, a wonderful large treen love spoon came to me. For the owners it was an important family heirloom, but what made it especially memorable for me was the detailed history that had survived with it. They knew who had carved it, where it was carved, and for whom it was intended. Incredibly, they even had the very knife with which it was lovingly carved and pierced with all those rich symbols of love \u2013 including a strawberry.<\/p>\n Item: James Cromar Watt <\/b>Silver Chalice<\/b><\/p>\n It was my first Roadshow<\/i> and I was shown an incredible chalice by James Cromar Watt, a wonderful silversmith jeweller, who came from Aberdeen. The chalice was a private commission that was made c1910 and was a fabulous example of his craftsmanship. It was my first ever Antiques Roadshow<\/i>, so I will always remember it.<\/p>\n Item: Clockwork Bird Trainer<\/b><\/p>\n At the Bognor Regis Antiques Roadshow <\/i>in <\/i>1980, an amazing automaton by Gustave Vichy came in: a bird trainer lifts his flute to his mouth and plays a tune. His fingers move realistically over the holes on the flute and he moves his eyes. Then he raises the little bird sitting on his other hand and the bird sings, while flapping its wings and moving its head and beak \u2013 spectacular! It\u2019s a super-complicated mechanical object from the golden age of automata, made by the best French maker of that era.<\/p>\n Item: Minton Art Pottery Studio Wall Charger<\/b><\/p>\n The charger came to me at Battle Abbey two years ago. Decorated with a portrait of a young girl wearing a hat with a peacock feather and dated for 1871 on the reverse, it was painted by Rebecca Coleman, who often used her nieces as sitters. This was a standout item for me, not just because of the vibrant Aesthetic Movement decoration, but because the owner\u2019s grandfather used it to catch the dripping oil from the engine of his boss\u2019s car \u2013 on his boss\u2019s insistence, I should add!<\/p>\n Item: 18th-century Robe \u00e0 la Fran\u00e7aise<\/b><\/p>\n Also known as a sack-back gown, this amazing dress was filmed at Bodnant Garden last year. It was made from silk damask, probably woven in Spitalfields c1760, and had survived in incredibly good condition. It also stands out for me because one of the owners had been a tailor or couturier \u2013 he and his partner had a large collection of costume, and the Robe \u00e0 la Fran\u00e7aise had been bequeathed to them by a friend who knew they\u2019d appreciate it.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Molly Malsom Published: Tuesday, 08 February 2022 at 12:00 am Ronnie Archer Morgan Item: Sooty Puppets I was at Castle Howard in 2017 when I was shown some original Sooty and Sweep puppets. I had goosebumps filming them because, when I was five, living in a children\u2019s home in Southport, I\u2019d met their creator, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4501,"template":"","categories":[1,23],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"5"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/02\/the-most-memorable-antiques-roadshow-items-according-to-the-shows-experts.jpg",1600,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/02\/the-most-memorable-antiques-roadshow-items-according-to-the-shows-experts-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/02\/the-most-memorable-antiques-roadshow-items-according-to-the-shows-experts-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/02\/the-most-memorable-antiques-roadshow-items-according-to-the-shows-experts-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/02\/the-most-memorable-antiques-roadshow-items-according-to-the-shows-experts-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/02\/the-most-memorable-antiques-roadshow-items-according-to-the-shows-experts-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/02\/the-most-memorable-antiques-roadshow-items-according-to-the-shows-experts.jpg",1600,900,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Molly Malsom Published: Tuesday, 08 February 2022 at 12:00 am Ronnie Archer Morgan Item: Sooty Puppets I was at Castle Howard in 2017 when I was shown some original Sooty and Sweep puppets. 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Paul Atterbury\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
Marc Allum<\/span><\/h2>\n
Frances Christie<\/span><\/h2>\n
More from Antiques Roadshow experts:<\/h4>\n
Adam Schoon <\/span><\/h2>\n
Gordon Foster <\/span><\/h2>\n
Hilary Kay<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Lisa Lloyd<\/span><\/h2>\n
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