In an episode of BBC's Antiques Roadshow, expert Hugh Scully was left baffled by a 'unique' jewellery collection that a guest had brought in to be valued as the guest held back tears Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters In a throwback episode of BBC's Antiques Roadshow, the show took us to Winchester College where individuals brought their unique items for valuation by experts. Among them was a woman eager to know the potential auction value of her late grandmother's jewellery collection. She informed the expert that her relative had passed away a few years earlier at the age of 102.
Expert Hugh then opened a box revealing an array of unique pieces in a pull-out drawer he dubbed a "cabinet of curiosities." He marvelled at the "extraordinary collection of Georgian and Victorian jewellery." One necklace particularly caught his eye - a Georgian gold belcher link chain with a hand clasp, which he described as a "beautiful" piece.
However, it was a collection of mourning rings in the box that piqued Hugh's interest, reports the Express . He explained: "The thing about mourning rings is of course when someone died it was customary to commemorate the person by mounting a small lock of hair in a locket centre, surrounding it quite frequently with half pearls." He added that the colour of mourning jewel.