Antiques Roadshow: Stunning Clarice Cliff ceramics appraised WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow. An Antique Roadshow guest’s jaw dropped as a couple of paintings that hadn’t seen the light of day for more than a decade, were given a five-figure price tag. The BBC daytime series saw expert David Battle meet with a guest at Ightham Mote in Ivy Hatch who presented him with two unusual paintings.
“Do you have these hanging on your wall?”, Battle questioned the owner. She replied: “No. They’ve been in my loft for about 14 years.
” Battle teased: “Oh so you really, really like them”, with the guest laughing that she didn’t like them. "My husband bought them in a boot sale about 15 years ago," she explained. “My son-in-law thinks they’re Indian and that they’re about mid 18th Century because he thinks he is the expert.
” Her jaw dropped upon hearing the value of her purchase (Image: BBC) Related articles Antiques Roadshow guest awkwardly smiles at price tag of rare jug Antiques Roadshow guest needs to 'sit down' as ceramics gets massive price tag With little to no information on the items or even how much her husband paid at the time, Battle commented that her son-in-law was “completely wrong”. He continued: “The frames are Chinese, 18th Century. They enclose an inner mount which is enamel on copper, very, very beautifully done.
“Then there’s another border, this time with rough cut garnets probably in gilt beading. “.