WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow. An Antiques Roadshow guest laughed when she discovered the true value of a broken carriage clock. Filming at Thirlestane Castle in the Scottish Borders, BBC expert Richard Price met with a guest in front of a crowd to take a closer look at her treasured item.
However, from the very beginning of the appraisal, Price wasn’t exactly the most complimentary of the object. He stated: “Now please don’t think me rude but I have to say this is in pretty scruffy condition. Why?” The guest replied: “I have to agree with you and that’s a sad thing, I have no idea, because I inherited it in that condition about 50 years ago from my late husband’s aunt.
“She knew I had always loved it and when we got married, she said ‘you must have this.’ “It has always sat on my desk not working, I know, it’s awful isn’t it?” Price elaborated: “Well let’s kick off by saying it’s French and it is a miniature carriage clock. “I call it a clock, but it’s a timepiece, because it’s a non-striking clock and anything non-striking we call a timepiece.
“And the joy of it is the porcelain panel, you’ve got the dial, the sides and the back door all porcelain. “Let’s open the back. You can see the movement there, that’s the original lever platform at the top.
“The case is what we call a cannalee and the date is about 1885, maybe a little bit later.” He turned over the clock in his hand to then see a .