An Antiques Roadshow guest discovered the eye-opening value of a mysterious brooch that she stumbled upon. BBC 's jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy was ready to assess visitors' treasures at Cromford Mills, Derbyshire, during the show's filming. Among the attendees was a lady who presented a gorgeous brooch, eliciting excitement from Joanna, who exclaimed: "When I see this, I just think it's magical, it's a beautiful piece of jewellery".
Intrigued, she probed, "Please tell me how did you get this brooch?". With humour, the guest recounted: "I found this in my husband's sock drawer. He keeps all sorts of things in there.
" Joanna quipped: "Maybe we don't want to know them all!", leading to an agreement from the guest: "No no! And I think it's really beautiful and it does sparkle a lot when it's out in the sun which it's not seen for a while." When asked if the brooch was a family heirloom, the woman detailed: "I don't think so, no. Because I did ask him and he just couldn't remember.
" With keen interest, Joanna declared her intent to examine the exquisite brooch further: "Well it has certainly given me a ray of sunshine to have a look at it, because it is quintessentially 1900. "This is the era when jewellers began experimenting with platinum, signalling a revolutionary moment as they could refine platinum thoroughly. You've noticed it's like lacework, isn't it?" The owner exclaimed, clearly nervous about its delicacy: "It's so fine, it's really delicate, I think that's why I'm.
