An Antiques Roadshow guest only uttered one word after she was told the real value of her “very ugly” jug.
Antiques Roadshow: Jug shaped “like a clanger” appraised
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow.
An Antiques Roadshow expert left a guest almost speechless after discovering what her £2.50 jug was really worth.
The beloved BBC programme visited Hopetoun House in Queensferry, near Edinburgh, where visitors brought along their curious and potentially precious possessions.
The Roadshow‘s ceramics specialist Steven Moore was on hand to offer his expertise when a guest presented a green jug that brought back memories of a popular 1960s children’s programme.
“Were you by any chance a fan of The Clangers?”, he enquired. She replied: “No I wasn’t a fan”, prompting him to ask: “So was this the reason you bought this very ugly jug?”
“No, I bought it because I needed something to water my plants.”
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The visitor revealed she had snapped up the piece for merely £2.50, noting that it “certainly lives up to its purpose”.
“Right so this was last used for watering plants when?” he enquired as she confirmed a “couple of days ago”.
Moore then informed the guest: “Well, we might want to stop you doing that.
“It’s made by one of the Ewenny Pottery’s in Wales, very conveniently dated to 1902 and even more conveniently, we have a Welsh member on our team and she tells me that this literally means ‘The Wild Pig’.”
He tried to pronounce the inscription which read ‘Y Mochyn Gwyllt’ but swiftly chuckled: “I apologise if I’ve said that wrong!”
Moore continued: “But I think it is a wild pig, not a Clanger, although there’s some suggestion it could be a hedgehog but I’m not even going to go down that route.
“But Ewenny Pottery is very collectible so your £2.50 flower jug to a Welsh pottery collector, in the right sale, would be estimated at £800 to £1,200.”
Upon hearing the staggering valuation, the guest took a sharp intake of breath before simply responding: “OK.”
The specialist remarked: “So if I give it back to you, will you promise not to water any plants with it? And go buy a nice £2.50 plastic jug.”
Grinning, she replied: “I promise. I will do that.”
Antiques Roadshow can be viewed on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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