An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned after learning that her grandmother's jewellery, which has been passed down through three generations, is worth up to £70,000. The BBC daytime programme visited Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey, north Wales, where expert Joanna Hardy appraised a bracelet and earrings brought in by a tearful owner.
The guest explained that the pieces were originally her grandmother's, worn at her parents' wedding, then her mother's for her own wedding, and she herself had worn them for her daughter's wedding. She recalled fond memories of her grandmother's safe, filled with drawers of rubies, emeralds, diamonds, and pearls.
Hardy identified the bracelet as likely made by Mappin & Webb, crafted from platinum with baguette-cut diamonds and cabochon rubies. She described the earrings as 'absolutely superb' and 'like lace', dating from the late 1920s, with tiny diamond briolette drops.
Valuing the earrings at around £20,000 and the bracelet at £30,000, Hardy estimated the combined worth at £50,000 to £70,000. The guest gasped and exclaimed 'Crikey' at the valuation, later saying, 'It's been absolutely lovely thinking of my grandmother.'
