BBC Antiques Roadshow guest stunned as £12 battered box is unlikely designer item

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left in a bit of a pickle when they found out they couldn't flog a precious family treasure, even though it came with a hefty price tag.The PBS series hit up Austin and met a bunch of eager individuals clutching items that tugged at the heartstrings as much as the purse strings, including one visitor who sought out the expertise of Colleene Fesko.To kick things off, she remarked: "Tim, your grandfather was a really interesting artist but this is such a luscious painting." "Henry Siddons Mowbray was born in, actually, Alexandria, Egypt, in 1858, studied in Paris, and died in 1928." The owner, curious about the date of creation, guessed it was around 1895 since it matched the era of similar works by his granddad. Fesko elaborated: "Well, apparently your grandmother wrote that your grandfather was very much influenced by classical themes, with themes of the American Renaissance and with figures of muses and virtues and these lovely allegorical figures are terrific." "You were telling me that you would wake up to this painting in your bedroom when you were 16 years old." "He considered his murals much more important than his easel paintings like this but I was much more enamoured by these paintings than the murals", the guest shared.

Fiona Bruce, famed for her presenting duties on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow since 2008 and other notable shows such as Fake or Fortune, Question Time and Treasures of the British Library, typically prefers a shielded personal life. Yet, we do know a bit about her longstanding and rarely-seen husband, Nigel Sharrocks.The couple sparked up their romance 30 years ago back in the mid nineties, after meeting at advertising agency where Nigel held the position of company director and Fiona was an employee.They exchanged vows in an intimate wedding ceremony in Islington in July 1994.Two bundles of joy joined their family with the birth of their son Sam in 1998, followed by daughter Mia in 2001.The hardworking mum and presenter faced some criticism when she hurried back to her duties on Crimewatch just 16 days after giving birth to baby Mia.

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