Archiwum zagraniczne East News 2023-11
EN_01602012_0657
EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MATERIALS ONLY TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDITORIAL STORY. THE USE OF THESE MATERIALS FOR ADVERTISING, MARKETING OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. MATERIAL COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH STATED PHOTOGRAPHER AND/OR SUP
A £3 car boot sale find could net a lucky Lincolnshire couple hundreds of pounds after it turned out to be a precious antique made from gold.
The pair were rummaging around stalls at an event in the village of Torksey, Lincolnshire, earlier this year when they came across the quirky treasure, a small pin featuring a tiny decorative circular painting of a dog.
They weren’t sure what it was but had an inkling from watching TV antiques programmes that it might be something special - and they were right.
They decided to show the piece to antiques expert and TV personality Irita Marriott, and they were thrilled by her response. She identified the gem as a reverse carved intaglio tie pin, an antique known as Essex crystal. Its tiny portrait depicts a boxer dog and the picture was created using a mysterious decorative technique developed in Belgium more than 160 years ago.
Irita, a popular personality on TV’s Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip, said: “It’s an amazing find. When I first saw it, I was simply blown away. Even though I have seen many types of Essex crystal pieces before, this is the best one I’ve come across.
“The detail and the size of the painting is simply incredible. And to hear they had purchased it for just £3 - unbelievable! I’ve estimated its value at £300-£500 but it’s such a beautiful piece it may fetch more.
“There’s also a strange local connection for me. The mysterious technique of reverse carved intaglio originated in Belgium in circa 1860 courtesy of an artist called Emile Marius Pradier. However, Essex crystal was introduced to England by Thomas Cook, a famous businessman best known for inventing the package holiday.
“He was born in Melbourne, Derbyshire, more than 200 years ago. Melbourne just happens to be the picturesque historical town where I have opened my new auction house. The find will go into my inaugural auction on January 11 so you could say it’s come home.
“Thomas Cook (1808-1892) was an entrepreneur ahead of his time. He paved the way to mass tourism but clearly liked objects of beauty too. He made crystals for Lambeth & Co and the resulting reverse crystal intaglios were sold in London. Such was their popularity Cook trained an apprentice, Thomas Bean. Bean’s son and grandson carried on the tradition of reverse crystal intaglio production keeping the secrets of the unusual process in the family.
“Essex crystal pieces are formed from a rock crystal cabochon, polished domes of rock crystal with a flat base. An image or motif is then reverse carved into the base and painted to give the impression of a three-dimensional image encapsulated in the cabochon.”
The finder, a 46-year-old old builders merchants’ supervisor, said: “We were rummaging in a box at a car boot sale when we spotted the unusual pin. We were not sure whether it was special but had an idea as we've seen similar items on antiques programmes. I asked a price and they said £3 so we bought it. We Googled it when we got home and still thought there was no way it could be a genuine antique.
“It had no hallmarks so we decided to get it tested to see what it was made of. We were shocked when it turned out to be gold. We had no idea what it was worth but popped it in a box for safe keeping.
“We showed it to Irita to see if she would she be interested in selling it at auction for us. We were completely taken aback and overwhelmed by her estimate of £300 to £500.
“We go to quite a lot of car boots and love rummaging in the boxes for hidden gems. The pin is just beautiful. When it caught our eye we had no knowledge to go on, just a hunch.
“We've found a couple of valuable items before now. One car boot find, a Loetz vase which cost us £4, later sold for £400. That’s our biggest profit so far. Let’ see if we can beat that with the intaglio.”
Featuring: Irita Marriott
When: 27 Nov 2023
Credit: @chloecreativephotography/Cover Images
**EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MATERIALS ONLY TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDITORIAL STORY. THE USE OF THESE MATERIALS FOR ADVERTISING, MARKETING OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. MATERIAL COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH STATED PHOTOGRAPHER AND/OR SUPPLIER.**
2023-11-27
Cover Images/East News
Cover Images
coverimages53250919
2,3MB
34cm x 51cm przy 300dpi
11, 160, 1860, 200, 2023, 27, 3, 300, 4, 400, 46-YEAR-OLD, 500, A, ABACK, ACROSS, ADVERTISING, AFTER, AGO, AHEAD, ALSO, AMAZING, AN, AND, ANTIQUE, ANTIQUES, ANY, APPRENTICE, ARE, AROUND, ARTIST, AS, ASKED, AT, AUCTION, AWAY, BARGAIN, BASE, BE, BEAN, BEAT, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTY, BEFORE, BELGIUM, BEST, BIGGEST, BLOWN, BOOT, BOOTS, BORN, BOUGHT, BOX, BOXER, BOXES, BUILDERS, BUSINESSMAN, BUT, BY, CABOCHON, CALLED, CAME, CAN, CAR, CARRIED, CARVED, CAUGHT, chloecreativephotography, CIRCA, CIRCULAR, CLEARLY, CO, COME, COMMERCIAL, COMPLETELY, CONJUNCTION, CONNECTION, COOK, COPYRIGHT, COST, COULD, COUPLE, COURTESY, COVER, CREATED, CREDIT, CRYSTAL, CRYSTALS, DECIDED, DECORATIVE, DEPICTS, DERBYSHIRE, DETAIL, DEVELOPED, DOG, DOMES, EARLIER, EDITORIAL, EMILE, ENCAPSULATED, ENGLAND, ENTREPRENEUR, ESSEX, ESTIMATE, ESTIMATED, EVEN, EVENT, EXPERT, EYE, FAMILY, FAMOUS, FAR, FEATURE, FEATURING, FETCH, FIND, FINDER, FIRST, FLAT, FOR, FORMED, FOUND, FROM, GEM, GEMS, GENUINE, GET, GIVE, GO, GOLD, GOOGLED, GOT, GRANDSON, HAD, HALLMARKS, HAPPENS, HAVE, HE, HEAR, HER, HIDDEN, HIS, HISTORICAL, HOLIDAY, HOME, HOUSE, HOWEVER, HUNCH, HUNDREDS, HUNT, I, IDEA, IDENTIFIED, IF, IMAGE, IMAGES, IMPRESSION, IN, INAUGURAL, INCREDIBLE, INKLING, INTAGLIO, INTAGLIOS, INTERESTED, INTO, INTRODUCED, INVENTING, irita, IS, IT, ITEMS, ITS, JANUARY, JUST, KEEPING, KNOWLEDGE, KNOWN, LAMBETH, LATER, LET, LIKED, LINCOLNSHIRE, LOCAL, LOETZ, LONDON, LOT, LOVE, LUCKY, MADE, MANY, MARIUS, MARKETING, MARRIOTT, MASS, MATERIAL, MATERIALS, MAY, ME, MELBOURNE, MERCHANTS, MIGHT, MORE, MOTIF, MY, MYSTERIOUS, NET, NEW, NO, NOT, NOV, NOW, OBJECTS, OF, OLD, ON, ONE, ONLY, OPENED, OR, ORIGINATED, OTHER, OUR, OUT, OVERWHELMED, PACKAGE, PAINTED, PAINTING, PAIR, PAVED, PERSONALITY, PHOTO, PHOTOGRAPHER, PICTURE, PICTURESQUE, PIECE, PIECES, PIN, POLISHED, POPPED, POPULAR, POPULARITY, PORTRAIT, POUNDS, PRADIER, PRECIOUS, PRICE, PROCESS, PRODUCTION, PROFIT, PROGRAMMES, PROHIBITED, PURCHASED, PURPOSE, QUIRKY, QUITE, REMAINS, RESPONSE, RESULTING, REVERSE, RIGHT, ROAD, ROCK, RUMMAGING, S, SAFE, SAID, SALE, SAW, SAY, SECRETS, SEE, SEEN, SELLING, SHE, SHOCKED, SHOW, SHOWED, SIMILAR, SIMPLY, SIZE, SMALL, SO, SOLD, SOMETHING, SON, SPECIAL, SPOTTED, STALLS, STATED, STILL, STORY, STRANGE, STRICTLY, SUCH, SUPERVISOR, SUPPLIER, SURE, T, TAKEN, TECHNIQUE, TESTED, THAN, THAT, THE, THEIR, THEN, THERE, THESE, THEY, THIS, THOMAS, THOUGH, THOUGHT, THREE-DIMENSIONAL, THRILLED, TIE, TIME, TINY, TO, TOO, TORKSEY, TOURISM, TOWN, TRADITION, TRAINED, TREASURE, TRIP, TURNED, TV, TYPES, UNBELIEVABLE, UNUSUAL, US, USE, USED, USING, VALUABLE, VALUE, VASE, VE, VILLAGE, WAS, WATCHING, WAY, WE, WERE, WEREN, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHETHER, WHICH, WILL, WITH, WORTH, WOULD, YEAR, YEARS, YOU,