Antiques Roadshow expert hits out over 'junk' item as he reveals very low valuation

glass expert made it clear he wasn't handling a masterpiece on the show today. The star spoke to a mother-daughter duo, and said that the "best thing" would be to take the item back home rather than flogging it on.

On the show filmed at Ebrington Square in Derry, , Andy met a pair who'd brought in a scent bottle they kept with the fine china at home.

"This is a really pretty, feminine object... an object for a woman's dressing table back in the day," he described as he inspected the green bottle with a silver top.

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It was revealed that the mum owned the bottle, and was given it by her mum who'd been gifted it by an older friend. The mum revealed that even she "didn't appreciate it half enough."

Her daughter, Pauline, piped up, sharing: "As a child growing up I always noticed it in my mum's china cabinet and admired it, because it is really, really pretty. And I asked if I could have it someday, so hopefully she'll give it to me."

"Oh I'll give it to her. I'll give it to her now," her mum said, as Andy exclaimed: "Great! So it came with you, and it's going to leave with Pauline? Fantastic result."

"Of course there are two makers here. There's the silver maker and the glass maker, and they were completely different," he said, explaining that the glass bottom would have been sent to the silver makers to finish the item.

Andy then added: "It's very easy to date because there's a hallmark, and that tells us that it was made by Mapin and Co. in 1898."

After describing more about how the perfume holder was made, historian Andy soon made it clear that despite its age, the glass bottle wasn't worth too much, and that the mum might have had the right of it not to be fussed.

Addressing Pauline, the antiques expert flippantly said: "So you're keen on it, mum doesn't give a hoot. So the best thing is that you go home with it and save mum from having to handle this junk that's worth - I don't know - 100 to 150 quid. So there we go, nice thing, hey?"

The low valuation came as a complete contrast to a valuation made by Andy this time last year, when he shared that a .

Andy's guest explained that her dad picked up the glass at bric-a-brac market stall. The little goblet was up for grabs for just 10p, but as he liked it he offered 50p instead.

The extra 40 pence paid off, as Andy shared: "George Ravenscroft perfected the formula for lead crystal in 1676, and this is 30 years afterwards. It's about 1705-1710, which dates it at over 300 years old. And it's rare!"

He then valued the centuries-old glass at around £2000, exclaiming. "Have a drink out of it tonight for Dad!" as his guest admitted she was "shaking."

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