The Antiques Roadshow has had its fair share of weird and wonderful finds over the years, but an item in tonight’s episode [15 March 2020] might just take the cake.
A giant, varnished nut, called a coco de mer, resembling a backside had onlookers (and social media commentators) fascinated.
We’re still not quite sure what it’s meant to be, but we’re guessing… an ornament? ‘I’m a collector, in the sense of a really old style collector,’ said antiques expert Marc Allum. ‘I love the idea of a cabinet of curiosities.
One of the most essential items in one of those is a coco de mer.’ The coco de mer is also known as a lodoecea: it is a type of sea coconut from the Seychelles.The item’s owner explained that he discovered the item in the attic of
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