AN ANTIQUES Roadshow guest was left teary eyed after getting a whopping evaluation on a Ludwig glass plate. The BBC show took a visit to Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire.
A guest from one of the local area’s famous glass companies presented the experts with glassware. The guest told Will Farmer: "They’re family pieces.
My great-grandfather was Frederick Engelbert Kny, who was a well-known glass engraver in Stourbridge." Will said: "We are talking about one of the big names in the Stourbridge glass industry in the 19th century." Describing the detail of the plate, Will explained: "We’re talking about a layer of opal glass laid over ruby, which is then cut back to reveal the pattern and the colour. "Then, it would be onto the next step,.
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