Tonight's episode of Antiques Roadshow on BBC took viewers on a culinary journey through history.The show delved into various kitchen gadgets from the past, including intricate cork screws, mandolines and silver spoons.
During the Derbyshire roadshow, one guest was taken aback when she discovered the 'true' purpose of an antique kitchen item she'd been using as a fruit bowl.
Expert Duncan Campbell, pointing to the gleaming silver object on the table, began: "I'm guessing by the immaculate shine on this that this is an object that in your house gets used virtually every day." The guest revealed that the item, which she had inherited from her grandparents via her mother, was being used as a fruit bowl because they got "tired of cleaning it".
When she confessed she "didn't know what it was for", Campbell disclosed that the item was crafted around 130 years ago during a period when hosting a posh tea party was all the rage. "This would have been full of biscuits," he declared, to which the guest responded: "Well...
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