Bargain hunter who bought £2 ornament at car boot finds out it's £30,000 'holy grail'
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Amateur metal detectorists uncover hoard of medieval coins worth whopping £150kThey were amazed to discover that the £2 ornament was one of the first pieces produced at London’s famous Chelsea factory around 278 years ago.
It is now going under the hammer with an expected sale price of between £20,000 and £30,000.Auctioneer Charles Hanson said: “It’s extremely important because it demonstrates early attempts to make figures in the mid-18th century.“A sleeping child in a horizontal position would have been far easier to make than a standing figure.Charles says the piece was almost certainly made at the Chelsea factory during its early production period in 1746. “At that time the factory was led by Nicholas Sprimont, a silversmith and entrepreneur who became its first director," he said. "A similar example is in the British Museum incised with the date June 26, 1746.“A find like this is the holy grail for any keen collector of early English porcelain.
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