ANTIQUES Roadshow host Fiona Bruce was left in a stunned silence after learning the price of an impressive "gobstopper". She met with jewellery expert Joanna Hardy for a round of the 'Basic, Better, Best' game - estimating the value of three different items.
In the episode, filmed at Stonor Park in Oxfordshire, Joanna showed off a selection of brightly coloured pearls from clams, shells and mussels.
Showcasing the series of increasingly large pearls, she explained the shiny sea jewels are made from "foreign bodies" getting inside the clams. "It's a foreign body that's got inside, and they try and get rid of that foreign body," she told Fiona of how the pearls are made. "If they can't get rid of it, they will protect itself by forming a.
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