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READ MORE: Antiques Roadshow guest gasps after finding out pistol given as a gift is worth £20kTalking to expert Hilary Kay, the guest spoke about his grandmother's relationship with silk and sericulture.Tom said: "This is fantastic Hillary!"Granny really was in the world of sericulture, in the world of silk."And this is the original silk moth here Bombyx mori."He added: "These and the eggs around it were responsible for the Queen's wedding dress!"The Queen's spectacular wedding gown was made from ivory silk satin, and was encrusted with 10,000 seed pearls. It was also embroidered with star lilies and orange blossoms.

ANTIQUES Roadshow fans were left gobsmacked after two guests brought an incredible moment of history onto the BBC show. Fiona Bruce hosted the episode, held at Porchester Castle, Hampshire, and we were introduced to two siblings with a very valuable letter.

Antiques Roadshow left professional tennis player Elizabeth James in tears as she reminisced over her career when having her Wimbledon dresses valued. Liz, who featured as a guest on a recent episode of the BBC program, presented expert Hilary Kay with a dress embroidered with the Prince of Wales feathers as the show stopped off in Dyffryn Gardens near Cardiff, South Wales.

AN ANTIQUES Roadshow guest was left crushed after learning some "devastating" news about Harry Potter memorabilia. Sunday's edition of the BBC show was filmed at Dyffryn Gardens and saw expert Hilary Kay meet a man with a brass locomotive cab-side number plate.

Antiques Roadshow.The player was at Wimbledon a total of five times, first in 1967 and again in 1969 and 1971, and she brought along a few of her outfits for expert Hilary Kay to inspect.Things started off cheekily when Hilary said: "They are made by the name that we think of with women's tennis dresses - Teddy Tinling. "He rose to fame in a rather flamboyant way in the 1940s when he created a dress for a tennis player which was quite short and had a pair of frilly lace knickers under it.

AN ANTIQUES Roadshow guest was left wincing after an expert spotted something VERY wrong with their vintage Barbies. A recent episode of the BBC show saw expert Hilary Kay meet a female guest who had brought in a collection of Barbie dolls in their original boxes.

Antiques Roadshow has been left gobsmacked after a tiny heirloom was valued at £4,000 to £5,000.The woman recently appeared on the BBC show with a small wooden walnut shell, smaller in size than a golf ball.Buried inside was a miniature globe, marked with intricate paintings of countries and old-fashioned writing.But despite its slightly unassuming nature, it transpired that the object was a valuable relic of the past.Unfolding the walnut shell, expert Hilary Kay observed: “It’s a walnut shell with a surprise, because you open it up, and the surprise is this tiny, tiny globe.”The woman explained that the object had been in her family since her grandfather had bought it, before it had been stored away in the back of a cabinet.“Until I was older I never really was allowed to open the globe,” she said.In fact, spinning the globe around to examine, Hilary observed that it was so old, that Australia was labelled as New Holland, the name it was given until 1817.And, describing how this was only the second such globe she’d ever seen, the expert claimed that it had been made by Carl Bauer, an artist active in the early 20th century.“They were in business as globe-makers in Nuremberg in Germany,” she added. “It’s a real rarity.”“Wow,” the guest replied.

AN ANTIQUES Roadshow guest was clearly stunned as he was told the huge value of his John Lennon drawing. The mouth-dropping valuation was made even more significant, as the piece had once been lost and its whereabouts unknown.

Antiques Roadshow.In an episode of the BBC One show, that first aired on May 6, expert Hilary Kay examined the item and gave her professional opinion.She revealed it could worth as much as £7,000 or a mere £200 – and it all depended on having the paperwork.The guest told her: "My grandfather inherited this toolkit from Florence Nightingale, who was his great aunt."Hilary said: "So let's just think about Florence Nightingale herself."She was born in 1820 she was named Florence because she was born in Florence."Girls at that time were not expected to have an education - Florence's father was very forward-looking wasn't he?"She persuaded her father to allow her to go to Germany to study nursing, which she did."And then of course the Crimean

Antiques Roadshow guests dream of finding out their old family heirlooms or collectables are worth a fortune on the popular BBC show.

Antiques Roadshow viewers were left shaken this evening after a member of the public produced a haunting old trinket.