Antiques Roadshow

APPRAISER

This tankard is silver. It's solid silver. And it's made by Francis Richardson, whose mark is right here. A very rare, highly regarded Philadelphia silversmith, who made this tankard about 1710.

GUEST

Wow.

APPRAISER

In Philadelphia. So this is a very, very valuable tankard.

GUEST

I was told it was in the area of $10,000 to $15,000.

APPRAISER

Well, I think you can safely double that.

GUEST

Double it?

APPRAISER

Yeah. It would be worth at least $20,000 to $30,000 at auction. Francis Richardson is one of the most rare makers in the entire field of 18th-century American silver.

GUEST

$20,000 to $30,000, it'd buy a few jellybeans.

APPRAISER

Yes, it would.