Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

I got this in Beatrice, Nebraska, about 30, 35 years ago in an antique store.

APPRAISER

Okay.

GUEST

And I know nothing about it.

APPRAISER

Okay, about what did you pay for it, you remember?

GUEST

Not exactly, but I'm sure I wouldn't have paid over $25.

APPRAISER

Okay, well, what's your best guess? What do you think it is?

GUEST

Well, let's put it this way-- I'd like to have it be a nice piece, I'd like to have it be Weller, might be Roseville. I don't know what it is.

APPRAISER

Well, you're in the ballpark, you're right in the right area. This is actually made in Zanesville, Ohio, but it's McCoy.

GUEST

McCoy, really?

APPRAISER

It's early Brush-McCoy-- this line is called "Jewel." You got a matte background and then this high-glaze enameled... It's got, like, a squeeze-bag technique.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

Of putting on the enamel decoration.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

And this was introduced in 1923, and at that point, this is some of the best stuff in that part of the United States that was being made.

GUEST

Is that right?

APPRAISER

It really, as far as this type of art pottery. And then after the 1920s, then their quality began to decline a lot, going to more utilitarian-type stuff. This is a really desirable vase, and for this line, it's a quite large one.

GUEST

Oh.

APPRAISER

They're usually much smaller than that, and our estimate is, this is worth between $700 and $1,000.

GUEST

Okay.