Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

This vase belonged to my mother-in-law Shirley. She had some interesting clients, and one of them gave her this vase as a gift.

APPRAISER

The mark says "M.P." and "Svres." Svres is one of those magic names, it's one of the most important names. So I thought that the M.P. meant manufacture de porcelaine. Not so. The M.P. is really for a gentleman called Paul Milet. And that studio was in Svres. There was a lawsuit pending from the big porcelain Svres, the manufacture that thought, "Hmm, people are going to see "this M.P. mark and think that the product comes from us." So therefore you have to cease and desist and change your mark." So in 1930, Paul Milet changed his mark from M.P. to P.M. P.M. So this vase would easily go at auction between $1,000 and $1,500, and may very well bring up to $2,000.

GUEST

That's wonderful.