Our top finds

We've chosen some of our favourite finds brought along by visitors during the current series. Follow the links below to discover the fascinating histories of these items.

Episode 23 - Stowe House

• Henry Bone portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots

• Dickin award collection

• F.M. Alexander portrait

• Jackie Stewart cups

Episode 22 - Chepstow Racecourse

• U-Boat binoculars

• Cathedral in a light bulb

• Vizagapatam box

• Slingerland guitar c1944

Episode 21 - Farnborough

• Aeroplane pioneer Samuel Cody

• Great Train robbers’ Monopoly board

• Mammoth tooth

• Locket containing Charles I’s hair

Episode 20 - Castle Coole

• 17th Century wooden trade chair

• War grave cross

• Ballet Russes dancing figurines

• Collecting powder compacts

Episode 19 - Cheltenham Town Hall

• Author Laurie Lee's furniture

• Maquette for bronze sculpture of gandhi

• Mementos of the 1912 Polar Expedition

• Brick from demolition of Spandau Prison

Episode 18 - Cheltenham Town Hall

• Civil War silver

• Norwegian resistance

• Royal doll

• Motoring trophy

Episode 17 - Newstead Abbey

• Royal Coronation tickets

• Late 18th Century memorial ring

• Rudolph Valentino screen print

• Biscuit porcelain figure c1851

Episode 16 - Chatham Historic Dockyard

• Napoleonic prisoner of war work

• 18th Century Chinese brush pot

• Walking stick collection

• Royal Doulton vase

Episode 15 - Chatham Historic Dockyard

• Poison bottle collection

• SS Great Eastern collection

• Fabergé necklace

• Dresden cupids

Episode 14 - Cawdor Castle

• Charles Rennie Mackintosh chair

• Aboriginal painting of a tortoise

• Wemyss umbrella stand

• Queen Anne chest

Episode 13 - Stowe House

• Autograph book of Victoria Cross recipients

• Sevastopol sketchbook

• Oxford Boat Race oar

• Francis Bacon stool

Episode 12 - Fountains Abbey

• Tang Dynasty figures

• Donald Campbell album

• Inuit carvings

• Fijian war club

Episode 10 - Wightwick Manor

• Dutch Delft plate

• German parachute silk

• Early 18th Century glass

• George V’s RAF jacket

Episode 9 - Aberystwyth University

• Eisteddfod chairs

• Chinese silver dish

• Van Dyck or not Van Dyck?

• Poole Pottery collection

Episode 8 - Falmouth National Maritime Museum

• Titanic postcard

• Grenadier drum

• Tin ingot collection

• Hiroshima bronze horse

Episode 7 - Falmouth National Maritime Museum

• Lifeboat board

• Castellani brooch

• Toy rollercoaster

• Clarice Cliff Art Deco mask

Episode 6 - Farnborough

• HMS Hood collection

• Campaign bookcase

• WWI letter

• D-Day announcement

Episode 5 - Scarborough Grand Spa hall

• Mouseman memorial

• Spanish dancer by Lenci

• Etchings by Eli Marsden Wilson

• Polynesian tribal weapon

Episode 4 - St Andrews University

• Japanese inro, ojime and netsuke

• The white feather

• King Edward VII memorabilia collection

Episode 3 - Port Sunlight

• Lamorna Birch painting

• Sienese painting

• Apollo Moon landing thruster

Episode 2 - Port Sunlight

• Matchstick Buckingham Palace

• German deck watch

• Portrait of Shakespeare

• Manillas

Episode 1 - RAF Marham

• Tunbridge ware sewing clamp

• No.2 Squadron diary

• Pickwick Papers book belonging to Captain Oates

• Archibald Knox clock