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WOMAN: Well, it was a gift
to my father. My father was a
surgeon who took very good care

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of little old ladies. And
late in his career, one of the
little old ladies gave him this.

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And she wrote a letter, and
in the letter, it said that
the plaque was made in 1790 by

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Josiah Wedgwood for his personal
friend John Wesley, the founder
of the Methodist religion.

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And this patient told him that
she'd spent her life looking
for a Methodist bishop to

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whom she could gift the plaque,
but she couldn't find one.

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APPRAISER: (chuckles)

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GUEST: And she said then in
the letter that she found an
angel in the cloth of a surgeon,

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and she gave it to my father.

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APPRAISER: That's wonderful.
And so when did you get
it? How did you get it?

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GUEST: Well, I'm the only
Methodist of my siblings, and
so it came to me after my father

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died.

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APPRAISER: Okay, well, great.
Well, I, what I love is, I
love family stories of, with

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objects that have a history
like that, especially when
they concern important
and famous people.

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Certainly, Josiah Wedgwood
was important. And John Wesley
was, he was even very important

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and famous in his own time, and
many different English pottery
and porcelain manufacturers

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made figurines and depictions
of him because he was so
important. Now, according to the

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story, the gift was in 1790.
Well, Josiah Wedgwood died
in 1795, and John Wesley died

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in 1791, so that would seem
to fit the story. But then you
have to look at the object and

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see if the object fits
the story. So in 1860s,
Wedgwood started a date
mark system. The back

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is impressed with three letters,
and the last letter is the
year that it was made. And so

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this piece has a date mark on
the back, and it was made in
1884. So this plaque was first

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made in the 18th century, but
throughout the, the period of
Wedgwood manufacturing, they

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remade the plaque because John
Wesley was such an interesting
and important figure.

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So, unfortunately, this doesn't
fit the story exactly, because
it was actually made in 1884.

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It was made by the Wedgwood
company, it does depict John
Wesley, but it was made much,

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much later. In today's market,
this would probably be worth
between $200 and $300. I

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still love that written
documentation, and I
would recommend that
you still keep it with

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it, but now you can write
something else about,
you brought it to the
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, and

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it will just be part of
the history of the piece.

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GUEST: Thank you very much.