Valuing a vintage ski ceramic on BBC 1′s Antiques Roadshow

    It was an unexpected treat to see some vintage ski ephemera pop up on BBC’s Sunday institution, ‘Antiques Roadshow’ recently.  Decorative plaques were very popular in the 1930s and continued to adorn many walls right up to the 1960s & 70s - witness the cheesy plaster flying ducks on Hilda Ogden’s wall in Coronation Street.  This unusual ski plaque also appeared in Lancashire when the Roadshow team visited the magnificent Victorian gothic masterpiece of Manchester’s Town Hall. And our skier even sports the same tight curls of the venerable and much missed Mrs. Ogden. [...]