GUEST: It is... an enamel by Alexander Fisher that was purchased by my husband's grandfather in 1926.

APPRAISER: You brought this wonderful enamel plaque... GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: set in its original... GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: ...architectural bronze frame.

He did sign the plaque, and dated it 1901.

He was an Englishman, born in 1864.

He died in 1936.

And he was a master of the enameling technique.

Fisher won a scholarship to attend the National Art Training School in London, where he studied in the mid-1880s.

And part of that then became a traveling scholarship to go on and study enameling in France, uh, and Italy.

But I think it was with the French masters that he really developed the techniques that he brought back to both create works with and to teach others about.

After his studies in the mid-1880s, he came back to London and established his own studio where he both created enamel and taught enameling.

This form of enameling is painted enamel, and the depiction comes from the, the verse from Genesis under it-- "The sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair."

It's a magnificent, magnificent example of his work.

And you have this letter from Fisher, dated 1926, in which he writes how special this work is.

"P.S.

I am so glad the enamel is a pleasure to you.

It was a great effort as a piece of enamel.

There's nothing like it in the world."

While we know there are other Fisher enamels out there... GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: That, that says something, that he said that 100 years ago.

Despite the very minor condition issues, it's a magnificent item.

This truly is a museum-quality work of art.

Do you have an idea of what it would cost originally?

GUEST: We don't have a receipt, but we were told he paid $8,000 for it.

APPRAISER: And in about what year?

GUEST: 1926.

APPRAISER: Okay.

GUEST: When the letter was written.

APPRAISER: Well, that would've been a lot of money... GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: ...back then, but that's appropriate, because, again, at the time, he was an important creator of these things.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: This should be insured for $100,000.

GUEST: (softly): Oh, wow... Whew.

(chuckling): That's quite a bit, yeah.

Wow.

(laughing): I guess better up the insurance a little bit.

(laughs) Wow.