GUEST: Along with my sister, I inherited this in 2021 from our mother.

She inherited it from a foreign service officer that she worked with.

And this foreign service officer was stationed in a lot of countries in Asia.

This is one in a collection of jade, and I believe marble, pieces.

APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

GUEST: She was very fond of jade APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

GUEST: ...this foreign service officer lady.

She liked to collect jade, marble, and all these Asian trinkets.

And my mom loved them, so she displayed them.

And we keep them in a box.

(chuckles) APPRAISER: Let me just turn it around and you'll see here as it fits the silver mount nicely chased with bats.

And we have bats surmounting either side here.

And the handle's nicely chased to the underside.

And there's the garment hook.

This would have been tied into a garment.

There are two pieces of jade.

Neither one started life with an intention to become a hand mirror.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: So the jade is likely 18th century, Chinese, it's a celadon whitish jade, very well carved, great detail.

It depicts peaches, the Chinese auspicious symbol for bounty, life, longevity, abundance, a long-extended life.

The lower jade is a garment hook or a belt hook.

That's a stylized dragon.

So it's possible that the hand mirror was comprised in the 1920s, that was Edwardian or early 20th century period of the vanity or the brush set.

GUEST: Sure.

APPRAISER: So that would be consistent with dating this piece.

And it's likely that the fitted box was contemporary to the construction of the hand mirror.

The value in a retail setting, the box and the hand mirror together, would be $10,000.

GUEST: Oh, wow!

Okay!

Good to know!

(chuckles) It's exciting.