GUEST: My husband purchased this sometime in the '60s in Philadelphia.

APPRAISER: Okay.

GUEST: We've always wondered about it.

We love the look of it.

The markings are Tiffany.

APPRAISER: So what we have here is a Tiffany Studios turtle-back jeweled bronze inkstand.

It's got this wonderful bronze with this greenish patina to it that it developed over time.

And you've got this wonderful turtle top with the iridescent glass.

You have the original glass liner, which is great.

So often these t, these things get broken over time.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Now, there's actually three parts.

See, this actually shouldn't come out.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: And it has a little solder mark at the base.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

APPRAISER: It is a little bit of a condition issue.

And I would advise that you get that resoldered into, um, the base of it so that it sits still there.

And now let's look at the mark.

You've got that "Tiffany Studios New York" mark on the base.

It's dead center.

But what's interesting about this piece is, there's no number.

Usually, you have a, a number stamped into it under the "Tiffany Studios," which leads me to believe that this is an early piece.

And Tiffany Studios produced their catalogue in 1906.

Uh, so I think that this dates somewhere between 1902 and 1905, because there is no number on there.

But the great thing is, all of these jewels are original to it, as is the lid.

A wonderful object, with its original liner.

It is worth, in today's marketplace at auction, $3,000 to $5,000.

GUEST: Oh, wow, very good.

APPRAISER: (laughing) GUEST: That's good to know.