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This brooch containing 75 diamonds and 34 emeralds, was found inside of this caravan in Cornwall (Gilboy's Workshop / SWNS)

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A charity for inner city kids had a ‘Del Boy’ moment after a broach worth tens of thousands of pounds was found inside a battered desk – in a run-down CARAVAN.

This brooch containing 75 diamonds and 34 emeralds, was found inside of this caravan in Cornwall (Gilboy's Workshop / SWNS)
This brooch containing 75 diamonds and 34 emeralds, was found inside of this caravan in Cornwall (Gilboy’s Workshop / SWNS)

The precious jewel contains 75 diamonds and 34 emeralds and was discovered hidden in a secret drawer of a 19th-century bureau.

The piece of furniture was in a caravan on a farm in Dartmoor in Devon belonging to the Shallowford Trust, a charity giving inner-city children an experience of countryside life.

The Trust thought the chest could be spruced up to raise some money so asked antiques expert Simon Gilboy to take it to his workshop in Staverton, near Totnes.

But when Will Arscott and apprentice Archie Newnham-Dibley set about restoring it, they found a secret drawer which housed a box from Royal jewellers Garrard and Company.

The box was marked “Lady Braund” – the name of the mother of Shallowford’s founder, Elizabeth Braund.

Elizabeth Braund MBE who died in 2013 (Local World / SWNS)
Elizabeth Braund MBE who died in 2013 (Local World / SWNS)

Quoting Only Fools and Horses, Mr Arscott presented his boss with the find, saying, “This year, Rodney, we’ll be millionaires!”

A jeweller confirmed that the stones were genuine.

Mr Gilboy said: “It is quite amazing, worth four or five thousand pounds based just on the value of the stones. But if the provenance can be proved it could be worth many tens of thousands of pounds.”

Now the Trust is searching through Braund family albums for a photograph of Elizabeth or Lady Braund wearing the brooch, to help date the find.

Discovered with the 2.5 by 1.25 inch brooch were letters from a young Elizabeth to her mother.

(Gilboy's Workshop / SWNS)
(Gilboy’s Workshop / SWNS)

Shallowford Trust manager Debbie Sandels said: “It is very exciting. It will make a difference to our work, absolutely.”

Archie Newnham-Dibley with the secret drawer and the bureau (Gilboy's Workshop / SWNS)
Archie Newnham-Dibley with the secret drawer and the bureau (Gilboy’s Workshop / SWNS)

The discovery is good timing for the charity, which is trying to turn farm buildings into accommodation for the children.

The project will cost several hundred thousand pounds, with some money coming from the Braund family legacy.

Mr Gilboy said: “It’s not unusual to find letters or coins in a piece of furniture. We once found a ring, which was returned to the owners.

“Out business is built on trust. Anything found while we are restoring a piece for owners is given to them.

“If a piece is bought at auction it is different, but if it is bought from an owner there could be a moral dilemma.

“Had we bought the piece, rather than being asked to restore it for them, we would have felt duty bound to return the brooch to help fund the trust.”

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