through its treasures and your stories. i'm rhea feikin. public television viewers are curious by nature and find meaning in the artifacts of the past. you can see this all around the studio in the astonishing range of items that people have brought to share with us. let's see what's arrived today... appraiser: you've brou ght a beautiful item today. what can you tell us about it? guest: well, my parents inherited this probably about 40 years ago from a very, very dear family friend who really was a part of the family. and it was always one of those things that my mother put it on the shelf and we weren't allowed to touch it. and, you know, as i got older, we started looking at markings and that type of thing. i'm aware it's russian cloisonnÉ. and i had been able to find online similar items but not an item like this, spoons and that type of thing. appraiser: one of the first things that we noticed was that the very top of the tea caddy was engraved with three initials.