Antiques Roadshow pottery expert Henry Sandon dies at 95

Henry Sandon on the Antiques Roadshow in 2011. His son John said he was like a ‘favourite uncle’ to viewers. Photograph: Geoff Moore/REX/Shutterstock

One of the most beloved experts on the Antiques Roadshow, pottery guru Henry Sandon, has died at the age of 95.

Appointed curator of the Dyson Perrins Museum at the Royal Worcester factory in 1967, Sandon joined BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow for its second series in 1979.