Q: I have a very tall slim jug, about 14 inches tall. It has a yellow background with trees on it, which look as if they were hand painted. On the base it has the name Radford. Mrs A.

A. This vase dates from the 1930s and was one of many designs featuring either woodland or flowers from a firm founded by Edward Radford.

Born in the 1880s, he served with distinction in the First World War, being awarded the Military Cross, and after the First World War founded his own pottery in Stoke-on-Trent.

All the painting was done by hand and no two designs are ever quite the same which does make them of particular interest to collectors. This particular jug is worth about £200 or so, and most of his vases these days are worth between £100 and £200, though rarer pieces can fetch more.

Q: A relative has a very nice Royal Doulton Character Jug of King Henry VIII. It has the number D6642 on the base as well as the Royal Doulton mark.

She has had it about 20 years. What is it worth? Mr W.

A. This particular Toby Jug is one of a huge range done by Royal Doulton, and it was introduced in 1975 and has been in production ever since. Current value is around £50 to £60. The value of these character jugs can accelerate quite quickly once they have been discontinued but those in continuous production stay fairly static.

Q: I have a tin box which at a glance looks like it's a set of books.

There are eight volumes in a line, red in colour with gold decoration, and there is a strap around them holding them together, but the whole thing is a fake, it's actually a tin box with a lift up lid. I have never seen one before. Is it worth anything? Mr E.

A. This box was issued about 100 years ago by the biscuit firm of Huntley and Palmer. They made an extraordinary range of novelty biscuit tins, some of them in the form of vehicles or windmills and all these tins are now very collectable.

Although popular at the time, many examples have been discarded over the years as they have either rusted or become damaged, so surviving examples in good condition do fetch significant amounts.

This particular example is worth around £200, but some of the more novel examples particularly ones with moving parts such as windmills, can fetch more than a £1,000.