Ornament used as a doorstop for 40 years turns out to be a precious Quinlong vase worth £250,000

Nice littler urn-er: Ornament used as a doorstop for 40 years turns out to be a precious Quinlong vase worth £250,000

The nine-inch-tall antique is a carved brush pot dating back 300 years when it would have been used to store calligraphers' brushes. But for decades, it has propped open the living room door of a Hertfordshire home.