I have a few household accidents, maybe drop a cup or two, smash a plate - but nothing like this has ever happened to me before
Nick Flynn
The vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, were donated to the museum in 1948 and were among its best-known artifacts. They had been sitting on a window sill beside the staircase for 40 years.
The museum did not identify Flynn, but he was tracked down by British newspapers.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2006/02/06/1428359-ap.html