Mudlarking 35 - Near Custom House

A few groups of people walked down onto the foreshore briefly before leaving again and leaving me alone with the river. This section tends to be popular with tourists as it is near the Tower of London, and people were taking photos of each other, posing by the river.

Another dead eel, always sad, and some legs of a crab.

I found 3 unusually shaped pieces of glass, some flint, Staffordshire slipware sherds, Westerwald sherds, Metropolitan slipware sherds, part of what might have been a handle, a piece of pipe with maker’s initials, and a pipe stem that looks like it has been squashed.

It was so hot by the river, but I didn't want to leave.

Mudlarking - 36 - A Wapping jar of marmalade

I arrived in Wapping hungry, so ate a vegan cinnamon bun and a blueberry croissant and coffee from Cinnamon.

There seemed to be a group gathering outside the station. I often avoid going to Wapping as the Thames Explorer Trust organises tours there frequently, but I checked and one didn't seem to be happening today.

Then down to the foreshore, on a hot and sunny day. People had put out their deckchairs and were basking in the sun.

I walked to the right when I went down the New Crane Stairs. A man was peering into pools of water, and wearing gloves, so definitely mudlarking.

I walked onwards, towards Hermitage Moorings.

Canada Geese swam past.

Past the moorings, by where the police are, I came across a group who were mudlarking, so turned back the other way. I later looked up who they were and it seems they were the group who gathered outside the station - seems to be a Meetup group - “The London Cultureseekers Group”.

I watched swans pecking at algae on wooden posts.

Today’s finds were all pottery sherds and pieces of glass. The glass shimmered beautifully in the sun and I can never resist combware.

The large piece in the top left is likely to be part of a Victorian marmalade jar, made by Maling, who were based in Newcastle. I didn’t lick it to see if you could still taste the marmalade.

In the bottom left is a delicate elaborate handle, probably from a cup.