Mudlarking 81 - Half a leafy marble and a rounded bottle

A lunchtime lark. “Have you found anything?” the tourists asked and I told them I hadn't.

I headed underneath the wharf, further from tourists.

I walked back up the steps and a man asked me what I was looking for and I told him anything, and that I'd found bits of pottery and glass. He sounded disappointed when I said I hadn't found any coins.

Finds including:

A piece of a bottle that is rounded on the end and is quite thick glass. Different design to the usual torpedo bottles, but presumably also designed to be stored on its side. Possibly 1880s? Seems like these ones: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/85594594/1800s-round-bottom-bottle-collection-set?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

A few pieces of Westerwald salt glazed stoneware.

A sherd that says “FPC” on it, which stands for Fine Pottery Company. This could be from the 1980s. Perhaps it has this kind of print: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4351064965/vintage-fpc-england-stoneware-mugs?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

A stone with a face.

Half a stone marble? It has a little green leaf pattern on the side and a zig-zag pattern on top.

A glass thing that looks like it has something metal inside it. Not sure what this has broken off of.



(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)

Mudlarking 82

It was dark and raining and low tide had already passed. I crossed Blackfriars bridge and hesitated about going down to the foreshore. I found just a piece of Staffordshire style combed Slipware before giving up.



(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)