Mudlarking 59
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squirmeliaFinds included:
1. The remains of an Ed. Pinaud bottle
A lot of the items I find on the Thames foreshore were made in London or Stoke-on-Trent, but not this one, as it’s from Paris!
Ed. Pinaud was founded in 1830 in Paris and they made products such as perfumes and hair tonics.
This bottle is likely to be from the late 1800s or early 1900s, and perhaps it contained perfume.
Examples of an Ed. Pinaud bottle on EBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376464528873
2. An OXO sherd.
This was possibly part of an OXO cup from around the 1920s.
Example of a similar OXO cup on Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157338619683
3. A Crescent Geo Jones & Son sherd
I’ve found one of these before, but this time I saw a piece with a pattern that a fellow mudlark found. I think it was the same pattern as in the bottom left here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/squirmelia/54822210624/in/dateposted/
George Jones & Sons were Stoke potters, in operation from 1873 - 1957.
4. Talbot sherd - I’ll post separately about this one.
5. Johnson sherd.
This is likely from Johnson Bros, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, who were in operation from 1883. I like the pictures on the potteries page of the toilets the Johnson Bros created!
6. Black and orange glass handle, gifted to me by a fellow mudlark.
7. Hotel sherd. Not identified where this one is from.
8. GPO Refreshment branch, gifted to me by a fellow mudlark. This one is different to the one I found before, as I think it might have said “GPO Refreshment Branch East”, where as my previous one said GPO West. The GPO East building was the one across the road from my old office.
9. More pieces of an Express Dairies aster flower design.
10. Ridgway sherd.
11. Bits of bottles - one says “ER” on the bottom, another says “stre”
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)
1. The remains of an Ed. Pinaud bottle
A lot of the items I find on the Thames foreshore were made in London or Stoke-on-Trent, but not this one, as it’s from Paris!
Ed. Pinaud was founded in 1830 in Paris and they made products such as perfumes and hair tonics.
This bottle is likely to be from the late 1800s or early 1900s, and perhaps it contained perfume.
Examples of an Ed. Pinaud bottle on EBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376464528873
2. An OXO sherd.
This was possibly part of an OXO cup from around the 1920s.
Example of a similar OXO cup on Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157338619683
3. A Crescent Geo Jones & Son sherd
I’ve found one of these before, but this time I saw a piece with a pattern that a fellow mudlark found. I think it was the same pattern as in the bottom left here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/squirmelia/54822210624/in/dateposted/
George Jones & Sons were Stoke potters, in operation from 1873 - 1957.
4. Talbot sherd - I’ll post separately about this one.
5. Johnson sherd.
This is likely from Johnson Bros, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, who were in operation from 1883. I like the pictures on the potteries page of the toilets the Johnson Bros created!
6. Black and orange glass handle, gifted to me by a fellow mudlark.
7. Hotel sherd. Not identified where this one is from.
8. GPO Refreshment branch, gifted to me by a fellow mudlark. This one is different to the one I found before, as I think it might have said “GPO Refreshment Branch East”, where as my previous one said GPO West. The GPO East building was the one across the road from my old office.
9. More pieces of an Express Dairies aster flower design.
10. Ridgway sherd.
11. Bits of bottles - one says “ER” on the bottom, another says “stre”
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)