Mudlarking 60 - mudlark in the dark
Nov. 6th, 2025 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
squirmeliaMonday was the first time I’ve tried properly mudlarking in the dark. Sunset is so early now that it’s dark by the time I leave work. I took torches and headed at low tide to a place I’d been quite a few times before. Looking for things felt more difficult, but it felt safe enough, particularly as there were two people mudlarking nearby.
Finds:
1. Two Express Dairies fragments - a piece with EDC and a piece with a part of an aster flower.
2. A sherd that says “hot” and has a crown. Perhaps from a hotel?
3. A Gent & Son sherd.
On eBay, you can purchase Gent & Son receipts and on the receipts it says “G.L. Gent & Son” - China, glass & earthenware manufacturers’ agents. The receipts are from 1936 and mention show rooms & office at 4 & 5 Holborn Circus, and warehouses at 3,4 & 5 Bleeding Heart Yard, Charles Street, Hatton Garden. eBay listing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167399050328
4. A large piece of Sampson Bridgwood pottery. Lifelong ironstone.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)
Finds:
1. Two Express Dairies fragments - a piece with EDC and a piece with a part of an aster flower.
2. A sherd that says “hot” and has a crown. Perhaps from a hotel?
3. A Gent & Son sherd.
On eBay, you can purchase Gent & Son receipts and on the receipts it says “G.L. Gent & Son” - China, glass & earthenware manufacturers’ agents. The receipts are from 1936 and mention show rooms & office at 4 & 5 Holborn Circus, and warehouses at 3,4 & 5 Bleeding Heart Yard, Charles Street, Hatton Garden. eBay listing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167399050328
4. A large piece of Sampson Bridgwood pottery. Lifelong ironstone.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)