Slab of likely 1960s concretion with brown tiles, probably from a wall but could be floor. Posed in my hand on the Thames Foreshore at low tide, the Shard and London Bridge in the distance.
Yeah. Not a slab of chocolate but concretion with brown tiles, and definitely has a 1960s interior décor look, if you ask me. The river has forever been used as a dustbin for building rubble, whether Roman or from the modern era #Mudlark #ThamesForeshore
From a recent mudlarking trip to the Thames Foreshore, a lovely piece of worked bone with a hole drilled in the centre. My guess is 18th/19th century because of the location, but I have no idea what it might have been used for, perhaps a gaming piece? Ideas welcome 1/ #mudlark #ThamesForeshore
Blue on white pottery sherd found on the Thames Foreshore & showing a gent dressed in a Grecian style toga, lounging nonchalantly on a stone seat.
Hot weather style goalz. Ten out of ten for nonchalant lounging in a Grecian toga & styling it out with a dinky bracelet #mudlark #ThamesForeshore
The Thames Foreshore next to Waterloo Bridge at low tide. Someone has clearly thrown a square coffee table into the river, where it lies on its side in the mud and gravel.
Someone partied wildly on New Year’s Eve #ThamesForeshore
The sun is *finally* making an appearance after a week of anticyclonic gloom. Hurrah! Meanwhile up on the embankment restaurant staff are putting up Christmas decorations while I wait for the tide to go out #mudlark #ThamesForeshore
Sorry, that should be #ThamesForeshore not #ThamesForrshore This morning I appears to be rolling my rrrrrs like a French woman 🇫🇷
George III silver sixpence & a furriers’ hook. Both found close together on the #ThamesForeshore for the simple reason that the river groups finds together by weight, and metal attracts metal, so you never know when that unprepossessing pile of rusting ships’ nails will yield something nice #mudlark
Proper bucket list find for me from the #ThamesForeshore yesterday. The exciting glint of gold revealing my first complete (though ever so slightly squished) thimble. Not real gold, obvs, but copper alloy, the colour beautifully preserved in anaerobic (oxygen free) river mud 1/
Spot the find, a beauty from today’s #mudlark on the #ThamesForeshore Just emerging from the river’s anaerobic mud 💥
Full post later.
Very much enjoying the Ancient Greek lounge lizard look here though not sure about the white tights #VictorianTransferware #Sherd #ThamesForeshore #Mudlark
Back to the river today, en route via London Bridge this morning. At last it’s stopped raining for five minutes #blueskies #mudlark #ThamesForeshore
We’re nearly at the end of June so here are some of my best #mudlarking finds from the #ThamesForeshore this month.
From the top, left to right:
• fluted-design clay pipe, 19thC
• Victorian-era apothecary bottle from ‘WHITE & Co, BISHOP’S RD, W (Paddington)
• 19thC Halfpenny stoneware inkwell -
Haven’t seen many of these lads in my garden at all this year
*stares bleakly out of window at leaden skies*
#mudlark #ThamesForeshore
Thames treasure. Buttons, pins, pin-ties, agate, aglet & a tiny white fossilised crinoid ossicle that I originally thought was a bead. Also, a pouty lip-shaped oyster shell to display my beauties #mudlark #ThamesForeshore
Mudlarking finds display cabinet needing a bit of a sort-out this morning. My assistant is on hand to help #mudlark #Didier #ThamesForeshore
Well, the weather escalated quickly today in SW London. From a breezy, blowsy blue to steel grey skies, fierce wind and torrential downpours. As you were, Spring, as you were #Mudlark #ThamesForeshore
From small beginnings yesterday (and Didier distractions) I am slowly getting there…
#Mudlark #MudlarkingFinds #Drawings #ThamesForeshore
Moody scenes from the #ThamesForeshore across the last four damp weeks. Spanning SW London to the City, most of my photos are untouched but *coughs* I do admit to the occasional use of an Instagram filter for dramatic effect
*Eric Morecambe grin to camera*
Mean skies over the River Thames in SW London this afternoon. Spring is definitely waiting in the wings but winter’s refusing to leave the stage #Mudlark #ThamesForeshore
Foreshore finds from this week. Inks, other bottles, marbles, pottery sherds, clay pipe bowl. Also, lots and lots of plastic vapes, far more than pictured here. I always try to pick up as many as I can when mudlarking and dispose of them properly #Mudlark #ThamesForeshore
And no surprise that when you’re mudlarking a short distance from Sloane Square the occasional solid silver Chanel brooch pops up via the river #MadeInChelsea #Mudlark #ThamesForeshore
When your iPhone accidentally takes a selfie of you falling over onto your arse #Mudlark #ThamesForeshore
Thames found marbles - made from stone, clay & glass. Top right hand corner is a tartan-looking ‘Striped China’, part of a Victorian carpet boules set #mudlark #ThamesForeshore
River steps (rebuilt from older ones that had rotted away.) Portal to the past & my office for today #Mudlark #ThamesForeshore
