Articles

Letters from the Sea

There’s something indisputably romantic about finding a message in a bottle upon the beach.

Sunken Pirate City: The Port Royal Earthquake of 1692

The colonial town of Port Royal, Jamaica, a haven for pirates, reprobates, and thieves, disappeared into the sea in a matter of seconds in 1692.

The Tale of Frozen Charlotte

Are Frozen Charlotte dolls beautiful, strange, or just flat out creepy?

Through the Looking Glass: Maritime Glass as Sea Glass

The hope of many a sea glass collector that the perfectly aged specimen of colorful glass they found has a centuries-old tale to tell.

Name Your Poison

Sea glass that has a unique shape, pattern, or color can sometimes be traced to poison and perfume bottles.

Historical Bottle Lip Shapes

Assessing the age of a glass vessel often begins with an inspection of the lip, or opening.

Anatomy of a Bottle

A quick run down of standard terms for the parts of a bottle.

Sprite Delight: National Park Bottles

Learn about these limited-edition, collectible National Park Sprite bottles.

Mudlarking Series by Jason Sandy

An ongoing series of articles in about mudlarking on the River Thames.

Mudlarking: Bellarmine Jugs and Witch Bottles

These 16th-century German stoneware jugs have survived intact for 500 years in and along the River Thames.

Nellie Myrtle: The Lady of the Sea

The Outer Banks Beachcomber Museum houses the lifetime of beach finds of Nellie Myrtle Midgett.

Mudlarking: Modern Sacred River

For millennia, the waters of the River Thames have been considered to be sacred, and the river is still sacred to many pilgrims today.

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