Identifying Beach Pottery
There are infinite ideas for shaping and decorating clay pieces, and here are some ways to help identify them.
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Mudlarking: Bottles filled with history
Old bottles recovered from the Thames are filled with intriguing backstories about the people who once used them.
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Mudlarking finds that are literally good enough to eat
Some people baked bread, others took up gardening, but Ella Hawkins, design historian, found her niche during lockdown: biscuit art.
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Mudlarking: Fantastic Beasts of the Thames
For millennia, London has been home to a wide variety of animals, and mudlarks have found traces of these ancient and modern beasts.
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Beachcombing in a Medieval Castle Moat
Imagine if you were given the opportunity to go beachcombing in the drained moat of a medieval castle in Europe.
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Hands on History
Travel through London and see history through the lost objects recovered from the Thames.
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Mudlarking: Keep It Together! Dress Fasteners and Cufflinks
Toggles, clasps, dress fasteners, hooked tags, and cufflinks tell the story of fashion and culture throughout the ages in Britain.
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Nightlarking with Jason Sandy
Jason Sandy and some mudlarking friends search for long-lost treasures along the River Thames after dark.
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Beach Reads
Three books take us on trips to beaches along the shores of the ocean and river.
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Adventures in the Mud: Thames Mudlarking
This book takes you on a journey through London's history through the artifacts found by modern treasure hunters.
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Mudlarking: Colorful Utopian Visions
At low tide on the River Thames, colorful pottery sherds lie waiting to be discovered.
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Strangest Finds from the Thames
Mudlark Jason Sandy shares some of the strangest things found on the banks of the River Thames.
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