Lara Maiklem FSA - The London Mudlarkさんのイラストまとめ

A Georgian cufflink with a glass jewel. The Roman used glass to imitate precious stones, in 1674 an English glassmaker created sparkly glass by adding more lead oxide more lead was added in the 18th c so the glass stronger so that it could be cut and polished to a brighter bling

Charles I stepped onto the wooden scaffold in front of Banqueting Hall on a bitterly cold day on 30 January 1649, exactly 373 years ago today.
Perhaps one of these Caroline coins, all found on the Thames foreshore, was in the pocket of a bystander.

#Mudlarking #Mudlark #Larking

A procession from @Southwarkcathed on the south side and St Magnus the Martyr, met in the middle of London Bridge today to bless the river. Although it seems to be an ancient tradition, it has only been happening since the early 2000s

S – SKULL
Found on the Thames Estuary and likely to be a prisoner from a prison hulk moored there in 18th & 19th c. Reported to the police and currently at Leicester Uni, hopefully going to Murdoch Uni, Australia for more research. Read more on my Instagram and FB pages

R – ROMAN MELON BEAD
I found this little bead hidden in a patch of shingle. It dates from between 43 and 200 AD. It may have been worn by a woman as part of a string of beads, by a child on a simple leather thong or it may even have decorated a cavalry soldier’s horse harness

N – NEEDLES AND NEEDLE CASE
For every 300 or more pins I find, I might find a needle. They are rare and this is all I have. The little pewter needle case is missing it’s top, but dates from the 16th–17th century.

#Mudlark #Larking #Mudlark

L – LOVE TOKEN
It’s amazing how many love tokens mudlarks find in the Thames: a gold brooch, an engraved Victorian coin, a 16th century posey ring, bent 17th and 18th century sixpences and a modern silver heart. Some lost, others thrown in, the Thames is a river of broken hearts

More lovely clay squidges, filled with the fingerprints of long forgotten kiln workers. Waste from a stoneware kiln, dumped on the foreshore over 250 years ago, they are pieces of clay used to support and separate pottery in the kiln and salt glazed at the same time

Found wedged against a piece of rubble and snatched from the river between waves last week, this is an Edward I (1239-1307) halfpenny, minted in London. Known as Longshanks, at 6ft 2in tall he had such an impressive presence and ferocious temper it's said he scared a man to death

Enamel badge from a recent foreshore foray. England’s three lions have a long history dating back to Henry I in the 12th c. Henry II added the third lion when he married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1154 then Richard the Lionhart created the three lions in gold on a red background