This broken bit of pottery has been on the blog before, but it wasn't until the finds id session organised by Thames Discovery earlier t...

The fabulous name of this slipware warrants a posting all of its own. For the uninitiated like me, sgraffito involves scratching through a l...

The official cute nick name of this pottery secures these rare mudlarking finds a separate post. The dots apparently were often applied to r...

Slipware is essentially a type of decoration, a runny fine clay mixture is applied to clay either by painting, splashing or dripping, once i...

Whilst I love the really old finds, I’m getting a bit fed up again of all the browns on the blog, so time for some pretties. Over the ...

Mudlarking, for me, has essentially been beach combing, wandering along the banks of the Thames, looking at the ground for things that catch...

These   fragments somehow look less old, neater, more sophisticated. I suspect they are from the 17th  or 18th  centuries.  I haven’t been a...

Recently, mudlarking on the Thames, I purposely sought out pottery where hands have left their mark. Poignant reminders of their makers. Imp...

Sounds like it should be a character from a children’s book and on googling found out it’s the name of  a kids TV programme.  I had never he...

To my surprise my web trawling suggests the small green glazed knob I found on the Thames foreshore topped a ceramic money box. The ...

Segments of pipe stems are so easy to find mudlarking on the Thames. Bowls are less common but you are certain to find at least one on any f...

This was the first type of pottery I found on the Thames foreshore in 2010, I didn’t bother to pick it up, assuming it was Victorian or ev...