I’d expected to come across a head of a china figure at some point but didn’t consider it could be a torso. I still do wonder why on earth ...

I found the remains of a hairbrush a few months ago, almost didn't pick it up. It took me back to another word - the London cottage indu...

I put down the first piece of stoneware I found, thinking the little bit of writing wasn't worth it. A few minutes later found a similar...

A month ago, I found a large piece of stoneware pottery. As I bent down and flipped it over I was pleased to see writing and a picture under...

With many mudlarking months under my belt, I now realise that the Thames chooses to give up shards from the same object over time, sometimes...

Took me a little while to find out what this small salt glazed stoneware vessel was.Tapping stoneware drinking or  goblet into google failed...

Type flow blue into a search engine and page upon page of material springs up, so much more than other types of pottery I’ve researched. The...

The Thames foreshore is littered with transferware. I just assumed they were all Victorian but of course many are much older, dating to Ge...

When I was a child, teenager and young adult I would look aghast, with disbelief and contempt at the middle aged plus as they tried to work ...

One website clearly states Scotland was the origin, another   Staffordshire. Some say 1775 others 1840. Whatever its roots, it’s claimed it ...

I don't often find glass or pottery with writing on. Over the last few months mudlarking these are probably the best examples. Nice to f...

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...