A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season
Over the course of one calendar year (2022) I recorded all the objects I brought home with me from my mudlarking and foraging trips. It was a fascinating exercise in quantity and diversity and shows how finds from different parts of the foreshore differ. I’ve dated and identified them where I can, but I make mistakes. I’m always learning, the research is on-going, and dates and theories will probably change, so you see before you a never-ending project . For the purposes of this website: Medieval is 1066 – 1500 and post medieval is 1500 – 1800.
I returned many of the objects to where I found them and kept relatively little. The stories of some of them can be found my book: A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season (Bloomsbury, 2024) .
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1 January
The furthest reaches of the Thames, Walpole Bay and the English Channel beyond
1 January Kent – Margate
Echinoid fossils
9 January, Central London – South Bank
11x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
4x pieces of scrap lead
3x knuckle bones
Small iron buckle frame, possibly a shoe buckle (13th –14th century, or 17th century)
Lead sack or bale seal (c. early 20th century)
Clay pipes (17th and 18th century)
Section of clay pipe stem with ‘barley twist’ decoration (c.17th –early 18th century)
Roman tessera
Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, eye from the face of a Bellarmine (c.17th century)
10 January, Rotherhithe
26x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x copper alloy ‘eyes’ (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
5x blue glass beads
2x stone balls
6x cut and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Half a copper alloy button, or half a small bell (postmedieval)
Single Georgian cufflink with a clear glass paste ‘jewel’
Toy lead figure, probably a soldier (c.19th century)
Toy pewter spoon bowl (c.18th century)
George III halfpenny (1760–1811)
Brown and white swirled glass marble (20th century)
Wooden peg or treenail (postmedieval)
Delft tile (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
Hand painted soft-paste English porcelain (c.18th century)
12 January, Central London – South Bank
Cast pewter loop (postmedieval)
Clay pipe (18th century)
Flint sea urchin fossil: Echinocorys Scutata
Samian pottery (Roman)
Delft pottery (17th – 18th century)
24 January, Central London – North and South Banks
4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
7x pieces of scrap lead
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
The shank from a broken button (postmedieval)
Cufflink (18th century)
A brass stud or tack (postmedieval)
Roman bone hair pin.
Pinner’s bone (c.1400–1800)
Possible worked Mesolithic flint blade
Clay pipe (17th century)
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, probably from a bellarmine (c.17th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
25 January, Central London – North Bank
2x stone balls
Ivory comb (postmedieval)
Pig or boar tusk
Bone working waste
Glass working waste
Plain lead disc
Jetton (17th century)
Clay pipe (17th century)
Trouser button (c.19th century)
Mother of pearl button (c.19th century)
Pink glass bead
Hand painted porcelain (c.18th –19th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
27 January
Wapping foreshore looking east
27 January, Wapping
13x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x pieces of lead cloth seal (postmedieval)
Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
Lead type: ‘a’ (c.20th century)
Copper alloy button (c.19th century)
Unidentified iron links
Folding pocketknife with a horn handle (late 18th century)
White glass paste ‘jewel’ (18th –20th century)
Leather slip on shoe, right (postmedieval)
Wooden peg or treenail (postmedieval)
Quern stone made from black volcanic rock (Roman–c.17th century)
Coral (c.18th – 19th century)
Bulla or ‘bubble snail’ shell (c.18th – 19th century)
Clay pipe (17th century)
Decorated clay pipe stem (17th – 18th century)
Wine bottle mouth (c.18th century)
Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
Dutch delft tile with figure (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
Combed Staffordshire slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Black basaltware Wedgewood pottery coffee or teapot lid (c. late 18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Hand painted soft-paste English porcelain (c.18th century)
Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
Blue flow pottery (19th century)
1 February, Central London – North Bank
13x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
5x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
2x broken pewter buttons (c.18th century)
2x lead bale or sack seals (c.19th – 20th century)
3x plain lead discs
2x lead musket or pistol balls
Iron grape or cannister shot (18th – 19th century)
Spiral of copper alloy wire, possible early Medieval mount
Copper alloy pin, possible tie pin (c.19th – 20th century)
Piece of rolled lead, possibly a net sinker (medieval to postmedieval)
Stone ball
Green glass seed bead
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Green-glazed piece of stove tile (c.16th century)
Yellow-glazed pottery (c. medieval)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
White ceramic knop, probably from a small lid (c.19th century)
2 Feburary
Bladed object, probably a short sword (c.16th century)
3 February
Isle of Dogs looking over to Greenwich
3 February, Isle of Dogs
8x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
3x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
4x copper alloy ‘eyes’ (c.1400–1800)
3x stone balls
2x glass beads
3x waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
2x plain trouser buttons (19th – 20th century)
Trouser button: ‘Alvarez, Hare St, Woolwich’ (19th – 20th century)
Trouser button: ‘Best Ring Edge’ (19th–20th century)
Trouser button: ‘Our Own Make’ 19th–20th century)
Royal Artillery button (1802–1830)
Pewter military button, too corroded to identify (c. 18th –19th century)
Faceted black glass ‘ball’ button, possibly a Victorian mourning button (c.19th century)
Broken cap or uniform badge (20th century)
Small gold chain link
Small piece of gold decoration from broken jewellery
Sponge fossil with a hole through it
Halfpenny, Edward VII (1901–1910)
Halfpenny of George V (1910–1936)
Nepalese 1 rupee coin (modern)
Indian 1 rupee coin (modern)
Lead token: elephant, probably a Hindu offering (modern)
Lead token: scratched ‘4’ (c. 19th century)
Lead token: cross (c.18th century)
Neck and shoulders of a tin toothpaste tube: ‘Dr Matthews, London’ (c. early 20th century)
Vulcanite bottle stopper: ‘R Whites’ (c. mid 20th century)
GEC carbon arc lamp rod, dated 1918
Ceramic shard (20th century)
4 February, Central London – North Bank
2x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lead type: ‘y’ and ‘2’ (c.20th century)
2x stone balls
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
Button shank (postmedieval)
Earring with a large paste or synthetic stone set (modern)
Top of a hatpin with glass paste jewels (early 20th century)
Green glass seed bead
Lead cloth seal: initials WP (c.16th century)
Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
Small copper alloy ring (postmedieval)
£1.50 in coins (modern)
Decorated brass escutcheon (c.16th century)
Broken clay pipe with the maker’s stamp for John Bower (1640–60)
Clay pipe (17th century)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, probably a bellarmine (c.17th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
22 February, Central London – North Bank
25x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
4x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
2x plain lead seals, possibly bag or sack seals (c.20th century)
4x pieces of lead type: ‘S’, ‘a’, ‘p’ and blank (c.20th century)
2x trouser buttons: ‘Ring Edge’ (19th–20th century)
Plain trouser button (19th–20th century)
Trouser button: 36 Ludgate (19th–20th century)
Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
Pewter button with weave pattern and maker’s initials, LL (18th –19th century)
Plain copper alloy mount or stud (c. postmedieval)
Cast copper alloy ring (c.medieval)
Buckle pin (c.postmedieval)
Shoulder of a knife blade (postmedieval)
Bone knife handle (c.1450–1500)
Writing lead (c.medieval)
Slate pencil (c.19th century)
Lead token: chevron (c.18th century)
Rose farthing (1636–44).
£2.20 in coins (modern)
5 Ukranian kopiyka (modern)
Long clay pipe stem (c.18th century)
Plain clay pipes (3x 18th century)
Decorated cay pipe: man bowling (18th century)
Decorated cay pipe: Bacchus (18th century)
Decorated cay pipe: royal coat of arms (18th century)
Decorated cay pipe: Prince of Wales feathers (18th century)
A pig or boar tusk
Flint sea urchin fossil: Micraster
Raw carnelian
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery with oak leaf decoration (c.late 16th century)
Westerwald pottery (c.17th –18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
3 March
Bankside looking over to St Paul’s in the blue hour
3 March, Central London – South Bank
2x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
7x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Plain copper alloy mount or stud (c. postmedieval)
Pewter button (c.17th century)
Lead type: ‘e’ (c.20th century)
Circular lead weight (postmedieval)
Lead token: initials BB (c.17th century)
Blue glass paste ‘jewel’ (c.18th –19th century)
Green glass paste ‘jewel’
Stone ball
China doll’s leg (early 20th century)
Clay pipes (3x 17th century)
Large circular stone, possibly a drain cover
Decorated floor tile (c.14th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
English porcelain (c. early 19th century)
8 March, Central London – North Bank
15x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
5x plain metal loops
3x Roman tesserae
Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Silver earing back (modern)
Green glass seed bead
Striped, yellow glass trade bead (c.18th century)
Uncut purple stone, possibly amethyst
Stone ball
Clay pip (17th century)
Roman hypocaust
Samian pottery, bowl rim (Roman)
Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
Base of a clay jug or tankard with finger marks (medieval)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
English soft-paste porcelain (c.18th century)
Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
14 March, Greenwich
3x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
3x shoe inner soles, all left (c.16th century)
Outer shoe sole, right (c.16th century)
Two-sided, boxwood comb (c.16th century)
Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
18 March
My great grandmother’s bible with pressed leaf skeletons
24 March, Central London – North Bank
3x knuckle bones
3x dermal denticles, probably from a thornback ray, domestic waste
2x chunks of fool’s gold
3x small lead shot (postmedieval)
Handmade copper alloy dress pin (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Pointed end of a bone Roman hair pin
A small circular pewter buckle frame with traces of the iron pin (c.postmedieval)
Trouser button: ‘W. PEARSON NEWCASTLE ON TYNE’ (19th–20th century)
Plain trouser button (19th–20th century)
Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
George III halfpenny (1760-1811)
Lead type: ‘t’ (c.20th century)
Black pipe stem
Codd bottle marble
Half a Diner’s Card (c.1990)
A small piece of carved masonry
Clay pipes (4x 18th century)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
25 March
Pewter pilgrim’s badge, St Osmund of Salisbury (c.1457–1534)
Casting a modern pilgrim badge of St Werburgh
Tues 29 March (low tide 1.15m @ London Bridge, 19.09) CENTRAL LONDON – North Bank
9x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Plain trouser button (19th–20th century)
Rusty knife blade with copper alloy shoulder (c. 16th century)
Large brass nail (postmedieval)
French ‘Denier Tournois’ a la croisette of Henri II (c. 1549)
Lead weight, possibly a fishing weight (postmedieval)
Clay marble
Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 2x 18th century)
Possible worked Mesolithic flint blade
Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
The edge of a delft tile (c.18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
English soft-paste porcelain (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
2 April
A Cornish leather boot, covered with moss (20th century)
9 April
Cherry toothpaste pot lid, an ‘impossible trophy’
12 April, Central London – South Bank
16x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x stone balls
4x cut and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
Knuckle bone
Plain copper alloy mount or stud (c. postmedieval)
Four-hole pewter button (c.18th –19th century)
Copper alloy collar stiffener: ‘TYWHITT’ (modern)
Green glass seed bead
White glass paste ‘jewel’ (18th –20th century)
Cut silver long cross penny from the reign of King John (1199-1216)
Counterfeit George III farthing (c.1760–1820)
Bone working waste from bead or button making (postmedieval)
Half a clay wig curler (18th century)
Moulded glass jar with ® H 3 on the bottom (19th to 20th century)
Plain vulcanite bottle stopper (mid 20th century)
Clear glass bottle stopper with original cork seal (late 19th to early 20th century)
Clay pipe (18th century)
Clay pipe stem with the words [?]WALK S.T., perhaps Southwark St. (19th century)
Decorated floor tile (c.14th century)
Roof tile with a dog’s paw print (postmedieval)
Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval).
Slipware pottery (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (c.17th –18th century)
White ceramic colander or strainer (18th –19th century)
18 April
Rotherhithe Peninsula looking over to Canary Wharf
18 April, Rotherhithe Peninsula
2x metal grommets, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
2x plain vulcanite bottle stoppers (20th century)
Plain trouser button (c.19th century)
Coppering nail with broad arrow mark (18th –19th century)
Piece of ship coppering (18th –19th century)
Dutch lead customs seal (1815–early 20th century)
Square Post Office bag seal (20th century)
4oz lead fishing weight (modern)
Square piece of lead with fabric or rope impression
Scrap lead
Yellow glass seed bead
Small green stone
Iron pyrite nodule
Plastic fishing lure (modern)
Broken hand from a plastic Hindu statue (modern)
Bottom half of an onion bottle (18th century)
Clay pipe with maker’s mark: ‘Ford of Stepney’ (1820–40)
Decorated clay pipe (early 19th century)
Decorated clay pipe: quill and book design (18th century)
Plain clay pipes (1x 17th century, 1x 18th century)
Clay pipe mouthpiece, sealed with red wax (18th –19th century)
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, probably from a bellarmine (c.17th century)
Delft pottery, Ming Wanli style (mid 18th century)
Chinese Imari porcelain (c.18th century)
Base of an LCC (London County Council) china cup, likely from the Smallpox Receiving Station (1930s–1950s)
Wed 26 April (low tide 1.69m @ London Bridge, 17.56) CENTRAL LONDON – South Bank
4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Broken button (18th –19th century)
Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
White plastic button (modern)
Iron pin, possibly from a large buckle (postmedieval)
5 May, Central London – South Bank
15x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x plain waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
Cast pewter button (c.17th century)
Plain button with maker’s initial ‘SB’ (c.18th century)
Mother of pearl button with two holes (18th –20th century)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Cast copper alloy ring (postmedieval)
Copper alloy thimble made from sheet metal (c. mid-17th century)
Silver posey ring, ‘ALWAYES’ engraved inside (16th century)
Small lead shot (postmedieval)
Rose farthing (1636-44)
Charles II jetton made in Nuremberg by Cornelius Lauffer (1660–85)
Tin penny, possibly William and Mary (c.1690-92)
Clay marble
Bone counter or game piece (c.16th century)
Green plastic Monopoly house (modern)
Clay pipes (4x 17th century., 3x 18th century)
Glass working waste
Ceramic knop from a money box or pot (c.16th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Slipware pottery (c.17th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Gold and black painted porcelain, possibly Japanese (18th –19th century)
5 May
Sixteenth century silver posey ring in situ, as found
12 May, North and South Bank
125x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
2x knuckle bones
4x cut and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
Copper alloy cufflink (c.18th century)
Small iron buckle frame, possibly a shoe buckle (13th –14th century, or 17th century)
Plain waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
Large oval copper alloy mount or stud (postmedieval)
Lead token: HI initials (18th century)
A stone ball
Natural wood knot
Bone working waste from bead or button making (postmedieval)
Roof tile with a dog paw print (postmedieval).
Roman tegula roof a tile
Kiln support, salt glazed with a thumbprint (postmedieval)
Broken pipe stem with maker’s name: ‘W.BO…’/’…RTH’ (19th century)
Decorated twisted pipe stem (c.19th century)
Clay pipe (17th century)
Chinese porcelain tea bowl base (1662–1722)
Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Broken china doll’s saucer (19th –20th century)
13 May (am), Wapping
3x plain waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
2x green glass seed beads
2x marble mosaic pieces (c.19th century)
Handmade copper alloy dress pin (c.1400–1800)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Thin pierced copper disc
Glass bottle stopper (late 19th –20th century)
The neck of a blown wine bottle (19th century)
Flint sea urchin fossil, Micraster
Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 2x18th century)
Decorated clay pipe: Royal coat of arms (18th century)
Piece of pipe kiln wall or ‘muffle’ (c.18th –19th century)
Delft pottery (17th to 18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Feather edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
13 May
Wapping, looking east
13 May (pm), Custom House
2x mussel shells
3x cockle shells
2x oyster shells
3x scallop shells
1x whelk shell
6x winkle shells
22x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
Iron curtain hook (postmedieval).
Trouser button: M Isaccs, 108 Hoxton (late 19th –early 20th century)
Small lead shot (postmedieval)
Lead token: with a cross and pellet design (c.18th century)
Sixpence (1947)
Wooden bead (postmedieval)
Clay pipe with maker’s name: “Benson” (1795–1825)
Clay pipe (18th century pipe)
17 May
The bellarmine that winked at me from the sofa (late 16th century)
24 May, Central London – North and South Banks
68x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x musket balls, one is untrimmed and still has a sprue (postmedieval)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Broken earing, green stones and silver beads (modern)
Lead soldier, Scottish Highlander (late 19th –early 20th century)
Small hammer head (17th –18th century)
Inner shoe sole, left (18th –19th century)
Piece of cow jaw with teeth growing on top of each other
26 May, Central London – South Bank
7x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Iron clothes hook (postmedieval)
Copper alloy hinge from a book cover (postmedieval)
The flattened bowl of a ‘rat tail’ pewter spoon (c.18th century)
An iron punch, possibly for leather working (postmedieval)
American 25 cents (1996)
Charles I silver penny, minted at the Tower (1625–1649)
Jetton made in Nuremburg by Egidius Krauwinckel (1570-1613)
Slate pencil (c.19th century)
Raw quartz
Glass waste
Clay pipe mouthpiece, sealed with red wax (18th –19th century)
Frozen Charlotte miniature porcelain doll (c.19th century)
Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
Piece of green glazed Tudor stove tile (c.16th century)
Delft pottery (c.17th to 18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
11 Jun, Central London – South Bank
16x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Buckle pin (postmedieval)
Plain waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
Lead token: initials IC and date 1726 / stylised flower on reverse (18th century)
Piece of rolled lead, possibly a net weight (medieval–postmedieval)
Clay pipe (18th century)
Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large jug, charred black from a fire (medieval)
Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century).
Stoneware pottery, neck of a flagon stamped Northen Vaux[hall] (c.1847–1849)
16 June, Central London – North and South Bank
43x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
Tear-shaped piece of decorated pewter, possibly broken jewellery (postmedieval)
Ornate pewter, possibly a large broken shoe buckle (c.18th century)
A lead bag seal (19th –20th century)
Lead type: ‘c’ (c.20th century)
50 cent Euro coin (1999)
A George I ‘dump issue’ halfpenny (1717)
Decorated knife handle (1450–1500)
A knuckle bone.
Pig or boar tusk
Natural knot of wood
Coral, possibly ship ballast (c.18th to 19th century)
River snail shell (Viviparus viviparus )
Asiatic clam shell (Corbicula fluminea )
Swollen river mussel shell (Unio tumidus )
Clay pipes (1x 18th century, 2x 17th century)
Raspberry prunt from a rummer beaker or goblet (17th –18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Hand painted earthenware pottery, rim of a cup or bowl (c.18th century)
21 June
Bankside over to St Paul’s at night
21 June, Central London – North and South Banks
8x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Pewter button with a rusted iron shank (c.17th century)
Domed button (c.18th century)
Jetton made in Nuremberg by Cornelius Lauder (1658–1711)
Shilling (1968)
Roman tessera
Clay marble
Clay pipe (18th century)
Outer shoe sole, right (c. 19th century)
Child’s inner shoe sole, left (c.16th century)
Free-blown apothecary bottle (18th century)
21 June
Solstice dawn from London Bridge looking east
4 July
Sixteenth century gold spangle in situ, as found
4 July, Central London – South Bank
11x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x bone working waste (postmedieval)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Gold spangle (c.16th century)
Cast lead ring, possibly for reinforcing a lace hole (postmedieval)
Dermal denticle, probably from a thornback ray, domestic waste
Clay pipe (18th century)
Long clay pipe stem (c.18th century)
Neck and mouth of a wine bottle with cork (c.18th century)
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, eye and eyebrow from a bellarmine face (c.17th century)
Unglazed delft pottery handle with a finger print in the clay (17th or 18th century)
5 July, Central London – North Bank
Lead musket ball (postmedieval)
Four-piece lead cloth seal with a seated lion and numerals 1 1 /2 showing one and a half pence alnage tax had been paid on the cloth it was attached to (18th century)
Half of a two piece lead cloth seal with initial ‘W’ and a star (c.late 16th century)
Possible Roman glass
Grey and black burnished ware pottery (Roman)
Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
Samian pottery (Roman)
Top of a clay flagon handle (Roman)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
Flint pebble
6 July, Central London – South Bank
31x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
3x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
2x bone working waste
2x triangular kiln supports or stilts (postmedieval)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
A circular, simply decorated lead mount or stud (postmedieval)
Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
A broken copper alloy buckle (17th or 18th century).
Lead type: ‘e’ and ‘.’ (c.20th century)
Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
Broken double crank style pocket watch key (late 18th –early 19th century)
10p token for ‘MAM INN PLAY’ (1971–1992)
Wide leather strap from a latchet shoe (c.18th century)
Decorated leather strap (postmedieval)
Cat skull
Pig or boar tusk
Clay pipes (18th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Redware pottery, possibly part of a candlestick (postmedieval)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
Handpainted porcelain (18th or 19th century)
Earthenware pottery (c.19th century)
Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
7 July, Westminster
17x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
3x slate pencils (c.19th century)
Three-hole pewter button (18th –19th century)
Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
Small square of silver
Copper alloy penny whistle (c.19th century)
‘I ❤️ UK Parliament’ badge (modern)
Ox shoe (postmedieval)
Thick circle of leather, pierced in the centre, possibly a leather washer (postmedieval)
Mesolithic or early Neolithic flint blade
Worked masonry stone, possibly from Westminster Palace (medieval)
Clay pipe (18th century)
Piece of ceramic crucible (postmedieval)
Redware colander (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
Green, white and red spongeware pottery (19th century)
Willlow pattern transferware (19th –20th century)
House of Commons ceramic side plate (modern)
10 July, Vauxhall
Grindstone (prehistoric to 19th century)
Zinc sacrificial anode from a boat to prevent corrosion (modern)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Willow pattern transferware pottery (19th –20th century)
Red white and blue patterned pottery (modern)
11 July
Sunrise at Greenwich, looking east
11 July, Greenwich
5x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Pewter mount or stud, or part of a larger pewter badge (postmedieval)
Single gold chain link
Piece of gold chain
Cow scapula, bone working waste from button making (postmedieval)
12 July, Greenwich
66x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
3x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
4x knuckle bones.
Pewter livery badge, crowned Tudor rose (15th century)
Outer shoe sole, right (c.16th century)
Inner shoe sole with imprint of woven cloth, probably from a fabric liner, left (16th century)
Clay pipe (17th century)
Base and foot of a redware colander (postmedieval)
13 July, Greenwich
8x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x knuckle bones
Leg of a ceramic pipkin (c.15th -16th century)
Upper part of a shoe (c.16th century)
19 July, Central London – South Bank
27x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x glass cullets (postmedieval)
2x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Large mount or stud, possibly from a harness (postmedieval)
Trouser button (c.19th century)
Collar or tie pin (20th century)
Metal ring (modern)
Metal hook from small catch (postmedieval)
Handmade iron nail pushed through a leather ‘washer’ (postmedieval)
Stone ball
Raw quartz
Dermal denticle, probably thornback ray, domestic waste
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Bone knife handle (postmedieval)
Pipe stem with the maker’s name: Thomas WOOTTEN, Park St, Borough (1820–1846)
Clay pipes (2x 17th century, 1x 18th century)
Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
Piece of sagger from a stoneware kiln
The neck of a German stoneware Siegburg jug (14th century)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
Redware cup or bowl handle (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
English soft-paste porcelain (18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
22 July, Central London – South Bank
35x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
Decorated copper alloy ring (c.17th century)
Waistcoat or gaiter button (c.19th century)
Broken cufflink (c.19th century)
Old penny, completely smooth ( 1860–1970)
Spoon handle (late 19th –early 20th century)
Square of scrap lead.
Unidentified turned and pierced bone object (postmedieval)
Piece of hardwood, possibly part of a chair
Piece of abalone mother of pearl
Flint pebble
Vulcanite bottle stopper: Whitbread and Co (20th century)
Iron working slag
Clay pipes (18th century)
Slipware pottery (postmedieval)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
6 August, Central London – North and South Banks
18x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Ivory working waste
Trouser button: E. GROVE . LAMBETH (c.19th century)
Large copper alloy button (postmedieval)
Pewter button (c.17th century)
Decorated button (18th century)
Jetton made in Nuremburg by Hans Krauwinkel II (1586-1635)
Handmade wrought iron hook (postmedieval)
Tightly rolled piece of silver birch bark
Coral, possibly ballast (c.18th –19th century)
Dermal denticle, probably thornback ray, domestic waste
Early Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead
Raw carnelian
Twisted blue glass cane
Blue glass bead
Clay pipes (2x 17th century)
Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
Corner of delft tile (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
Black basaltware pottery, possibly Wedgewood (c.18th century)
Broken lid of a Staffordshire redware tea or coffee pot (c.18th century)
English soft-paste porcelain (18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
English scratchware pottery (18th century)
Stoneware pottery with the word ‘FOOT’ on it, flagon or bottle (c.19th century)
6 August
Early Neolithic flint arrowhead, so thin the light shone through it
9 August, Greenwich
51x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
Dermal denticle, probably thornback ray, domestic waste
Small lead shot (postmedieval)
Handle of a redware jug (postmedieval)
Base of a stoneware pot (postmedieval).
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery, eyebrow of a Bellarmine face (c.17th century)
12 August, Blackwall
21x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Iron ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
Trouser button (c.19th century)
Lead bag seal with initials AZH (19th –20th century)
Trade token for the White Horse tavern in Greenwich (17th century)
Plastic £1 toy coin.
Blue plastic Smarties lid (1965–1988)
Handmade bone domino (c.18th century)
Outer shoe sole, right (late 19th –early 20th century)
Quern stone made from black volcanic rock (Roman–c.17th century)
Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 1x18th century)
The flared lip of a clear glass apothecary bottle (c.18th century)
Hand pulled dark green glass handle (c.18th –early 19th century)
Pyramid of clear glass
Delft tile (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Unglazed delft porringer handle (c.18th century)
Unglazed delft pot/bowl bases (c.18th century)
Delft ointment pot base (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Transferware pottery (c.19th century)
12 August
Blackwall, looking over to the O2 Arena
5 September, Central London – North Bank
76x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
3x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
4x waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
2x small iron buckle frames, possibly a shoe buckles (13th –14th century or 17th century)
2x small plain lead seals (c.20th century)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Trouser button (c.19th century)
Button back with four holes (c.18th century)
Small copper alloy buckle frame, possibly a shoe buckle (medieval)
Rose farthing (1636-44).
Four-piece lead cloth seal (18th century)
Back ring of a lead cloth seal (c.17th century)
Lead weight with notched end, probably a fishing weight (medieval or postmedieval)
Stone ball
Broken Mesolithic flint blade
Antler working waste, with hole on each side where the lathe had been fixed (postmedieval)
Small turned bone pot (postmedieval)
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
English soft-paste porcelain (c.18th century)
Possible Anglo Saxon shelly ware
5 September
Incoming tide at Queenhithe
7 September, Rotherhithe
10x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy cufflink, engraved with flowers (c.18th century)
Lead type: ‘r’ (c.20th century).
Large handmade nail with leather washer (postmedieval)
Iron grape or canister shot (18th –19th century)
Coral. (c.18th or 19th century)
Exotic shell, unknown species
Knuckle bone
Boar or pig tusk
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Inner shoe sole, left (c.18th– 19th century)
Plain vulcanite bottle stopper (20th century)
Clay pipes (18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
7 September
Engraved Georgian cuffling, in situ, as found
13 September, Kent
Red campion seed heads (Silene dioica )
Unidentified seed heads
Hazelnut (Corylus avellana )
Samian pottery (Roman)
Black burnished ware pottery (Roman)
Red earthenware pottery (Roman)
Blue and white patterned china (c.19th century)
Spongeware pottery (c.19th century)
15 September, Central London – South Bank
15x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Oval copper alloy stud/mount (medieval or postmedieval)
Copper alloy ‘nipple’ button (c.17th century)
Broken decorated buckle, possibly a shoe buckle (18th century)
Length of copper alloy chain, each link in a figure of 8 (postmedieval)
Lead type: ‘e’ and ‘.’ (c.20th century)
Copper alloy book clasp (postmedieval)
Iron heel protector from a boot (c.19th century)
Back of a pocket watch case
Tiny yellow glass seed bead, 1.5mm
Turquoise glass seed bead
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
2x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
Knuckle bone
Fossil sponge in flint
‘Sea bead’, fossilised sponge with a natural hole
Stone ball
Decorated clay: Royal coat of arms (18th century)
Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
Pipkin leg (medieval or postmedieval)
Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
Saltglazed stoneware pottery, bellarmine d (17th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
Chinese porcelain (18th century)
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20 September, Bermondsey
46x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
4x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
2x waistcoat or gaiter buttons (c.19th century)
2x Flemish clinker bricks
Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
Lead loop, possibly for reinforcing a lace hole in clothing
Wooden-backed, copper alloy catgut button (c.18th century)
One side of a cuff link (c.18th century)
Enamelled horseshoe, possibly from a tie pin (19th –20th century)
Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
A copper alloy fishhook (postmedieval)
A rolled lead weight, possibly a net weight (medieval or postmedieval)
Base of a lead toy, painted blue so maybe a policeman (20th century)
Lead type: ‘s’ (c.20th century)
Lead shot (postmedieval).
Green glass seed bead
Clear paste glass ‘jewel’ (18th or 19th century)
20p coin (2012)
Lead Russian hemp bale seal (18th –19th century)
Roman tessera
Clay pipe (18th century)
Delft pottery (c.17th century)
Wed 28 Sept (low tide 1.02 @ London Bridge, 10.46) CENTRAL LONDON – North and South Side
12x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
2x copper alloy ‘hooks’ (c.1400–1800)
3x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
Cufflink with a clear cut glass ‘jewel’ (18th century)
Plastic toy baby bottle (modern)
Lead type: ‘I’ (c.20th century)
Small pierced lead disc (postmedieval)
Lead token: pierced heart/H.I on reverse (c. 17th-century)
Farthing trade token, issued by I (or J).P. at the Windmill in Temple Bar Without (17th century)
George III penny, decorated it with stamped dots on both sides (18th century)
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Fossil sponge
Stone ball
Half a large ceramic ball, probably a milling ball (c.19th century)
Clay pipes (1x 17th century clay pipe, 3x 18th century clay pipes)
Clay pipe stamped with the initials of the maker, William Tappin (18th century)
Glass working waste (postmedieval)
Corked neck and mouth of an apothecary bottle (c.18th century)
Rim of a large, lead glazed, redware vessel (postmedieval)
Chinese porcelain (18th century)
Hand painted porcelain (c.18th century)
Willow pattern transferware (c.19th century)
6 October
Sunset from Queenhithe, looking west
6 October, Central London – North and South Banks
25x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
2x trouser buttons (c.19th century)
Best silver Charles I sixpence love token (1625–49)
Unidentified coin (modern)
Lead cloth seal (c.16th )
Part of a pilgrim badge or pewter toy (postmedieval)
Copper alloy Lord’s prayer medallion with the head of George V on the reverse (20th century)
Bone toothbrush head (19th century)
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Leather nipple, possibly pig and probably cut from a sheet of leather (postmedieval)
Dog’s tooth
A native oyster shell with a square hole
White glazed ceramic ‘Fivestone’ (c.late 19th to mid 20th century)
Stone ball
Possible polishing stone
Clay pipes (2x 17th century, 2x 18th century)
Glass pontil from the base of a large glass bottle, possibly an acid bottle (postmedieval)
Broken white delft ointment pot (c.18th century)
Broken basaltware pottery, probably Wedgewood, tea or coffee pot handle (c.18th century)
Chinese porcelain (18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
Delft pottery (c.17th –18th century)
6 October
Lord’s Prayer medallion, fresh from the mud
14 October, Central London – North and South Banks
48x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
Copper alloy mount/stud. (medieval or postmedieval)
The top of a pewter button (c.17th century)
Heart-shaped brooch, missing pin (c.20th century)
Lead token: fleur de lyss/initial H.I on the reverse
Lead token: initial ‘P’
Iron knife blade with London dagger cutler’s mark (c.1650)
Window lead (c.16th century)
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Wooden pocket sundial (postmedieval, possibly 17th century
Half a clay wig curler (18th century)
Clay pipes (2x 17th , 1x 18th century century)
Green-glazed pottery (postmedieval)
Clear lead-glazed pottery, possibly a colander (postmedieval)
Pipkin leg (postmedieval)
Slipware pottery (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Chinese porcelain (18th century)
Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
17 October, Deptford
6x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
14x coppering nails with the ordnance mark (late 18th –early 19th century)
4x long clay pipe stems (c.18th century)
6x ceramic pipkin legs (medieval to postmedieval)
2x inner shoe soles, left and right (c. early 19th century)
Studded outer shoe sole, right (c. early 19th century)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy tie or stock pin with a stylised flower head (c.1860)
A General Service button (c.1940)
A gunflint from a musket or rifle (postmedieval)
Broken two-sided boxwood comb (c.16th century)
Handmade pipe clay ball
Clay pipes (1x 17th century, 2x 18th century, 1x 19th century)
Neck of a green-glazed costrel/drinking bottle (medieval)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
Staffordshire combed slipware (c.18th century)
Broken willow pattern transferware saucer (late 18th to early 19th century)
19 October, Broadstairs
24x sea beads – fossil sponges (porosphaera ) with natural holes
21 October, Central London – South Bank
4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
4x hazelnut shells (c.postmedieval)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy belt end in the shape of a shield (postmedieval)
Trouser button: BINGHAM • CONDUIT ST. (c.19th )
Lead type: ‘h’ (c.20th century)
Lead musket ball
Window lead (c.16th century)
Shard of green window glass (medieval or postmedieval)
Raspberry prunt from a rummer beaker or goblet (17th –18th century)
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Black pebble with a white circle
Swan feather
Plane tree leaf
Clay pipes (17th century)
Chunk of mosaic floor (c.19th century)
Malting tile (c.19th century)
Roman hypocaust
Chinese porcelain (18th century)
Creamware pottery (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (17th –8th century)
21 October
Bankside by the wall, looking east to the City
2 November, Central London – North and South Banks
14x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2 x small lead seals, possibly bag seals (c.20th century)
Lace aglet (c.1400–1800)
White glass pin head (postmedieval)
2p and 1p coins (1971)
Plain lead disc (postmedieval)
Plain copper alloy disc (postmedieval)
Green plastic Smarties (1988–2005)
Plastic Asda supermarket token (modern)
Laminated card for Shri Swaminarayan Mandir UK ‘a place of paramount peace’ (modern)
Bone working waste (postmedieval)
Sawn and drilled shinbone end (postmedieval)
Wooden spacer or washer (postmedieval)
Clay pipes (1x 18th century clay pipe, 3x 17th century)
Glass working waste (postmedieval)
Roman hypocaust
Colour-coated slipware pottery (Roman)
Burnished blackware pottery (Roman)
Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval and postmedieval)
Base of a jug or tankard with the potter’s fingerprints (medieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Chinese porcelain (18th century)
Westerwald pottery (c.18th century)
2 November
Queenhithe, looking west to Southwark Bridge and the Shard
3 November, Central London – North Bank
5x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy scallop shell, possibly a mount (postmedieval)
Corset loop (c.19th century)
Lead cloth seal with the initials ‘PC’ in a heart with a cross running through it (c.16th century)
Bachelor or solitaire button (c. late 19th century)
Copper alloy thimble (c.15th century)
Lead musket ball (postmedieval)
Striped bead
Rectangle of bone with T+I scratched into it, possibly a love token (postmedieval)
Inner shoe sole, left (c.16th century)
Raw agate
Clay pipes (18th century)
Foot of a red ware colander (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Hand painted porcelain (18th –19th century)
Chinese porcelain (18th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware (c.18th century)
3 November
Fifteenth century thimble in situ, as found
15 Nov, Central London – North and South Banks
16x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Pocket watch winder (19th century)
Plain silver ring, no hall marks (postmedieval to modern)
Broken,base metal signet ring (c.20th century)
Lead type: ‘.’ (c.20th century)
Large pewter mount, possibly from horse harness (postmedieval)
Lead musket or pistol ball (postmedieval)
Small iron cannon ball (postmedieval)
Sawn and drilled shinbone end (postmedieval)
Bone working waste
Knife handle with blue viviante
Money cowrie shell (Monetaria moneta )
Fool’s gold (iron pyrite)
Plastic Lego chain (modern)
Clay pipes (18th century)
Part of the base of a glass tumbler (postmedieval)
Redware, possibly the rim of a jar or large jug (postmedieval)
salt-glazed stoneware, bellarmine (17th century)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
Feather -dged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
18 November, Central London – South Bank
Rusty and encrusted padlock (c.19th century)
22 November, Lyme Regis
21x ammonite fossils
17x fossilised ‘bubbles’
2x coprolites (fossilsed poo, possibly from an Ichthyosaur)
Ichthyosaur vertebra
Mudstone filled with ammonites
Fossilised Gryphaea ‘devil’s toenail’
Fossilised bivalve shell
Short section of fossilised Crinoid stalk.
Fossilised Belemnite, the hard internal skeleton of an extinct squid
Fool’s gold (iron pyrite)
Raw quartz
World War I Machine Gun Corps button (1915–1919)
Sixpence (1949)
Farthing (1925)
Elizabeth II thruppence (1937-1967)
2x old halfpennies, too corroded to see the date or the monarch (c.20th century)
Old penny, too corroded to see the date or the monarch (c.20th century)
End of a spoon with crowned ‘EII R’, possibly a Coronation souvenir (20th century)
World War I Croix de Guerre medal (1915–1919)
Trouser button (c.19th century)
Green glass bead
Codd bottle marble
White ceramic fivestone
Small, brass number ‘6’, possibly broken off a military badge
Melted ‘bonfire’ glass
Blob of frosted white glass
Round lead weight with a wire loop, possibly a clock weight or a fishing weight
Wed 30 Nov (low tide 0.96m @ London Bridge, 12.37) CENTRAL LONDON – North and South Side
13x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x twisted wire loops (postmedieval)
3x semi-precious stone and glass bracelets (modern)
2x lead shot (postmedieval)
2x sawn and drilled shinbone ends (postmedieval)
Copper alloy ‘hook’ (c.1400–1800)
Copper alloy ‘eye’ (c.1400–1800)
Decorated pewter buckle plate (c.14th century)
Button from a pair of jeans or similar (modern)
Plain button with STANDARD • COLOUR • TREBLE • GILT on the back (19th century)
Plastic yellow toy plane (c.1960)
Raw quartz
Fool’s gold (iron pyrite)
Flint geode
Piece of abalone mother of pearl
Large ceramic ball, probably a milling ball (c.19th century)
Half a large glass marble
Part of the base of a glass tumbler (postmedieval)
Neck of a tiny glass bottle (modern)
Glass bottle stopper (19th –early 20th century)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
Decorated creamware pottery (c.18th century)
Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
2 December, A Secret Location
14x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
2x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
6x twisted wire loop (postmedieval)
2x plain mounts/studs and a mount shaped like a miniature horseshoe (postmedieval)
Large copper alloy buckle (19th or 20th century)
Lead shot still attached to a casting sprue (postmedieval)
Lead Naga, Hindu offering (modern)
Pinner’s bone (c.16th century)
Flat strap-like handle, probably from a large clay jug (medieval)
Thumbed base from a stoneware jug or tankard (medieval)
The side and handle from a stoneware jug (c.17th century)
Piece of redware colander (postmedieval)
Delft pottery (17th –18th century)
11 December, Central London – South Bank
14x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
3x lace aglets (c.1400–1800)
Pear-shaped pewter mount/stud (medieval)
Round copper alloy mount/stud (medieval or postmedieval)
Rectangular buckle (c. 17th century)
Black glass button, missing its copper alloy shank (16th or 17th century)
Glass working waste (postmedieval)
Sawn and drilled shinbone end (postmedieval)
Triangular kiln support or stilt (postmedieval)
Base of a pot (Anglo Saxon or Roman)
Midlands purple ware pottery (1400 to 1750)
Delft pottery (17th or 18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
Feather-edged pearlware pottery (c.1780–1840)
11 December
Fog on the Thames
15 December, Central London – South Bank
2x .380 Revolver calibre bullets (c. mid 20th century)
2x pieces of window lead (c.16th century)
Trouser button (c.19th century)
Handmade iron nail (postmedieval)
Victorian half penny (1901)
Silver short cross half penny from the reign of Edward III (1327–77)
Iron crossbow bodkin (15th century)
Grey pebble with white lines
Blue plastic tiddlywink.
A piece of bone working waste.
Plain clay pipe (18th century)
Decorated clay pipe: swan (19th century)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
27 December, Chelsea
Clay pipe (19th century)
A clay pipe stem with mouthpiece (c.19th century)
Half a clay wig curler (18th century)
Bottom half of a toothpaste pot (c.19th century)
Piece of hunting jug featuring two dogs, possibly Doulton (19th century)
Staffordshire combed slipware pottery (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (c.18th century)
Transferware (19th century)
31 December, Greenwich and Deptford
4x handmade copper alloy dress pins (c.1400–1800)
Metal grommet, possibly from a small sail or tarpaulin (c.19th century)
Short length of hand forged iron chain, 7 links (postmedieval)
Musket ball (postmedieval)
Advertising token, WITH MILLIE EDWARDS LOVE on one side and WITH GENERAL MITES COMPLIMENTS (19th century)
Half an inner shoe sole, left (medieval)
Studded shoe heel, left (c. early 19th century)
Well patched outer shoe sole, right (c.early 19th century)
Piece of hardwood with signs of working
Piece of worked and shaped bone
Half a flint geode
Green marble, possibly from a codd bottle (c.20th century)
The neck and string lip from a wine bottle (c.18th century)
The neck and blob lip from a mineral bottle (19th century)
Clay pipes (1x 17th century clay pipe, 1x 19th century clay pipe)
Green-glazed pottery (medieval).
Redware pottery (postmedieval).
Redware pottery frying pan or pipkin handle (postmedieval)
Redware pottery handle, possibly from a platter, with finger impressions (postmedieval)
Salt-glazed stoneware pottery: bellarmine (c.17th century)
Purple and white delft pottery with painted peacock or crane (c.18th century)
Delft pottery (c.17th –18th century)
Chinese porcelain (c.18th century)
31 December
Happy New Year from Deptford
