Foragers of the Foreshore Exhibition, 2019

Mudlark could still be claimed as an occupation, up until 1904.

A cache of some two and a half thousand buttons, dating from the 14th - 19th centuries were donated to the Museum of London, in 2009, by Anthony Pilson. Tony was a founding member of the Society of Thames Mudlarks.

River Thames mud is 'anaerobic', which means that metal will not rust
 if encased in the mud.

Mudlark was an 18th Century slang term for a 'Pig'.

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Foragers of the Foreshore.
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The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf. 
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Finds from the River Thames.
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Treasure.
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Ancient artefacts.
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Fossils, weapons and garnets.
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Coins, weights and chainmail.
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Pottery, dress hooks and chapes.
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Modern finds from the foreshore.
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Pottery and the like.
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Clay pipe bowls.
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How rude.
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Erin's plasticine brooch, hanging in a box.
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Wig curler and a brooch.
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Pins, cufflinks and the such.
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Metalwork.
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Medieval tiles.
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Trading tokens.
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18th century Georgian brooch.
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Clay pipe bowls with illustrations.
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Painted stone.
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The Prospect of Whitby.
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Oxo Tower Wharf.
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Photographer Hannah Smiles in action.
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A whale's rib bone.
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A different view of the 18th-19th century whale rib bone. 

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