Buttons
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Search River Thames Mudlarking at Low Tide. Pottery! Buttons! Glass! Shells! Mystery Finds! 25.02.22
Believe it or not, it’s another button bonanza down on the River Thames foreshore today. From Georgian to modern, we’ve got buttons popping up all over the place. Come search the London river bed with me, at low tide! As ever, Links and Resources mentioned in the video, below. 🌊 âš“ LINKS TO PEOPLE &…
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Night Larking
Spoils of a pleasant night lark. In no particular order – giant fish hooks, musket ball, lead shot, codd bottle stopper, modern key, loose change a half-cut Franc (modern, but a good story), fouled anchor and rampant lion naval livery button by Jennens & Co (again, good story, more to come later), a little lead…
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Anti Button? Avert Thine Eyes!
There are many items that my long-suffering, non-larking partner finds it hard to get his head around. Some I can understand; my rookie mudlark days saw me bringing home half the foreshore, including any piece of bashed up glass shard, so long as it had an imprint on it. Buttons however, especially livery, military and utility…
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Parfitt, Roberts & Parfitt
❄️ Mudlark’s Advent, Day 5❄️ Fly button by Parfitt, Roberts & Parfitt, sword makers and military tailors of Jermyn St. London. “Parfitt, Roberts & Parfitt are mentioned in the 1874 publication, A London Directory for American Travelers, listed as tailors operating at 75 Jermyn Street. They appear again in Peterson’s guide book to England and…