I would need a donkey to follow me and pack him up with every piece I found. I wouldn't get very far because I'd get stuck looking at each piece. Love what you do.
absolutely brilliant. Thank you, Richard. I have learned SO much from your videos that I never quite seemed to retain when working in fine antiques. The ability to see the 'fabric' of each shard, and your excellent descriptions make for a masterclass level education!!
Another great video Richard. I really enjoy the examples of complete objects demonstrating what you find. I'll e-mail you soon--I have my tickets for Oct. Would love to muck around with you on the Foreshore! Warm regards and keep up the great work!
Fantastic array of different pottery pieces. Thanks for your detailed and confident explanation of each piece . good imformation about clay-pipe kilns... I could just make out the kiln arrangement for pipe -making from yr illustration. Helpful.
The property you showed with private slipway is actually a communal garden and an apartment complex. Tv presenter Graham Norton and Dame Helen Mirren live there.
When visiting an archeological site in India I looked down and saw that I was actually walking on a path made from 15th 16th century pottery shards !!! I took home a large handful. This reminds me of that day.
With all that Sag, I thought any minute you would turn up a Sagger Makers Bottom knocker... but they were made in wood?Another glorious history lesson. Thank you!
Thankyou for sharing this interesting wander. It was very helpful to see the pictures of complete items. Some of them very beautiful. It gives one the possibility of visualising what bits & pieces may originally have looked like.
As below thanks for the scale and what they looked like and for sharing your knowledge. You really covered some milage, it looks so peaceful, I need a visit soon.
Are you tempted to carry a small spray bottle to spray the mud off new finds? There is plenty of water to top it up again. Fascinating to hear your analyses, thank you.
I was going to ask if the bits you found with the cut outs could be curfews but then you have very late dates so I guess not. Thanks for bringing us along!
While I realize that is all "dump", the amount of pottery shards amazes me. I'm from north of Seattle and we just don't have that type of history lying about our shores here. Thank you for another informative and enjoyable video. :-)
This is why I'm not doing any river exploration in my area. I'm in Iowa, and there were explorers here in the 1600s, but what I would be likely to find is modern plastic trash and perhaps some bottles most likely 19th and 20th centuries. Seeing the span of history found on the Thames is a bit humbling!
Hi Richard. Looking at your video reminds me that every time i walk on the beach here in limassol well actually east and west of the city where we have the 2 ancient kingdoms of amathus and kourion i see hundreds of fragments of ancient pottery mostly roman byzantine and medieval.Regards.
christakis kalisperides thre was a museum of roman glass on Cyprus. The curator offered a set-price to the locals for every piece handed in. Wonderful displays.
@@patrickbarrett5650 Hi.I have no idea of such a museum here in limassol.Its probaply in nicosia.In limassol we have a medieval castle around 12th century which is used as a medieval museum.It houses the medieval collection of the island.Tomb stones pottery coins etc.
Hello Richard super vidio,,,,,realy enjoyed watching you mudlarking,,you certainly know your pottery ,and so good to see it rescued ,,,,i have a beautiful early piece of Delft pottery ,,its a small bowl about 6 inches across ,,,with wavy edges ,and two small holes on the under side ,,i presume for hanging on a wall ,and has a bird painted in the middle and patterns around the outside,,i got it in a car boot sale ,,,,for a pound ,,,is there any way i could get a photo of it too you,,,?....any help would be much appreciated ,,ps found lots of good things inc a gold ring lots of ,pottery and two pipes this weekend,,just posted them ,,if you would like to have a look please any help with dates would be great if you can advise please,,thankyou.
I really enjoy your videos because I learn so much! Your showing how and where you find each piece, the explanation of what it is and how it fits into the ceramic history of England, your showing it on a grid and then showing an extant version is so well done! Could the mystery handle be a tureen handle or somesuch? I think that it would function well due to the uneven ridging. Just a thought. I always look forward to seeing what you find with each and every mudlark!
When I told my wife about mudlarking videos, she said she couldn't see me out in the mud. I told her it's scarcely worth my time in the American midwest. I would see mostly plastic garbage, and I might find some occasional old bottles or fragmentary things. This is a whole lot of nothing compared to London mudlarking which has the possibility of finding fossils and things from Roman times to the present. Going out in American rivers is pretty thin by comparison.
@@vilstef6988 I think we Brits take the richness of our history for granted, I remember digging up ammonites from our garden as a kid and not really thinking much of it..I was more interested in the beautifully soft pink chalk we used to draw on the pavements with.. :)
@@lynnhamps7183 Europeans have been in the area I'm in the US from sometime in the 17th century. My city, and the river it is on is a poop joke in an extinct language. I have some souvenirs of the Ice Age megafauna and can joke that way, way back when there was just one super continent, the equator went through my backyard. All as may be, but still not the richness of London's history. One so frequently wants what they can't have. :)
@@vilstef6988 lol, pretty cool way of describing it though...I remember talking to an American visitor and her saying with great pride that her house was 'nearly 100 years old'...I think her bubble burst a little when she was told the oldest continually occupied home in England dated from around 1140, of course there are ruins that are older and churches too. (A door in Westminster Abbey is said to be Britains oldest and dates from 1050) all fascinating stuff :D.
@@lynnhamps7183 I'd agree, very fascinating, but I'm a real history buff. In the US, lots of people look at you like you're weird if you have such an interest. (I just flat out admit my weirdness, and fly my freak flag on whatever catches my interest.) And now we have a President who doesn't have a clue on history. In the revolution we captured airports? My retort on some online forums was "not even if there is one named Montgolfier International." I've been watching mudlarking vids for several months now, and was interested enough in the artifacts and coins found to brush up on the history of the monarchy and at least get a broad picture view of the Great Houses and who was King or Queen, and when. It's been interesting to do. BBC and other media found on RUclips have some wonderful documentaries. Individuals like Richard who so generously share what they know are treasures. Makes me wonder what he does for a living. Is he a museum professional? An historian? Is pottery and earthenware a hobby which he has what looks like profound knowledge of? People who pursue interests like he does make me glad for the internet. I'm about to retire. I collect fine china, and I'm an information maven. I pick up fun information like a packrat or jackdaw go after shiny objects! Fun factoid, picked up from the Guiness Book of World Records half a lifetime ago. In English Common Law, Time Immemorial has a date. It's about 1183 when a fishing company in the South of England was granted a Royal Charter. And Lynn-people like you who also fly the freak flag are a huge part of the delight. I'm really enjoying our conversation here.
Have you found any information about what was made, and by whom in that immediate area? Stone ware production is energy intensive, so riverside makes sense for coal supply.
I once had to swim across a strong fast flowing river, in my underwear, holding my clothes above my head with one arm, because I thought my friend who was local would be aware of the tides but it turned out no one was thinking about that.
@@richardhemery6916 You're most welcome. I enjoyed how you described the history of what you were finding and telling about it in such a no-nonsense manner which bespeaks of real knowledge. The info about the Tudor and previous redware which was not completely fired because of low temperature was great information. So was the background on the thinness of the Delft glaze. I'm interested in the process of how things are made and your plain talk about it was informative and refreshing. It is such a pleasure to get the background with someone who knows their subject and loves what they are discussing enough to tell it plainly.
That private slipway is part of a communal garden that belongs to the houses on either side of the garden. It was the setting for the non-fiction book "Wapping Tales: A Kiwi in the East End" by Norma Ashworth. A lighthearted look at the characters living in Wapping in the 1980's. Recommended reading.
Forgive my ignorance but I was wondering if stoneware earthward and pottery are all the same thing. I think I understand that ceramics china and bisque are different clay and different firing but not sure on that either. I have a book somewhere I was going to look it up but can't seem to find the book.
They are all made from clays, earthenware is the standard pottery. Stoneware uses a different clay which can be fired to a much higher temperature so that the clay fuses, and is impervious to liquids. Bisque would normally be a first firing then a second follows after decoration.
Always love the History lessons we get from your finds. However, I end up just listening to the Videos and pausing when you find something as the shake and Blurr of the Camera (I'm assuming it's your phone.) causes me to get bouts of Motion Sickness. 😅 A friendly Suggestion would be that you get a Gimball Stabilizer for your device. (They are available on Amazon. I'd recommend not getting a cheap one, as they tend to be Glorified Selfie sticks! An affordable one that plugs in and connects to your phone will Cost around $59.99 - $99.00usd or £47.93 - £79.11gbp.) The Audio is still Amazing enough to listen to that I don't mind that I can't watch the Video. But it would be nice if I could. Anyways. Good quality content as always and keep up the good work!
I bought a few pieces of pottery at a yard sale today and they appear old but who knows. They feel gritty and smooth sand. Some are glazed. Can I send you a pic ? Don't have any idea what they are. 2 are teapots my husband said with a spout and a big fat handle with a hole in it. I'd love if you gave me an idea of where to start. Like your videos.
@@richardhemery6916 Thank you for explaining this process. I don’t know why I failed to consider the use of moulds, particularly as I’m in the middle of a massive moulded project at the moment.
Fascinating, thank you. May I suggest that you hold your finds a bit more still, and not keep flipping them over and over and over. It does induce a bit of motion sickness!
With all due respect, the way you flip the pieces back and forth and back and forth, makes it very difficult to actually see what it looks like. Its hard to watch for that reason alone. Otherwise, lots of info.
@@richardhemery6916 I was so 'disturbed I down loaded the video and replayed frame by frame..... Its..... ......a plastic cocktail stirrer! :) Love you videos Richard.
The peak of production in Europe, especially the Netherlands, was the 16th to the 19th century, but tourist style pieces are still made today. The last pieces made in the UK were very functional pots and that was around 1830.
@@richardhemery6916Hi, I just came across this video which I enjoyed very much. But today's production of Delft isn't just tourist style pieces. Like Wedgwood, Royal Delft also produces tableware etc. (www.royaldelft.com)
Great to listen to a person with so much knowledge.
Thank you
I would need a donkey to follow me and pack him up with every piece I found. I wouldn't get very far because I'd get stuck looking at each piece. Love what you do.
Thanks!
Great to hear a man who knows his stuff and clearly a great passion for his hobby, liked n subbed
Thank you!
absolutely brilliant. Thank you, Richard. I have learned SO much from your videos that I never quite seemed to retain when working in fine antiques. The ability to see the 'fabric' of each shard, and your excellent descriptions make for a masterclass level education!!
Thank you Kate for your encouraging comment.
Hello from Michigan. I subscribed to your video due to the excellent education you have given on pottery and other things. Thank you!
Thanks and welcome Jane, I am working on an new video at the moment.
It's very rewarding watching you describe what the odd shards are.
Thank you T.T.
Another great video Richard. I really enjoy the examples of complete objects demonstrating what you find.
I'll e-mail you soon--I have my tickets for Oct. Would love to muck around with you on the Foreshore! Warm regards and keep up the great work!
Hopefully see you in October!
Fantastic array of different pottery pieces. Thanks for your detailed and confident explanation of each piece . good imformation about clay-pipe kilns... I could just make out the kiln arrangement for pipe -making from yr illustration. Helpful.
Thank you
Very enjoyable. I had a bit of a lie down due to a headache, your calm voice and the water lapping on the shore very nice.thanks
Happy to help
The property you showed with private slipway is actually a communal garden and an apartment complex. Tv presenter Graham Norton and Dame Helen Mirren live there.
Thank you, I did not know. How nice to live so near the river!
When visiting an archeological site in India I looked down and saw that I was actually walking on a path made from 15th 16th century pottery shards !!! I took home a large handful. This reminds me of that day.
Interesting.
Besides the scale for the shards, I really enjoy the photos of what the pottery originally looked like. Thank You.
Thank you!
Followed Si and Nicola here. What a fun adventure. Thanks for taking me along. Search safe! *subbed*
Thanks!
With all that Sag, I thought any minute you would turn up a Sagger Makers Bottom knocker... but they were made in wood?Another glorious history lesson. Thank you!
Ha ha thanks!
Thankyou for sharing this interesting wander. It was very helpful to see the pictures of complete items. Some of them very beautiful. It gives one the possibility of visualising what bits & pieces may originally have looked like.
Thanks!
Richard, as always, a history lesson as well as a lark. Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge and your lovely humour.
Thank you!
Fascinating and informative as always...never have pottery fragments been so spellbinding.
Thank you!
As below thanks for the scale and what they looked like and for sharing your knowledge. You really covered some milage, it looks so peaceful, I need a visit soon.
Thanks!
Your knowledge is amazing.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking us with you to the foreshore! Such treasures you find!
Thank you!
Always fascinating.
Another fantastic journey through history. Thanks for taking us along.
Thank you!
A real mudlarking scholar...
Thank you!
Are you tempted to carry a small spray bottle to spray the mud off new finds? There is plenty of water to top it up again. Fascinating to hear your analyses, thank you.
I was going to ask if the bits you found with the cut outs could be curfews but then you have very late dates so I guess not. Thanks for bringing us along!
While I realize that is all "dump", the amount of pottery shards amazes me. I'm from north of Seattle and we just don't have that type of history lying about our shores here. Thank you for another informative and enjoyable video. :-)
Yes, plenty to go around!
This is why I'm not doing any river exploration in my area. I'm in Iowa, and there were explorers here in the 1600s, but what I would be likely to find is modern plastic trash and perhaps some bottles most likely 19th and 20th centuries. Seeing the span of history found on the Thames is a bit humbling!
@@vilstef6988 19th and early 20th century bottles are very collectable and sought after
Awesome history lessons
Thank you! Happy hunting on the Scheldt.
Great vid as always. Real interesting. Love the different types of blue and 2 see them intact just from a small shard is amazing.
Thank you!
I’m ready to pack my “swampstompers,” aka Wellies, next time I cross the pond!
And I love your cleaned up, with scale photos and examples. Thanks!
Thank you!
Incredible knowledge Richard. Thank you.
Thank you!
Hi Richard. Looking at your video reminds me that every time i walk on the beach here in limassol well actually east and west of the city where we have the 2 ancient kingdoms of amathus and kourion i see hundreds of fragments of ancient pottery mostly roman byzantine and medieval.Regards.
Interesting, thanks, and no tide in the Mediterranean, either!
@@richardhemery6916 Of course no tide.If you ever come to limassol i can show you a few beaches for pottery.
christakis kalisperides thre was a museum of roman glass on Cyprus. The curator offered a set-price to the locals for every piece handed in. Wonderful displays.
@@patrickbarrett5650 Hi.I have no idea of such a museum here in limassol.Its probaply in nicosia.In limassol we have a medieval castle around 12th century which is used as a medieval museum.It houses the medieval collection of the island.Tomb stones pottery coins etc.
Another great video Richard ! Thank you !
Thanks
Hello Richard super vidio,,,,,realy enjoyed watching you mudlarking,,you certainly know your pottery ,and so good to see it rescued ,,,,i have a beautiful early piece of Delft pottery ,,its a small bowl about 6 inches across ,,,with wavy edges ,and two small holes on the under side ,,i presume for hanging on a wall ,and has a bird painted in the middle and patterns around the outside,,i got it in a car boot sale ,,,,for a pound ,,,is there any way i could get a photo of it too you,,,?....any help would be much appreciated ,,ps found lots of good things inc a gold ring lots of ,pottery and two pipes this weekend,,just posted them ,,if you would like to have a look please any help with dates would be great if you can advise please,,thankyou.
Do you keep and display the interesting pieces you find? It's like shards of history speaking to the future.
I have the best ones in a glass topped coffee table.
Fantastic, very enjoyable . Thank you for all your work, and information.
Thanks
I'm just blown away how you read these little pottery shards! So fascinating.
Thank you!
I really enjoy your videos because I learn so much! Your showing how and where you find each piece, the explanation of what it is and how it fits into the ceramic history of England, your showing it on a grid and then showing an extant version is so well done! Could the mystery handle be a tureen handle or somesuch? I think that it would function well due to the uneven ridging. Just a thought. I always look forward to seeing what you find with each and every mudlark!
Thank you.
I do find it amusing that there is so much history in the UK that you call items that are around 150 years, 'not very old' lol
When I told my wife about mudlarking videos, she said she couldn't see me out in the mud. I told her it's scarcely worth my time in the American midwest. I would see mostly plastic garbage, and I might find some occasional old bottles or fragmentary things. This is a whole lot of nothing compared to London mudlarking which has the possibility of finding fossils and things from Roman times to the present. Going out in American rivers is pretty thin by comparison.
@@vilstef6988 I think we Brits take the richness of our history for granted, I remember digging up ammonites from our garden as a kid and not really thinking much of it..I was more interested in the beautifully soft pink chalk we used to draw on the pavements with.. :)
@@lynnhamps7183 Europeans have been in the area I'm in the US from sometime in the 17th century. My city, and the river it is on is a poop joke in an extinct language. I have some souvenirs of the Ice Age megafauna and can joke that way, way back when there was just one super continent, the equator went through my backyard. All as may be, but still not the richness of London's history. One so frequently wants what they can't have. :)
@@vilstef6988 lol, pretty cool way of describing it though...I remember talking to an American visitor and her saying with great pride that her house was 'nearly 100 years old'...I think her bubble burst a little when she was told the oldest continually occupied home in England dated from around 1140, of course there are ruins that are older and churches too. (A door in Westminster Abbey is said to be Britains oldest and dates from 1050) all fascinating stuff :D.
@@lynnhamps7183 I'd agree, very fascinating, but I'm a real history buff. In the US, lots of people look at you like you're weird if you have such an interest. (I just flat out admit my weirdness, and fly my freak flag on whatever catches my interest.) And now we have a President who doesn't have a clue on history. In the revolution we captured airports? My retort on some online forums was "not even if there is one named Montgolfier International." I've been watching mudlarking vids for several months now, and was interested enough in the artifacts and coins found to brush up on the history of the monarchy and at least get a broad picture view of the Great Houses and who was King or Queen, and when. It's been interesting to do. BBC and other media found on RUclips have some wonderful documentaries. Individuals like Richard who so generously share what they know are treasures. Makes me wonder what he does for a living. Is he a museum professional? An historian? Is pottery and earthenware a hobby which he has what looks like profound knowledge of? People who pursue interests like he does make me glad for the internet. I'm about to retire. I collect fine china, and I'm an information maven. I pick up fun information like a packrat or jackdaw go after shiny objects! Fun factoid, picked up from the Guiness Book of World Records half a lifetime ago. In English Common Law, Time Immemorial has a date. It's about 1183 when a fishing company in the South of England was granted a Royal Charter. And Lynn-people like you who also fly the freak flag are a huge part of the delight. I'm really enjoying our conversation here.
Love waching your videos Richard. Greetings from the Basque coast!
Again a really enjoyable video.Just what a “pot a holic “ like me loves. Thank you.
Thank you!
Greetings from Harlow, Essex. If that was ours we will be wanting it returned and if not, well we want it anyway. Cheers thanks, love you.
Have you found any information about what was made, and by whom in that immediate area? Stone ware production is energy intensive, so riverside makes sense for coal supply.
There were many Delftware and Stoneware manufactories, and some porcelain, mostly on the South Bank of the Thames.
I once had to swim across a strong fast flowing river, in my underwear, holding my clothes above my head with one arm, because I thought my friend who was local would be aware of the tides but it turned out no one was thinking about that.
A lucky escape!
Remember to move the camera slow or we watchers get dizzy. Enjoyable video.
Thank you, I will try and do that.
Good point about ensuring you have a route to escape from the rising tide.
Yes some people have been caught out and needed rescuing.
Wow, you REALLY know your pottery!!
Thank you!
@@richardhemery6916 Are you a potter as well as a historian?
@@stasiaspade1169 Only at school, not anything great!
Very informative! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you
Thankyou for the nuggets of information. Tammy from Malaysia.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Thanks
@@richardhemery6916 You're most welcome. I enjoyed how you described the history of what you were finding and telling about it in such a no-nonsense manner which bespeaks of real knowledge. The info about the Tudor and previous redware which was not completely fired because of low temperature was great information. So was the background on the thinness of the Delft glaze. I'm interested in the process of how things are made and your plain talk about it was informative and refreshing. It is such a pleasure to get the background with someone who knows their subject and loves what they are discussing enough to tell it plainly.
That private slipway is part of a communal garden that belongs to the houses on either side of the garden.
It was the setting for the non-fiction book "Wapping Tales: A Kiwi in the East End" by Norma Ashworth.
A lighthearted look at the characters living in Wapping in the 1980's.
Recommended reading.
Thank you, Bill, I didn't know that!
Fascinating, thank you.
Thanks!
At around 6.10 - is that a ring in the mud to the right of your hand?
I had a look, it looks like a piece of curved shell, I hope I didn't miss a priceless artefact!
Forgive my ignorance but I was wondering if stoneware earthward and pottery are all the same thing. I think I understand that ceramics china and bisque are different clay and different firing but not sure on that either. I have a book somewhere I was going to look it up but can't seem to find the book.
They are all made from clays, earthenware is the standard pottery. Stoneware uses a different clay which can be fired to a much higher temperature so that the clay fuses, and is impervious to liquids. Bisque would normally be a first firing then a second follows after decoration.
Always love the History lessons we get from your finds.
However, I end up just listening to the Videos and pausing when you find something as the shake and Blurr of the Camera (I'm assuming it's your phone.) causes me to get bouts of Motion Sickness. 😅
A friendly Suggestion would be that you get a Gimball Stabilizer for your device. (They are available on Amazon. I'd recommend not getting a cheap one, as they tend to be Glorified Selfie sticks! An affordable one that plugs in and connects to your phone will Cost around $59.99 - $99.00usd or £47.93 - £79.11gbp.)
The Audio is still Amazing enough to listen to that I don't mind that I can't watch the Video. But it would be nice if I could.
Anyways. Good quality content as always and keep up the good work!
Yes, it's a phone, thanks for the comment, I'll look into it!
I bought a few pieces of pottery at a yard sale today and they appear old but who knows. They feel gritty and smooth sand. Some are glazed. Can I send you a pic ? Don't have any idea what they are. 2 are teapots my husband said with a spout and a big fat handle with a hole in it. I'd love if you gave me an idea of where to start. Like your videos.
Hello Chris, you can send photos to richardhemery@tiscali.co.uk
At 3:52-ish at 9 o'clock next to the red rock was that a marble? (Looking at it in Landscape).
It might be, marbles are a common find on the Thames.
May I ask how the barley corn texture was applied? Were these pieces made in one mould, or were they built up in some way?
Mostly these pieces were made in two moulds, each exactly half of the vessel, then any handles, feet and finials applied afterwards.
@@richardhemery6916 Thank you for explaining this process. I don’t know why I failed to consider the use of moulds, particularly as I’m in the middle of a massive moulded project at the moment.
Thank you ! I love mudlarking at Wapping! I use the same ladder!
Show us your finds!
Have you found any with the hand painted periwinkles
Not yet.
a happy welly wearer mudlarking
Should find more things from the future....................
Fascinating, thank you. May I suggest that you hold your finds a bit more still, and not keep flipping them over and over and over. It does induce a bit of motion sickness!
Sorry I will bear that in mind!
With all due respect, the way you flip the pieces back and forth and back and forth, makes it very difficult to actually see what it looks like. Its hard to watch for that reason alone. Otherwise, lots of info.
Thanks, point taken.
at 4:34 did you just flip away a coin... looked like a Victoria penny!
Watching that I had a moment thinking the same, but I am sure I would have spotted it if I touched with the trowel!
@@richardhemery6916 I was so 'disturbed I down loaded the video and replayed frame by frame.....
Its.....
......a plastic cocktail stirrer! :)
Love you videos Richard.
@@ChillBill1 Thanks, enjoying your finds too.
Richard are you a Virgo?
I don't have a star sign!
Is Delft still produced or is it all old?
The peak of production in Europe, especially the Netherlands, was the 16th to the 19th century, but tourist style pieces are still made today. The last pieces made in the UK were very functional pots and that was around 1830.
@@richardhemery6916 Thankyou for replying.
@@richardhemery6916Hi, I just came across this video which I enjoyed very much. But today's production of Delft isn't just tourist style pieces. Like Wedgwood, Royal Delft also produces tableware etc. (www.royaldelft.com)