A Mudlark's Treasures
eBook - ePub

A Mudlark's Treasures

London in Fragments

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Mudlark's Treasures

London in Fragments

About this book


'A beautiful book.' Daily Mail
'Exhilaratingly curious.' Evening Standard
'Gripping.' Spectator
'Brilliant.' Penelope Lively
'Indefatigably researched.' Country Life
'Beautifully illustrated.' Monocle

Mudlarking, the act of searching the Thames foreshore for items of value, has a long tradition in England's capital. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, mudlarks were small boys grubbing a living from scrap. Today’s mudlarks unearth relics of the past from the banks of the Thames which tell stories of Londoners throughout history. From Roman tiles to elegant Georgian pottery, presented here are modern-day mudlark Ted Sandling's most evocative finds, gorgeously photographed. Together they create a mosaic of everyday London life through the centuries, touching on the journeys, pleasures, vices, industries, adornments and comforts of a world city. This unique and stunning book celebrates the beauty of small things, and makes sense of the intangible connection that found objects give us to the individuals who lost them.

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Information

Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780711263628
eBook ISBN
9781781012178

INDEX

Entries in italics refer to photographs.
Addis, William 212
Addison, Joseph 81, 207
adornment 196–215
alcohol 42, 68–81, 85, 86, 108, 111, 119, 127, 168
Aldwych 220
ale-houses 73, 97, see also inns, pubs, taverns
American Tract Society 38, 39
Andries, Jasper 187
Angoulême sprigs 58, 59
animals 25, 50, 52–3, 62, 63, 82, 153, 156, 190
apothecaries 82, 97
apothecary jar 83, 180
archaeology 8, 17–19, 21, 37, 124, 153, 167, 240, 243
armorial pottery 63, 8...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. What is a Mudlark?
  6. Journeys
  7. Figures and Flowers
  8. Pleasure and Vice
  9. Clay Tobacco Pipes
  10. Pleasures of the Table
  11. A Mudlark’s Treasures
  12. Industry
  13. Anatomy of A Pottery
  14. Tiles
  15. Adornment
  16. Indulgences and Comforts
  17. So You Want To Go Mudlarking?
  18. Afterword: Brigitte Schmidt
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. Dedication
  23. Copyright