Greetings, good to see you. Now with almost 4K subscribers you will be amazed at how we depend and look forward to hearing from you. You touch people of all ages and me reside all over the world. You have a big extended TH-cam family. We are lucky.
Another fantastic, informative video. Love Kit & Caboodlers! We will miss you! Hope we can meet up sometime this year or next! Stay safe! Gail & Alex xx
I must say Richard that I thoroughly enjoy your videos! Your knowledge of pottery styles and history is impressive! I have learned quite a lot! Cheers from Florida USA
The hand-painted blue and white is always so pretty, but I really get excited when you find pieces that have thumb / finger prints, like the jug handle. For a future video it would be fun to see one or two of your more unusual, rare, or hardest to identify pieces. Since I'm house-bound at the mo, this video was quite refreshing, especially the sound of the waves, and your boots on the rocks. :-)
Thank you, happy to help! Yes, we are all looking through our old finds, trying to ID them, so I may well do a top 10 from each era! Stay well, Mirkatu.
Great vlog Richard, very interesting and informative. Nice to see the ladies from Kit and Caboodlers too - recommend viewers to have a look at their channel also. Thank you Richard, wishing you love and light during these dark days.
Richard, Hello from "across the pond" as my Dad would say🙂 What a wonderful mudlarking day! So appreciate you taking us along and your extensive knowledge on pottery. Makes me feel if I could ever get back to London and mudlark I would know what to look for. Stay well and look forward to when things get back to normal.
Great finds! And a very well done episode! It seems like six or more centuries of London history are represented? Thanks again for kindly sharing your vast pottery knowledge. 📚 It’s very interesting how techniques, materials & design changed.. innovating yet serving the same prime purpose or similar function.
Great video! It was fun mudlarking with you! It feels like a long time ago now with everything that is going on. Here is to meeting up sometime in the future when all this is behind us :)
A super video and great to see your adventure on the foreshore ...with the ladies ...always enjoy your pottery finds and your knowledge is fantastic ! Regards Adrian and Simon meteldetecting guys Dorset England
Hi Richard, thanks for another great video. I learn something new every time you pick something up, and it really helps me categorize my finds! I hope you and your family stay well!!
I’m so glad you posted this! I have a piece of pottery that is exactly as one of the Roman pieces you found. I mudlarked at the Thames before you needed a permit. I wish I could ask you about the other pieces. I am a nurse so no staying at home for me😬 thank you for all of your knowledge and thank you for sharing it😄 Stay safe👍
I always love going along the foreshore with you. I find myself guessing, and sometimes I get it correct. It's a dream to get to mudlark the foreshore in the future. My dream find; Siemian Ware, a bit of Roman with shale, and an in sized pattern, a cod marble and a garnet, and some pins. Anyway thanks for the adventure!
🙍So sad that we won't be seeing your vlogs for awhile, but COMPLETELY understandable 👌👍. Hope all is well healthwise with you, family and friends. Wishing 🕉️ positive thoughts and 🙏's to my new found mudlarking and metal detecting friends across the"pond"😉. Love to all, and safe keeping 🤗🤭😘.
You had a great day! Nice finds! I so enjoy your teaching adventures. Thank you for taking us along! I wonder with all the pottery shards you have found at different times have you ever been able to put a pottery piece back together?
I have an idea.....if you have a garden, then open up your hose pipe, mix thoroughly with your mudlarking collection and treat us all to refinding them! Needs must and all that!
Richard, I'm disappointed and a bit surprised that mudlarking isn't allowed during this time of self-isolation. It would seem to be the perfect way to practice safe social distancing. I take small groups to metal detect near Colchester, and have always collected bits of pottery, so your expertise in identifying pottery and porcelain has been much appreciated.
It's more the travelling I think. I had to get the train to London, once you are there it is easy to find the wide open spaces! Lots of nice Roman at Colchester I hope.
Thank you Richard. Stay safe. BTW I was wondering if I could send you some of the finds that my daughter and I found when we were in Scotland. Perhaps you could date them and you could keep them of course.
Richard- always enjoy your posts! I think the Willow pattern shard came from a plate made by John Ridgway of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire. The mark appears in KOVEL'S NEW DICTIONARY OF MARKS, (1986) page 105 example 'L" The mark dates from ca.1841. I can send a picture of the page if you would like.
@@richardhemery6916 Glad my information was helpful. I do not own the Godden big book, but do own a few of his others, including his Handbook, which does show a very similar mark on page 112. I really thought I would find the mark in one of the books by Petra Williams, but I didn't. I have a nice collection of Staffordshire transferware (mostly blue & white), much of it dating to the 1830-50 period. I have collected many thing over the years and one of the best parts is the research it involves, made somewhat easier now with the internet. Perhaps this love of research is due to the fact that I am a librarian! I really appreciate watching your videos and that you show extant examples so that we can see what the object the shard came from looked like!
Just to add: in COLLECTORS' HANDBOOK OF MARKS & MONO-GRAMS ON PORCELAIN & POTTERY by Wm. Chaffers (1947), a similar mark also appears on page 288, dating it to c1830. Hope I'm not getting carried away here!
Thank you again for a great video. I have a question. The shelly ware? Not sure if that is correct spelling, but it seems much more primitive than Roman pieces. I know some came from other country by the Romans but was none made there and if so why what seems to be a back slide to rougher pottery?
Technology declined after the Roman period ended. As well as the fine pottery you see in museums, the Romans made plenty of coarse pottery, including shell tempered wares, and these are made through to the early Medieval period. The wheel was not used at all from 400 - 800 AD, then some industries made wheel thrown pottery until around 1000 AD, when it's use declined again until 1300.
I'm so impressed with how much you know about pottery. Why is there so much Roman an later pottery pieces in the Thames? Was it just broken up and dumped in the river as a dump site? Does it come from up from the Channel to the river?
It does not matter whether at home or on the beach. It is important not to get close to other people less than 1.5-2m and not touch things that others touched, i.e. door handles, handles of a shopping trolley, or decontaminate with alcohol or vinegar ...
Why not film and discuss some of your elusive projects we never really get to see ❓❓❓ We would find that quite interesting. #thevelvetloungelifeyoutube ☺️
Do subscribe to Kit and Caboodlers channel!
I am a subscriber to Kit and Caboodlers- they are lovely aren't they. Another fascinating stroll along the foreshore thank you Richard.
Lovely to see you xx always a joy
Greetings, good to see you. Now with almost 4K subscribers you will be amazed at how we depend and look forward to hearing from you. You touch people of all ages and me reside all over the world. You have a big extended TH-cam family. We are lucky.
Thanks Beverly!
Thank you Richard for an amazing video! Your knowledge is so vast! I love that you show examples too. I cast my vote for a peek at your collection!
Thank you!
Dear Richard,
You are helping me keep my sanity these dark days.
Take care of yourself and Family-
Looking so forward to every vid to come!
Another fantastic, informative video. Love Kit & Caboodlers! We will miss you! Hope we can meet up sometime this year or next! Stay safe! Gail & Alex xx
Thank you, yes, when life gets back to normal!
Ha ha “maybe I’ve just got fat fingers”
I loved that 😂
I must say Richard that I thoroughly enjoy your videos! Your knowledge of pottery styles and history is impressive! I have learned quite a lot! Cheers from Florida USA
The hand-painted blue and white is always so pretty, but I really get excited when you find pieces that have thumb / finger prints, like the jug handle. For a future video it would be fun to see one or two of your more unusual, rare, or hardest to identify pieces. Since I'm house-bound at the mo, this video was quite refreshing, especially the sound of the waves, and your boots on the rocks. :-)
Thank you, happy to help! Yes, we are all looking through our old finds, trying to ID them, so I may well do a top 10 from each era! Stay well, Mirkatu.
@@richardhemery6916 Yes I like this idea, thanks and you, too! :-)
So absolutely amazing! I would just love to be able to come there and do that
Stay safe Richard! Watching your videos is always a fun return to school for me because your knowledge of pottery approaches the profound!
Great vlog Richard, very interesting and informative. Nice to see the ladies from Kit and Caboodlers too - recommend viewers to have a look at their channel also. Thank you Richard, wishing you love and light during these dark days.
Richard, Hello from "across the pond" as my Dad would say🙂 What a wonderful mudlarking day! So appreciate you taking us along and your extensive knowledge on pottery. Makes me feel if I could ever get back to London and mudlark I would know what to look for. Stay well and look forward to when things get back to normal.
Thank you, I hope you can make it to London some day.
Great finds! And a very well done episode!
It seems like six or more centuries of London history are represented? Thanks again for kindly sharing your vast pottery knowledge. 📚 It’s very interesting how techniques, materials & design changed.. innovating yet serving the same prime purpose or similar function.
Thank you, 1800 years if you include the Roman pieces.
Great video! It was fun mudlarking with you! It feels like a long time ago now with everything that is going on. Here is to meeting up sometime in the future when all this is behind us :)
I'm glad you like it, yes, here's to the future! Northern Mudlarks invited me to join them one day, but it is a long journey!
A super video and great to see your adventure on the foreshore ...with the ladies ...always enjoy your pottery finds and your knowledge is fantastic ! Regards Adrian and Simon meteldetecting guys Dorset England
Have enjoyed you! Most appreciative of the historical information you give. You rock!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Professor.
Thanks, Tobias!
Enjoyed your knowledge about pottery.Thank you for sharing
Thank you!
You and your family stay safe.. Thanks for the video. Always great to check out one of your vid's..
Once again I have to mention...this guy knows his shit.
Hi Richard, thanks for another great video. I learn something new every time you pick something up, and it really helps me categorize my finds! I hope you and your family stay well!!
Thank you, I'm sure you recognize the locale!
I’m so glad you posted this! I have a piece of pottery that is exactly as one of the Roman pieces you found. I mudlarked at the Thames before you needed a permit. I wish I could ask you about the other pieces. I am a nurse so no staying at home for me😬 thank you for all of your knowledge and thank you for sharing it😄 Stay safe👍
Hello Debby, you can e-mail me photos if you want to, richardhemery@tiscali.co.uk
Thanks for whatever videos you can give us. Stay well.
great video and beautiful finds, thank you! it's so interesting you find so much roman stuff. love the piece from Cologne (?).
Very happy with the pottery book. Thanks!
Thank you, Susan.
Thank you Richard☮️🇨🇦
Take care I look forward to future mudlark with you.
Thank you, my best to all of you.
I always love going along the foreshore with you. I find myself guessing, and sometimes I get it correct. It's a dream to get to mudlark the foreshore in the future. My dream find; Siemian Ware, a bit of Roman with shale, and an in sized pattern, a cod marble and a garnet, and some pins. Anyway thanks for the adventure!
Thank you Gina, maybe one day you can come to London!
@@richardhemery6916 that's the dream. I just love your country!
🙍So sad that we won't be seeing your vlogs for awhile, but COMPLETELY understandable 👌👍. Hope all is well healthwise with you, family and friends. Wishing 🕉️ positive thoughts and 🙏's to my new found mudlarking and metal detecting friends across the"pond"😉. Love to all, and safe keeping 🤗🤭😘.
All well so far, thank you Juliet, and best wishes to you also.
Wonderfully informative, thank you.
Another great video Richard. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks!
You had a great day! Nice finds! I so enjoy your teaching adventures. Thank you for taking us along! I wonder with all the pottery shards you have found at different times have you ever been able to put a pottery piece back together?
Sadly no, not from the Thames, they are too scattered.
Thank You so much and yep on their channel as well💖
I have an idea.....if you have a garden, then open up your hose pipe, mix thoroughly with your mudlarking collection and treat us all to refinding them! Needs must and all that!
Intriguing idea! I do have garden and hose...
Richard, I'm disappointed and a bit surprised that mudlarking isn't allowed during this time of self-isolation. It would seem to be the perfect way to practice safe social distancing. I take small groups to metal detect near Colchester, and have always collected bits of pottery, so your expertise in identifying pottery and porcelain has been much appreciated.
It's more the travelling I think. I had to get the train to London, once you are there it is easy to find the wide open spaces! Lots of nice Roman at Colchester I hope.
Just helping the algorithm. 🙂
We live in a strange period, the world is turned upside down.
Here too there is a lockdown, be safe.
Thank you Richard. Stay safe. BTW I was wondering if I could send you some of the finds that my daughter and I found when we were in Scotland. Perhaps you could date them and you could keep them of course.
That's very kind thank you. If you want an ID you could send me photos, richardhemery@tiscali.co.uk
Richard- always enjoy your posts! I think the Willow pattern shard came from a plate made by John Ridgway of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire. The mark appears in KOVEL'S NEW DICTIONARY OF MARKS, (1986) page 105 example 'L" The mark dates from ca.1841. I can send a picture of the page if you would like.
Thanks for the information! I will look in Godden's guide, it's like the UK version of Kovels.
@@richardhemery6916 Glad my information was helpful. I do not own the Godden big book, but do own a few of his others, including his Handbook, which does show a very similar mark on page 112. I really thought I would find the mark in one of the books by Petra Williams, but I didn't. I have a nice collection of Staffordshire transferware (mostly blue & white), much of it dating to the 1830-50 period. I have collected many thing over the years and one of the best parts is the research it involves, made somewhat easier now with the internet. Perhaps this love of research is due to the fact that I am a librarian! I really appreciate watching your videos and that you show extant examples so that we can see what the object the shard came from looked like!
Just to add: in COLLECTORS' HANDBOOK OF MARKS & MONO-GRAMS ON PORCELAIN & POTTERY by Wm. Chaffers (1947), a similar mark also appears on page 288, dating it to c1830. Hope I'm not getting carried away here!
@@debrashulman362 thank you, I have Chaffers book somewhere!
Thank you again for a great video. I have a question. The shelly ware? Not sure if that is correct spelling, but it seems much more primitive than Roman pieces. I know some came from other country by the Romans but was none made there and if so why what seems to be a back slide to rougher pottery?
Please stay healthy ..
Technology declined after the Roman period ended. As well as the fine pottery you see in museums, the Romans made plenty of coarse pottery, including shell tempered wares, and these are made through to the early Medieval period. The wheel was not used at all from 400 - 800 AD, then some industries made wheel thrown pottery until around 1000 AD, when it's use declined again until 1300.
I'm so impressed with how much you know about pottery. Why is there so much Roman an later pottery pieces in the Thames? Was it just broken up and dumped in the river as a dump site? Does it come from up from the Channel to the river?
Thank you! Some was discarded as rubbish, some was excavated in the city during building work long ago and used to build revetments which are eroding.
May I ask what you do with all your pieces of pottery? ✌🏼🇺🇸
Some of the better ones are recorded on the online finds database, then all of them kept for my reference collection.
It does not matter whether at home or on the beach. It is important not to get close to other people less than 1.5-2m and not touch things that others touched, i.e. door handles, handles of a shopping trolley, or decontaminate with alcohol or vinegar ...
Jan Saddam Thames authority (or whoever it is that controls the foreshore and the Thames) are imposing fines if anyone mudlarks there at the minute.
Dunno why you can't wander a river bank alone? gl
Why not film and discuss some of your elusive projects we never really get to see ❓❓❓ We would find that quite interesting. #thevelvetloungelifeyoutube ☺️
Oh, a droll and very dry sense of humor on the foreshore!
It would be hard for me to get interested in your hobby if they were bigger pieces maybe