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In #WomensHistoryMonth (which is every month as far as I’m concerned but, still, hashtags etc etc) I’m highlighting some Thames Foreshore mudlarked finds that have links to women who either worked on the river or whose forgotten stories are told through these artefacts #mudlark 
From the top, left to right:
• a handful of mostly Tudor-era, poss later, aglets. These were made of copper alloy, or silver/gold for high status people, some beautifully decorated, and protected the ends of cord or lace. We still use them, tho’ plastic, on our shoe laces 2/
• a handful of mostly Tudor-era, poss later, aglets. These were made of copper alloy, or silver/gold for high status people, some beautifully decorated, and protected the ends of cord or lace. We still use them, tho’ plastic, on our shoe laces 2/
- aglets cont. Women were involved both in aglet-making workshops and records from their Guild show that some of them ran aglet workshops if inherited from a husband.
• a 15th/16th century Pinner’s Bone, or Pinholder, found by me on the Thames last month, a dream find 3/
• a 15th/16th century Pinner’s Bone, or Pinholder, found by me on the Thames last month, a dream find 3/
Back to the river this morning, star find of the day was this domino/gaming token. Fashioned from the thinnest sliver of bone, difficult to age, perhaps a hundred years old or even more. Might have been lost from a local gambling den but today it’s coming home with me #mudlark
Here it is, front and back. Tossed about in the Thames for at least a century, possibly more, the bone carved by the steadiest of hands.
Also, lovely to meet @__ChrisMorris__ today & indict him into the ways of the Thames Foreshore. His first find of the day was this glass 18th C trade bead that hides a dark history. If you’d like to start mudlarking, like Chris, you must have a permit from the @LondonPortAuth
