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28.05.26 - South Bank
Jun. 3rd, 2026 08:51 amDate: Thursday 28th May 2026
Area searched: South Bank
Items found: pottery sherds, pieces of glass, two bottles, a Gameboy game, fake leaves, a cowrie shell.
A very hot evening, with many people on the foreshore, sitting on the sand, enjoying the weather.
I like the mysterious Game Boy game that it’s not possible to tell what game it was. I doubt it would still work though.
There’s a piece of a Dudson teapot there, the blue piece. Mosaic ‘pale blue’. https://ridgwaypatternbook.org.uk/other/dudsonpinetp.html
There’s a piece of ABC crockery (Aerated Bread Company), where only the A is visible.
The blue and white words are from G Phillips, Longport, who was in operation from 1834 to 1848. This broken piece of pottery could be almost 200 years old.
George Phillips:
https://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/797a.htm
Edward & George Phillips' Pottery at Longport:
https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/bulletin_previews/articles/09Winter-Longport.pdf
An R White’s bottle.
A Presta bottle.
Presta was made by Apollinaris and they made squashes and other drinks.
Apollinaris date back to 1852 in Germany and became the leading table water. The brand is now owned by Coca-Cola.
Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollinaris_(water)
Presta advert:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/1qqg13o/ad_poster_for_presta_sparkling_orange_and/#lightbox
Apollinaris company: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp122659/the-apollinaris-company-limited
This article, on page 14 of the PDF, has some interesting information on the Edenbridge Factory:
https://evmt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-EVH-Newsletter-2018.pdf
In 1875, Apollinaris were listed at 19 Regent Street in London, originally as wine and spirit merchants, and then also mineral water.
The article says that they became Apollinaris and Presta
in 1932 and then Apollinaris and Co in 1952 until 1955, and they manufactured Presta squashes and table waters at Sardinia House, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields.
So this bottle is probably at least 70 years old.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)
Area searched: South Bank
Items found: pottery sherds, pieces of glass, two bottles, a Gameboy game, fake leaves, a cowrie shell.
A very hot evening, with many people on the foreshore, sitting on the sand, enjoying the weather.
I like the mysterious Game Boy game that it’s not possible to tell what game it was. I doubt it would still work though.
There’s a piece of a Dudson teapot there, the blue piece. Mosaic ‘pale blue’. https://ridgwaypatternbook.org.uk/other/dudsonpinetp.html
There’s a piece of ABC crockery (Aerated Bread Company), where only the A is visible.
The blue and white words are from G Phillips, Longport, who was in operation from 1834 to 1848. This broken piece of pottery could be almost 200 years old.
George Phillips:
https://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/797a.htm
Edward & George Phillips' Pottery at Longport:
https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/bulletin_previews/articles/09Winter-Longport.pdf
An R White’s bottle.
A Presta bottle.
Presta was made by Apollinaris and they made squashes and other drinks.
Apollinaris date back to 1852 in Germany and became the leading table water. The brand is now owned by Coca-Cola.
Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollinaris_(water)
Presta advert:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/1qqg13o/ad_poster_for_presta_sparkling_orange_and/#lightbox
Apollinaris company: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp122659/the-apollinaris-company-limited
This article, on page 14 of the PDF, has some interesting information on the Edenbridge Factory:
https://evmt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-EVH-Newsletter-2018.pdf
In 1875, Apollinaris were listed at 19 Regent Street in London, originally as wine and spirit merchants, and then also mineral water.
The article says that they became Apollinaris and Presta
in 1932 and then Apollinaris and Co in 1952 until 1955, and they manufactured Presta squashes and table waters at Sardinia House, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields.
So this bottle is probably at least 70 years old.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)
