shard
i’ve always wondered what it would be like to dig up old pottery in the backyard, and yesterday i found out: i was planting new perennials, and found the shard above while digging. i dug a little more to see if there where more pieces, but i didn’t find any.
this one is about an inch long by half inch wide, and needs a good cleaning. and then, i’m going to make a brooch.
happy monday!
July 12th, 2010 at 6:04 am
Wow! Archeaology in the backyard! How exciting.
July 12th, 2010 at 6:14 am
That will be a beautiful brooch.
I only dig up old pieces of Styrofoam at my house. The previous owner of our house had a weird obsession with Styrofoam.
July 12th, 2010 at 6:18 am
The abstract patina will be really pretty on a brooch. When I was little, I’d help my granny in the garden and I’d get so excited when I found things in the ground. Then she started planting coins for me to find which kind of took the fun out of finding some genuine treasure!
July 12th, 2010 at 6:29 am
that’s a wonderful piece and i love the crazing. i only find bits of glass in our garden. i guess you can call it dirt glass vs. sea glass
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July 12th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Lovely shard- what do you think it’s from?
I’d like to find a hidden treasure box in my backyard, but I haven’t started digging for it yet.
July 12th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Sweet! All I seem to find are shards of broken glass. Ick.
July 12th, 2010 at 7:28 am
oooo – i love it!
July 12th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Nice crazing marks. It’ll make a great brooch. Did I ever tell you I went to archeology field school after college? 6 weeks of precise digging in cornfield under a burning hot sun. Regardless, it made me want to go back to school for a 2nd degree. (but I was out of money)
July 12th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I’ll wait to see how you make your brooch then I’ll know what to do with my blue pieces which are still sitting outside waiting for me to do something with them.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:16 am
What a find!
For some reason this reminded me of a time capsule. I remember making one with my brother but I’m not sure if we ever buried it. I should call my mom, perhaps she remembers….
July 13th, 2010 at 6:02 am
ooooh, a treasure! can’t wait to see your brooch!!
July 13th, 2010 at 6:25 am
What a cool idea!
We found a whole lot of old glass in the garden. you know the thick, irregular… hand made (blown?) glass. It was very cool.
Problem in NL is that if you start digging and find very old stuff in certain amounts, you get a platoon of archeologists moving into your garden until they’ve dug everything up. Which would be very cool…or very crowded… LOL
July 13th, 2010 at 6:43 am
After one of my many attempts at pottery I was left with a bunch of bowls I did not want + decided to bury them in the backyard with the idea that one day someone would dig them up + wonder how they got there.
July 20th, 2010 at 11:36 am
That’s going to be a lovely brooch!