Along with plant labels, Mr. C's digging produced this the other day. It's glass, and looks to be the stopper for a perfume bottle perhaps. It could be Woolworths c. 1975, or it could be something much older and unusual - I've no idea. It's fun to speculate, though, about who owned it and how it came to be broken and in the garden, and it makes me want to excavate a bit more in the hope of making other finds. Don't they say one man's rubbish is another man's treasure?
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Beautiful glass! Keep us posted if you find out any more about it.
Posted by: knittingoutloud | 20 July 2009 at 12:22 AM
The colour is gorgeous! I'd keep digging.
Posted by: Darlene | 20 July 2009 at 01:44 AM
It's definitely not Woolworth's. Looks handmade. Wish I could see it closer.
Posted by: sherry | 20 July 2009 at 01:30 PM
When the previous owners in our house dug out the pool they found all sorts of American Indian artifacts .. arrow heads mainly, but some pottery shards too apparantly. Everytime I did out there I hope to find similar, but so far no luck for me!
Posted by: Carol | 20 July 2009 at 03:17 PM
That really is a beautiful piece of glass.
Look out, now, before you know it you'll be looking for Roman ruins, a la Lucia. :-)
Posted by: Nancy | 20 July 2009 at 06:42 PM
Whatever it is, it's a pretty piece of glass. I also thought of Lucia and Georgie when I saw this post and had a chuckle.
Karen, I finished Henrietta's War over the weekend. What a terrific little book. I found it thought provoking and really quite funny. I just wish it had been longer. Hopefully Bloomsbury will publish the second volume.
Posted by: Lisa W | 21 July 2009 at 10:56 PM
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Lisa, and yes, fingers crossed for the second volume!
Posted by: Cornflower | 22 July 2009 at 07:10 AM