Thanks so much Dorothy 😃 we do have a couple of necklaces in our Etsy shop with the blues from that day and Nicole is hoping to add one or two pink pendants for Valentine’s Day ❤️
Great research on the origins of Frozen Charlotte!! Such a good time on the beach...you both love to find those bits of blue, although I would have taken that baby blue piece too!
Thanks so much Kris! It was a fab day with so many lovely blue pieces we were able to make into jewellery 😊 Glad you enjoyed the Frozen Charlotte history ... looking back to that baby blue piece ... I wish I had taken it, but it might not show itself now for a few years 😬
Absolutely! We've long loved Leven, and now we can get over to this part - its just gotten better! :D Thank you so much for helping us out with the directions! :D Our very best wishes! xo
Looked like quite a nice day at the beach. It felt quite tranquil. Thanku for the original story and how Charolett came about. Yet again I didn’t know. ☺️🙋♀️
Chilly, but, yes, a very nice day. :D You're right, it is so much more peaceful on that shore than on the other! So glad to have shared something new! :D Thank you co much! xo
Wow another awesome video, you have some awesome pebbles on your beach too. Love the blue pieces of glass you found. Thank you for the history lesson on frozen charlottes. Much love and blessings from Western Australia and stay safe and well 🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
So very kind, thank you! :D I keep saying it, but we really do have to take a closer look at the pebbles around us - we know one beach where there are so many really beautiful and colourful pebbles - we cant get there just now, but will put it on the list! :D Glad you enjoyed the Frozen Charlotte section - its always nice to add something new to a popular topic! Much love and blessings from Scotland! Stay safe and well. xox
Hello there, some nice sea glass finds the blue pieces are really lovely, the history of the frozen Charlotte's was amazing, I have heard a few things about her , but not in such depth as you went into so thank you so much for that, also the piece of Scottish sponge ware they are just so pretty, take care folks xx
Thanks so much Mike and Brenda 😃 glad the Frozen Charlotte info was interesting! Ohh we do love Spongeware - it looks so home made , kind of connects you to the past! Take care 😃
Your little boy doll @25:30 looks so sweet and wistful. An amazing collection you've managed to find. Lovely little pieces of history. You had a wonderful day at Leven yet again -- lots of blues. I always love it when Nicole finds that certain special extra -- bead, marble, or stopper. Her excitement is palpable as she bounces up and down. Loved every minute spent with you.
Thanks so much Karen! The frozen Charlie is a museum display sadly... I do collect frozen Charlottes but they are not all my finds - quite a few are from the Thames foreshore 😊 ! Always very happy to find either of those three things - marble, stopper or bead ❤️ they make my day! Glad you enjoyed the video 🤩
What a great video! The Frozen Charolette story was great. All the bottle bottoms! Must be the really rough sea. Enjoyed this video so much. Stay safe and stay warm. xo 🦋
Really glad you enjoyed it... we thought it was so interesting how the story transformed over the years! We are looking at these bottle bottoms now and wondering about a wind chime - it seems a popular idea! :D Thank you so much... We are a foot or two deep in snow just now, so we're enjoying the view from a cosy house! :D Stay safe and well. best wishes. xo
Thanks so much Amanda! Glad you enjoyed our take on the Frozen Charlotte origin ... finding one is always really special 😃 We certainly have a soft spot for them 😊
Very interesting about Frozen Charlotte - I did know the story but had no idea about her origin. I also didn't know there were glass washboards - the only ones I have seen are wooden and metal. I learn something new every time I watch your videos! Thank you!
Awesome! I think we added something new/different to the popular subject of Frozen Charlotte - it was so interesting to see how and why the story transformed with the tellers! I remember my grandmother's glass washing board from my childhood and took it for granted that it was just how washing boards were until years later when I saw a metal board! So glad we can share something new! :D Thank you so much! Our best wishes! :D xo
So interesting Charlotte and all the history involved , thank you both . Nichole you always look so glamorous even in your wellies, your smile makes me smile to . Craig you always throw some interest into the mix with your steady videos and little side comments have learnt such a lot . I am lucky enough to live in Devon and like you am a avid seaglass hunter . Thank you for your inspiration and always look forward to seeing you both soon . Take care Best wishes Amanda .
We've not been lucky enough to visit Devon, but it looks very beautiful - a very lovely place to be! Such a lovely comment, thank you so much! Its heartening to know we can help spread a smile and bring a wee bit of happiness! Good luck with your sea glass hunting, hope the weather is kind! Our best wishes, stay safe and well, Nicole and Craig xo
😌(sigh)!!! I've absolutely fallen in love with the " Beach of Envy"!!! What an amazing shoreline 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!! So chalked full of treasures 😊. I think I counted 10 pieces of blue glass, ranging from light blue, aqua, all the way to cobalt... how marvelous for you guys 🙌🏻👍🏻!!! I'm not sure I've seen anyone else find that much blue in one larking 🤔...EVER!!! So cool🙌🏻!!! Also I've NEVER seen a Bovril bottle so sea worn. Usually they've been dug up and are whole or partial. I really love the look after they've been buffed around by sea, sand and rocks for years👍🏻👍🏻. Glass washboards you say🤔...never seen one. Definitely something NOT for the children to mess around with 😳😬😉🤭. Really happy, Nicole that your prior ceramic find was a Frozen Charlotte find🙌🏻🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️!!! I've seen your shadow box display over your shoulder in early videos. FABULOUS way to display a part of your collection 🥰. 😳😮 Whoa, those "penny dolls" were alittle spooky looking😉. Your so right, Craig... Samuel Warren's story was abit sad, gruesome and stern. But, a medical man and definitely the times played largely into his story 🤷🏼♀️. I do like Elizabeth's story better 👍🏻. Alittle more easy on the ears and mind, although still a warning against vanity. Thanks for including Gilbert's picture "All is Vanity", I really have always been drawn to that picture...even have a dressing table like in the picture 🤷🏼♀️. Thanks for this amazing video at "The Beach of Envy"(should have an echo in there🤣🤭). 😉🤗🤭😘
Its such a great place! And usually very quiet, so the perfect location! We were so nearly there again today! haha! Instead we went around a mile further on down the road... It was a fantastic day for the blues! Usually, we're happy if we find one piece, so it was a real treat to find these wee breadcrumb trails! Its almost unimaginable that we'd find a whole Bovril bottle, it would be such a lovely thing if we found a whole one, but nicely buffed by the waves! :D Funnily enough, Craig was allowed to play around with a glass washing board when he was wee - perhaps not the best idea, but thankfully, no injuries! It was amazing to see the wee hints that it was a frozen Charlotte! The shadow box is a great way to make sure these wee dolls don't stay couped up and hidden away! We entirely agree about which Charlotte story we'd rather revisit - Warren's story is too steeped in harsh judgement, Elizabeth's is almost romantic in its tragedy. As you say, very much of their time - Craig didn't want to get into too much detail regards the publishers - it was very politically aimed! All is Vanity is one of those pictures that sticks with you when you first see it - illusions and double images are fantastic, this is a favourite! :D Haha! You know... the next time we visit Envy Beach... it might just have an echo! :D Our very best wishes, thanks so much for giving us a wee lift in spirits with these words today! :D xo
Yay, I learnt something new, thanks for sharing the frozen charlotte info, id never heard of it before this ep. I do remember Kewpie dolls, every agricultural show I went to pre-2000 had them as prizes in sideshow alley. It was my favourite thing to get at the show. Wish I still had them now, Oh well, I still have my memories. Take care and stay well, Kind Regards, Dena.
Excellent! We're always digging for something original or something we can add to a subject, so its great when we see we've done that! :D We were surprised ourselves to find the source of Charlotte in an old Edinburgh periodical! The Kewpies are so cute... memories are such a precious part of things - I've re-read some books only to wish I'd just hung on to the childhood memory of it! So much better! :D Thank you so much, wishing you all the very best... stay safe and well, Nicole & Craig xo
Hi, scenic, soothing, great finds, great company. Also loved the history lesson too. Not sure when you filmed this but if it was recent there will be more than frozen Charlottes on the beach it has been bitterly cold!
Haha! Yes indeed, at least 20 frozen toes were on that shore - it was filmed four or so weeks ago, as the freeze started... Now, of course, we're in a foot or so of snow! So glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much! :D xo
That was very interesting about that little white doll,I didn’t think we have had them in OZ. Thank you for the information passed looking forward to seeing it come to tuition. Cheers 🇦🇺.......
Oh! I wonder if they made it to Australia... We found a lot of pottery, including spongeware and the like in museums in Sydney when we were in Australia a few years ago... Hmm! Its a good question, we'll have to see what we can find out! Thank you so much! Best wishes from Scotland! :D xo
Wow!! Amazing finds, love the bottle stopper! I think the piece of torpedo bottle bottom i think might actually be a bottom of a round bottom soda bottle, from the late 1800s!!
My 89 year old mother remembers having a frozen Charlotte when she was young, but she can’t remember whether it came from cake/pudding or Xmas stocking 👍🏻
That is so cool... my granmother used to tell me stories about the wee treats wrapped up in a clootie dumpling - that is a fairly heavy, but delicious, steamed fruit and suet pudding... What a lovely thing to remember finding and treasuring. Thank you so much! Best wishes to you and your grandmother. :D xo
Maybe use the round bottle bottoms to hang on trees in your garden to reflect the sun ? Perhaps make small hole at top and use clear fishing line to hang.
Great ideas! We must be short of imagination when it comes to bottle bottoms - I really like the idea of them glinting in the sun! :D Thank you so much! xo
I am new to watching your channel but am enjoying your adventures. I really want to come visit your country in the future. Keep up the beautiful videos
Thank you so much for coming along on our wee adventures! :D Lovely!! We hope you get that chance and its not to long away, July - Sept are usually best, we get late summers! :D Best wishes, Nicole & Craig xo
Very nice to have one of the old jars - they're really nice. My memory of them is really a memory off my mother rubbing vicks into my chest and the burny feeling when she put it under my nose! :D Thanks so much! xo
I see someone else suggested wind chimes from the large pieces of glass. I was thinking sun catchers would be a good use for big pieces that are pretty colors or shapes. They could dangle from the end of a chain or hang from clear fishing line.
Wow I never heard of the frozen Charlotte story the way you told it, of Charlotte dying in her room dressed for the ball. I had only heard the other one where she was riding to the ball in an open sleigh and froze to death. Both are very sad stories though. Thank you for sharing your video and all of the finds ❤😊
Cool! So glad that was something new - we always try to make sure we do something original, even when we look at subject as well known as Frozen Charlotte! Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed ht video! :D xo
Very cool! Must be very rewarding to make your own dolls - closest I got was a teddy bear, very cool and its still with me! That original Kewpie - wow! Very very nice! :D Thank you co much! xo
I do hope the memory was warm and comforting... Making this, my mind was often drawn to my grandmother and a story she would tell me about a doll she was given one Christmas when she was just a wee girl. Our very best wishes, xo
Around the 10:55 time stamp, where you were picking up the glass bottle stopper, just to the right, was that a red bead or marble or perhaps just a berry? It caught my eye immediately and I wondered about it. Loved the day at the beach and Charlotte info. Thanks as always.
Oh! I had to go look - I wish I could post a photo here... It is a berry - it has a wee stem on it. I usually do a double take when I see berries - sneaky wee things! :D Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed the video! xo
@@scottishmudlarking Thank goodness. I would have felt aweful if it had been something wonderful. I watch your videos on my phone so I'm not able to see the tiny details. Whew!
Interesting to note that vanity is still a problem among (mostly) young, unmarried women. However, the pendulum of condemnation in the 19th century has swung fully to the opposite side apex of commodification & manipulation of women's desire for beauty. What would men do, I wonder, if women just stopped worrying about what they think or want... ;)
Oh! Patriarchy, consumerism and gender! Its a very tricky set of inseparable subjects - thankfully we can question and critique these ideas in a way that was not possible back then! It would be nice if people weren't made to feel so inadequate by glossy and unrealistic photo-shopped reflections of an unobtainable 'perfection'... I like to think the world would be so much nicer if we could find joy and happiness in a wee bit of glass, a marble, a stopper, a gentle breeze or setting sun! Thank you so much, best wishes from Scotland! :D xo
The real story of Charlotte wasn't about porcelain dolls the real story of Charlotte was about a girl who was in love with a guy named Charlie and they were going to a ball and her mother told her to wear a sweater and she was in the carriage about the time the carriage got to the ball she had frozen to death and Charles was broken hearted and he died soon after All happened in 1840
Indeed, the dolls take their name from an old story, that actually originates in Edinburgh, Scotland! We cover this in detail in this video and provide references so you can read the original version written by the Edinburgh Physician, Samuel Warren. Warren's original story - Death at the Toilet - was published in Blackwoods Magazine (available online). Blackwoods was a conservative Edinburgh periodical. Warren republished this and other stories in, 'Diary of a Late Physician' - you can also find that online. Two years after Warren's story about Charlotte, the New York Observer retold his story, this is where the idea that it really happened comes from... Some time later, Elizabeth Oakes Smith published a version of the story under her husband’s name - this version, told as a poem, is the first to have Charlotte freeze to death... In the previous versions, she dies in front of her mirror, dreaming of the ball she is planning to attend. Oakes-Smith's poem was written far later than the original tale, and there is also a folk song telling the same story, which predates her version. It is a very interesting history of this morally condemning narrative, and most people only focus on the romantic poem, by Oakes Smith. Many thanks!
Thank you for the trip to the sea and sky 💗🙋♀️ a lovely collection of items for the Valentine’s Day 💖
Thanks so much Dorothy 😃 we do have a couple of necklaces in our Etsy shop with the blues from that day and Nicole is hoping to add one or two pink pendants for Valentine’s Day ❤️
Great research on the origins of Frozen Charlotte!! Such a good time on the beach...you both love to find those bits of blue, although I would have taken that baby blue piece too!
Thanks so much Kris! It was a fab day with so many lovely blue pieces we were able to make into jewellery 😊 Glad you enjoyed the Frozen Charlotte history ... looking back to that baby blue piece ... I wish I had taken it, but it might not show itself now for a few years 😬
Brilliant. I think you’ll be back at Leven more and more. 🧐
Absolutely! We've long loved Leven, and now we can get over to this part - its just gotten better! :D Thank you so much for helping us out with the directions! :D Our very best wishes! xo
Welcome 🙏
Hello Nicole and Craig, thank you for this new adventure.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! All best! :D xo
Looked like quite a nice day at the beach. It felt quite tranquil. Thanku for the original story and how Charolett came about. Yet again I didn’t know. ☺️🙋♀️
Chilly, but, yes, a very nice day. :D You're right, it is so much more peaceful on that shore than on the other! So glad to have shared something new! :D Thank you co much! xo
Wow another awesome video, you have some awesome pebbles on your beach too. Love the blue pieces of glass you found. Thank you for the history lesson on frozen charlottes. Much love and blessings from Western Australia and stay safe and well 🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
So very kind, thank you! :D I keep saying it, but we really do have to take a closer look at the pebbles around us - we know one beach where there are so many really beautiful and colourful pebbles - we cant get there just now, but will put it on the list! :D Glad you enjoyed the Frozen Charlotte section - its always nice to add something new to a popular topic! Much love and blessings from Scotland! Stay safe and well. xox
Lovely day for finding items.
It was a fantastic day - so many unexpected treasures 😃
Nice pieces of big glass! Good history on Charlotte. Always a good watching 😀
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed our Frozen Charlotte origin story 😃
Hello there, some nice sea glass finds the blue pieces are really lovely, the history of the frozen Charlotte's was amazing, I have heard a few things about her , but not in such depth as you went into so thank you so much for that, also the piece of Scottish sponge ware they are just so pretty, take care folks xx
Thanks so much Mike and Brenda 😃 glad the Frozen Charlotte info was interesting! Ohh we do love Spongeware - it looks so home made , kind of connects you to the past! Take care 😃
Your little boy doll @25:30 looks so sweet and wistful. An amazing collection you've managed to find. Lovely little pieces of history. You had a wonderful day at Leven yet again -- lots of blues. I always love it when Nicole finds that certain special extra -- bead, marble, or stopper. Her excitement is palpable as she bounces up and down. Loved every minute spent with you.
Thanks so much Karen! The frozen Charlie is a museum display sadly... I do collect frozen Charlottes but they are not all my finds - quite a few are from the Thames foreshore 😊 ! Always very happy to find either of those three things - marble, stopper or bead ❤️ they make my day! Glad you enjoyed the video 🤩
What a great video! The Frozen Charolette story was great. All the bottle bottoms! Must be the really rough sea. Enjoyed this video so much. Stay safe and stay warm. xo 🦋
Really glad you enjoyed it... we thought it was so interesting how the story transformed over the years! We are looking at these bottle bottoms now and wondering about a wind chime - it seems a popular idea! :D
Thank you so much... We are a foot or two deep in snow just now, so we're enjoying the view from a cosy house! :D Stay safe and well. best wishes. xo
@@scottishmudlarking A wind chime sounds like a great idea! Can’t wait to see what you do. 🦋
Interesting info about the frozen Charlotte story. Very enjoyable video as always. Ian and Sue
Thanks so much Ian and Sue 😃 very glad you enjoyed the origin of Frozen Charlotte!
Interesting facts about 'Frozen Charlotte' I have several bits but not a full one. Thanks for the video x
Thanks so much Amanda! Glad you enjoyed our take on the Frozen Charlotte origin ... finding one is always really special 😃 We certainly have a soft spot for them 😊
Love the story and history of the frozen Charlotte dolls! Thank you:)
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it! :D xo
Very interesting about Frozen Charlotte - I did know the story but had no idea about her origin. I also didn't know there were glass washboards - the only ones I have seen are wooden and metal. I learn something new every time I watch your videos! Thank you!
Awesome! I think we added something new/different to the popular subject of Frozen Charlotte - it was so interesting to see how and why the story transformed with the tellers! I remember my grandmother's glass washing board from my childhood and took it for granted that it was just how washing boards were until years later when I saw a metal board!
So glad we can share something new! :D Thank you so much! Our best wishes! :D xo
Thanks for sharing your video. And have a happy Valentine's Day!
Thank you so much, very glad you enjoyed it! And, thank you too! :D Have a lovely Valentine's day! :D xo
So interesting Charlotte and all the history involved , thank you both . Nichole you always look so glamorous even in your wellies, your smile makes me smile to . Craig you always throw some interest into the mix with your steady videos and little side comments have learnt such a lot . I am lucky enough to live in Devon and like you am a avid seaglass hunter . Thank you for your inspiration and always look forward to seeing you both soon . Take care Best wishes Amanda .
We've not been lucky enough to visit Devon, but it looks very beautiful - a very lovely place to be! Such a lovely comment, thank you so much! Its heartening to know we can help spread a smile and bring a wee bit of happiness! Good luck with your sea glass hunting, hope the weather is kind! Our best wishes, stay safe and well, Nicole and Craig xo
Learning a lot through your lovely videos. Peaceful time on the beach. Tfs. Hugs!
That's very kind, thank you so much! Its so great being able to share what we do! Big hugs from Scotland! :D xo
😌(sigh)!!! I've absolutely fallen in love with the " Beach of Envy"!!! What an amazing shoreline 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!! So chalked full of treasures 😊.
I think I counted 10 pieces of blue glass, ranging from light blue, aqua, all the way to cobalt... how marvelous for you guys 🙌🏻👍🏻!!! I'm not sure I've seen anyone else find that much blue in one larking 🤔...EVER!!! So cool🙌🏻!!!
Also I've NEVER seen a Bovril bottle so sea worn. Usually they've been dug up and are whole or partial. I really love the look after they've been buffed around by sea, sand and rocks for years👍🏻👍🏻.
Glass washboards you say🤔...never seen one. Definitely something NOT for the children to mess around with 😳😬😉🤭.
Really happy, Nicole that your prior ceramic find was a Frozen Charlotte find🙌🏻🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️!!! I've seen your shadow box display over your shoulder in early videos. FABULOUS way to display a part of your collection 🥰.
😳😮 Whoa, those "penny dolls" were alittle spooky looking😉.
Your so right, Craig... Samuel Warren's story was abit sad, gruesome and stern. But, a medical man and definitely the times played largely into his story 🤷🏼♀️. I do like Elizabeth's story better 👍🏻. Alittle more easy on the ears and mind, although still a warning against vanity. Thanks for including Gilbert's picture "All is Vanity", I really have always been drawn to that picture...even have a dressing table like in the picture 🤷🏼♀️.
Thanks for this amazing video at "The Beach of Envy"(should have an echo in there🤣🤭). 😉🤗🤭😘
Its such a great place! And usually very quiet, so the perfect location! We were so nearly there again today! haha! Instead we went around a mile further on down the road...
It was a fantastic day for the blues! Usually, we're happy if we find one piece, so it was a real treat to find these wee breadcrumb trails!
Its almost unimaginable that we'd find a whole Bovril bottle, it would be such a lovely thing if we found a whole one, but nicely buffed by the waves! :D
Funnily enough, Craig was allowed to play around with a glass washing board when he was wee - perhaps not the best idea, but thankfully, no injuries!
It was amazing to see the wee hints that it was a frozen Charlotte! The shadow box is a great way to make sure these wee dolls don't stay couped up and hidden away!
We entirely agree about which Charlotte story we'd rather revisit - Warren's story is too steeped in harsh judgement, Elizabeth's is almost romantic in its tragedy. As you say, very much of their time - Craig didn't want to get into too much detail regards the publishers - it was very politically aimed!
All is Vanity is one of those pictures that sticks with you when you first see it - illusions and double images are fantastic, this is a favourite! :D
Haha! You know... the next time we visit Envy Beach... it might just have an echo! :D
Our very best wishes, thanks so much for giving us a wee lift in spirits with these words today! :D xo
Love your videos. Good content, good scenery, good photography. Thanks. AZ USA
Thanks ever so much ! Glad you enjoyed the beach and Frozen Charlotte origin story 😊
Yay, I learnt something new, thanks for sharing the frozen charlotte info, id never heard of it before this ep. I do remember Kewpie dolls, every agricultural show I went to pre-2000 had them as prizes in sideshow alley. It was my favourite thing to get at the show. Wish I still had them now, Oh well, I still have my memories. Take care and stay well, Kind Regards, Dena.
Excellent! We're always digging for something original or something we can add to a subject, so its great when we see we've done that! :D We were surprised ourselves to find the source of Charlotte in an old Edinburgh periodical! The Kewpies are so cute... memories are such a precious part of things - I've re-read some books only to wish I'd just hung on to the childhood memory of it! So much better! :D Thank you so much, wishing you all the very best... stay safe and well, Nicole & Craig xo
Hi, scenic, soothing, great finds, great company. Also loved the history lesson too. Not sure when you filmed this but if it was recent there will be more than frozen Charlottes on the beach it has been bitterly cold!
Haha! Yes indeed, at least 20 frozen toes were on that shore - it was filmed four or so weeks ago, as the freeze started... Now, of course, we're in a foot or so of snow! So glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much! :D xo
Thanks again for a lovely video. I really enjoyed the story about the frozen Charlotte.
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed that. :D xo
The large pieces of glass would make wonderful wind charms...😘
What a fantastic idea - we should try making one!!! Thank you 😊
That was very interesting about that little white doll,I didn’t think we have had them in OZ. Thank you for the information passed looking forward to seeing it come to tuition. Cheers 🇦🇺.......
Oh! I wonder if they made it to Australia... We found a lot of pottery, including spongeware and the like in museums in Sydney when we were in Australia a few years ago... Hmm! Its a good question, we'll have to see what we can find out! Thank you so much! Best wishes from Scotland! :D xo
Very interesting about Frozen Charlotte’s thank you. My No.1 bucket list list find🙏😀
Such cool wee things! Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed the video! :D xo
Great video again. Love your references to history with your finds.keeps me interested.x
Thanks so much Julie! Very lovely to hear you enjoyed the video with its beach treasures and history 😊
Very well researched video. Great fun to watch . Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks. Rob from Adelaide.
Thanks ever so much Rob! Very glad to hear you enjoyed the research and beachfinds 😃 we do love a Frozen Charlotte 🤩
Thanks for taking us along on another adventure! Love the blues! Stay safe!
Thanks so much Melanie 😃 great finds on that day and many blues ❤️
Wow!! Amazing finds, love the bottle stopper! I think the piece of torpedo bottle bottom i think might actually be a bottom of a round bottom soda bottle, from the late 1800s!!
You are right Kyle! Thanks so much for pointing that out - it’s much more likely a Hamilton bottle than a torpedo 😊 !
Enjoyed the frozen Charlotte insights and the lovely piece of spongeware. You always help us to keep learning! Take care, Josie and Andy 😃
Frozen Charlottes are so special - you found a few pieces so far haven’t you? We do love Spongeware it has such a homely feeling 😃
My 89 year old mother remembers having a frozen Charlotte when she was young, but she can’t remember whether it came from cake/pudding or Xmas stocking 👍🏻
That is so cool... my granmother used to tell me stories about the wee treats wrapped up in a clootie dumpling - that is a fairly heavy, but delicious, steamed fruit and suet pudding... What a lovely thing to remember finding and treasuring. Thank you so much! Best wishes to you and your grandmother. :D xo
@@scottishmudlarking Hubby would eat Clootie daily but for the heart crunching effects 🤣🤣
Maybe use the round bottle bottoms to hang on trees in your garden to reflect the sun ? Perhaps make small hole at top and use clear fishing line to hang.
Great ideas! We must be short of imagination when it comes to bottle bottoms - I really like the idea of them glinting in the sun! :D Thank you so much! xo
Great finds and video, I have a Frozen Charlotte Doll and we also use the Japanese Kewpie Mayonnaise, it's yummy
Aww thanks Raewyn! We have a soft spot for Frozen Charlottes 😊 ! Never tried the Mayonnaise but I feel I am going to have to now 😂
I am new to watching your channel but am enjoying your adventures. I really want to come visit your country in the future. Keep up the beautiful videos
Thank you so much for coming along on our wee adventures! :D Lovely!! We hope you get that chance and its not to long away, July - Sept are usually best, we get late summers! :D Best wishes, Nicole & Craig xo
Oh how I remember the old Vicks vapo fun jars still have one
Very nice to have one of the old jars - they're really nice. My memory of them is really a memory off my mother rubbing vicks into my chest and the burny feeling when she put it under my nose! :D Thanks so much! xo
Love watching your videos .
Thank you so much Anita! Very lovely to hear that 😃
I really like your show and the pretty glass. A good job done. Your friend shirley from new bern,north carolina u.s.a
Thanks so much Shirley :) Very kind of you!
I see someone else suggested wind chimes from the large pieces of glass. I was thinking sun catchers would be a good use for big pieces that are pretty colors or shapes. They could dangle from the end of a chain or hang from clear fishing line.
Yes indeed! It seems like a popular, and really good idea - I like the idea of the sun glancing off the glass on a nice day! Thank you so much! :D xo
Wow I never heard of the frozen Charlotte story the way you told it, of Charlotte dying in her room dressed for the ball. I had only heard the other one where she was riding to the ball in an open sleigh and froze to death. Both are very sad stories though. Thank you for sharing your video and all of the finds ❤😊
Cool! So glad that was something new - we always try to make sure we do something original, even when we look at subject as well known as Frozen Charlotte! Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed ht video! :D xo
I adore Leslie dolls, I used to make dolls and kewpie i made a few
I have an original Rose O'Neill kepie they make me ☺☺👍
Very cool! Must be very rewarding to make your own dolls - closest I got was a teddy bear, very cool and its still with me! That original Kewpie - wow! Very very nice! :D Thank you co much! xo
You have the most beautiful smile, I don't know how you smile that much, it would make my face hurt, but I love watching you smile and talk.
That's really lovely, thank you so much! Being near the sea always helps bring a smile. :D xo
Bottle bottoms aka drink coaster.
Oh goodness they would be heavy coasters Chris 😊 might try with a very straight one ! Thank you 😊
Oh my you find some nice size glass there
Yes 'envy beach' as we now call it has had some great finds for us! Thanks so much :)
My friend collected frozen Charlotte's and I have a Rose O'Neal's Cupie doll
Aww that’s so sweet Joella! Thanks so much 😃
Oh no you missed hag stones again lol next to the tiny blue in the breadcrumb trail 😎
Oh no we probably did miss that hagstone! The blues were so mesmerising 😊 thanks so much!
@@scottishmudlarking I think the blues would mesmerise me too I wish I could get near the beach live too far away 😢😢 keep up the good work 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼
@@Lynn-qi3ce We'll keep sending a virtual beach your way as often as possible! :D
Ps. This reminded me of my late Mum who told me she had a Kewpie doll when she was a girl.
I do hope the memory was warm and comforting... Making this, my mind was often drawn to my grandmother and a story she would tell me about a doll she was given one Christmas when she was just a wee girl. Our very best wishes, xo
Around the 10:55 time stamp, where you were picking up the glass bottle stopper, just to the right, was that a red bead or marble or perhaps just a berry? It caught my eye immediately and I wondered about it. Loved the day at the beach and Charlotte info. Thanks as always.
Oh! I had to go look - I wish I could post a photo here... It is a berry - it has a wee stem on it. I usually do a double take when I see berries - sneaky wee things! :D
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed the video! xo
@@scottishmudlarking Thank goodness. I would have felt aweful if it had been something wonderful. I watch your videos on my phone so I'm not able to see the tiny details. Whew!
Interesting to note that vanity is still a problem among (mostly) young, unmarried women. However, the pendulum of condemnation in the 19th century has swung fully to the opposite side apex of commodification & manipulation of women's desire for beauty. What would men do, I wonder, if women just stopped worrying about what they think or want... ;)
Oh! Patriarchy, consumerism and gender! Its a very tricky set of inseparable subjects - thankfully we can question and critique these ideas in a way that was not possible back then! It would be nice if people weren't made to feel so inadequate by glossy and unrealistic photo-shopped reflections of an unobtainable 'perfection'... I like to think the world would be so much nicer if we could find joy and happiness in a wee bit of glass, a marble, a stopper, a gentle breeze or setting sun! Thank you so much, best wishes from Scotland! :D xo
the piece of glass where you have 3 pieces and one of them you dont know what it goes to it looks like a lip of a cod bottle.
Oh! Interesting! We'll take another look at that! Very many thanks! :D xo
Brrrrrr. Looks really cold, but I would brave the cold for the chance to mudlark.
Chilly, but always worth it to hear the sea and take some time to see what its left for us to find! :D Thanks so much! xo
The real story of Charlotte wasn't about porcelain dolls the real story of Charlotte was about a girl who was in love with a guy named Charlie and they were going to a ball and her mother told her to wear a sweater and she was in the carriage about the time the carriage got to the ball she had frozen to death and Charles was broken hearted and he died soon after All happened in 1840
Indeed, the dolls take their name from an old story, that actually originates in Edinburgh, Scotland! We cover this in detail in this video and provide references so you can read the original version written by the Edinburgh Physician, Samuel Warren.
Warren's original story - Death at the Toilet - was published in Blackwoods Magazine (available online). Blackwoods was a conservative Edinburgh periodical. Warren republished this and other stories in, 'Diary of a Late Physician' - you can also find that online.
Two years after Warren's story about Charlotte, the New York Observer retold his story, this is where the idea that it really happened comes from... Some time later, Elizabeth Oakes Smith published a version of the story under her husband’s name - this version, told as a poem, is the first to have Charlotte freeze to death... In the previous versions, she dies in front of her mirror, dreaming of the ball she is planning to attend.
Oakes-Smith's poem was written far later than the original tale, and there is also a folk song telling the same story, which predates her version.
It is a very interesting history of this morally condemning narrative, and most people only focus on the romantic poem, by Oakes Smith.
Many thanks!