#venerupis

4 bivalve shell pairs that are probably all pullet carpet shells (Venerupis corrugata), even the one furthest right which is more difficult to identify as any markings have been worn away. 

1 dog whelk (Nucella lapillus) with more prominent grooves than most. 

4 ceramic fragments:

1 perfectly weathered piece with cracked glaze and part of an abstract or maybe botanical pattern in dark green. 

1 small edge piece, the small amount of blue design that’s visible looks like ripples on calm water. 

1 edge piece with leaves and stem design in black. 

1 edge piece which could be part of a willow pattern plate, with part of a tree or cloud just visible. 

1 bivalve shell half that I’m unsure about but reckon is either a pullet carpet shell (Venerupis corrugata) or a grooved carpet shell (Ruditapes decussatus).

1 netted dog whelk (Tritia reticulata).

6 pottery fragments:

warm grey with cool grey stripes (again!)

white with a small part of possibly a leaf painted in tiny brown dots

white with forest green design, also possibly leaves

white with dark blue either leaves or catkins, or maybe seaweed?

white with mid-blue design, maybe part of willow pattern

and white with plain sky blue.

Another stopper, this time a vulcanite one. It’s well worn but I can just make out a few concentric rings which is a match to what the St Austell Brewery used from the 1930s onwards.

A brush without bristles.

15 ceramics: 2 more of those cool grey lines on warm grey material pieces which are common around Penzance too; 3 pieces of white with a thick dark green glaze which sparkles where tiny pieces of the matt surface have been chipped away; cool dark brown on lighter warm brown, glazed on both sides; lighter warm brown on even lighter warm brown, also glazed on both sides; cream partly glazed with red in a scaly pattern; darker cream with white and maroon sun-like design; white with maroon part of a flower; white with cream glaze and delicate black feather or leaf design in black; beige, with shiny glaze and design painted around the form of the ceramic, so it’s like a 3D effect (it’s flat on the other side); white and blue willow pattern; white and plain sky blue; and white and blue willow pattern again – tiny!

25 glass: all common colours except for one lilac/lavender piece.

2… parts of crustacean exoskeleton? I’m still figuring this out.

5 shells with uncertain ID. Closest match seems to be Lacuna crassior.

1 pullet carpet shell (Venerupis corrugata) shell pair.

1 netted dog whelk (Tritia reticulata), the best condition of this species I’ve found so far.

1 flat top shell (Gibbula umbilicalis) with especially pretty markings.

1 blue-rayed limpet (Patella pellucida), a way better example of this species than the last one I found – the rays are visible!

2 pairs of what I think are pullet carpet shells (Venerupis corrugata), but I’m never certain about these

6 small/young netted dog whelk (Tritia reticulata) shells

1 spotted cowrie (Trivia monacha) shell

1 ceramic fragment, white with part of a flower design in sepia colour