*Jilltoo

China

Today, I learnt a new word – fossicking.

I’m not surprised that the word probably (possibly) derives from Cornwall. The West Country of England where such a word would be pronounced with an elongated “o”. A word to be savoured in the mouth, enunciated in a slow leisurely way.

Fossicking for china could just as easily take place on a warm summer’s day somewhere near St Austell, where China clay was mined in a golden age of porcelain production.  But this image  was taken literally half a world away on the glittering blue and green Ortaga Peninsula, New Zealand.

Read Jill’s delightful description of the origin of this china tea mug. Imagine it being hurled from a train and lying  forgotten until it was fossicked for a new project, Iron Photographer 261.

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