Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside : Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay,Victoria Shepherd

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside : Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay,Victoria ShepherdNew Paperback A thrilling history of mud larkers, charlatans, experts and chancers the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade. 'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.' Lucy Worsley June 1912. A pair of workmen deposit a heavy ball of clay in the antiques shop of George Fabian Lawrence, or Stony Jack as he's better known. As Lawrence picks through the mud, a

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