Vintage Japanese GLASS FISHING FLOAT.. Straw Marks, Bubbles, Sand Etching Frosting (#70)

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Vintage Japanese GLASS FISHING FLOAT.. Straw Marks, Bubbles, Sand Etching Frosting (#70)

This float is approximately 10 inches in circumference. It is made of hand blown glass that is lightly frosted on its outside from sand etching (see photos). Sand etching occurs when a float spends much time at sea and on beaches being washed and etched from the sand, giving it a frosted appearance. This is a Japanese fishing float was actually used and has spent much of its life at sea. It has been picked out of hundreds of beachcombed and Japanese fishing floats to offer because of its unique qualities and characteristics. Its thick heavy glass contains impurities, inclusions and bubbles that are intrinsic to the Japanese manufacturing process. It is in good and sound condition with the normal wear one finds on fishing floats that have survived years of use in the ocean. This float has thick glass with bubbles and is a beautiful aqua blue color (see photos). It also has what is called a straw marks around outside of the glass (see photos). A straw mark is made from a piece or pieces of straw falling on the molten glass before it has hardened causing mark that looks like a tiny thread raising up on the glass (see photos). Every vintage float is different and this one has many beautiful unique features (see photos).

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