Vintage Japanese GLASS FISHING FLOAT Many Bubbles & Sand Etching Frosted (#48)

Vintage Japanese GLASS FISHING FLOAT Many Bubbles & Sand Etching Frosted (#48)

This float is approximately 10 inches in circumference (see note below regarding the circumference measurement)*. It is made of hand blown glass that is very 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-green color (see photos). Every vintage float is different and this one has many beautiful unique features (see photos).

*NOTE: The distance around a sphere, or in this case a float, is known as the circumference.

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