Vintage Japanese GLASS FISHING FLOAT Tight Net, Many Bubbles, Maker's Mark (#88)

Vintage Japanese GLASS FISHING FLOAT Tight Net, Many Bubbles, Maker's Mark (#88)

This float is approximately 9 inches in circumference, including net (See note below on float circumference measurement)*. It is made of hand blown glass. 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 very clear pale aqua blue color (see photos). It has a full net and a maker's mark on the pontil (see photos). Every vintage float is different and this one has many beautiful unique features (see photos).


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