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Title: Odd ball!
Post by: keith on September 13, 2009, 06:18:49 PM

Thin glass,approx' 3 inches across,what's it for?Christmas decoration?Keith.

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: Anne on September 13, 2009, 11:07:05 PM

If it has a hanging loop then it's meant to hang in a window as a decoration. If it's a hollow sealed ball without a loop, then it may have come out of one of those touristy fishing net/float combos that were trendy to bring home from your hols at one time.

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: malwodyn on September 15, 2009, 02:54:12 PM

Three inches diameter is a bit small for a fishing float!!!  The ones I have seen were all about 9in. diam.  Possibly this was made for the seaside tourist trade...

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: Max on September 15, 2009, 03:21:03 PM

9" in diameter seems big to me as I haven't seen a glass one that size ...yet.  :) This is one I'm selling at the moment...I think it's an average size:   Measures (approx, hard to measure!) about 13cm in diameter and about 41cm in circumference.

Strangely enough I sold my last one to Tom Rizzo, who I think Angela knows.  :)

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: Ivo on September 15, 2009, 04:17:30 PM

i use these as caraffe/ decanter stoppers, it stops the sticky dust from accumulating on the bottom. other than that i have no clue by whom or for what.

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: glassobsessed on September 15, 2009, 05:01:43 PM

Floats were made in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours (for the fishing industry), some as big as 24 inches/60cm in diameter. The floats from Japan come in all sorts of funky shapes.
The modern tourist/trinket versions, often several colourful glass balls in an elongated net are made with much thinner glass and less durable 'rope' than those designed to be used from a trawler.

Great article here http://www.theglassmuseum.com/fishingfloats.htm

John

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: Max on September 15, 2009, 05:07:57 PM

http://www.theglassmuseum.com/fishingfloats.htm

That's the guy I sold my previous float to.   ::proud to have been of service::   :hiclp:

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: glassobsessed on September 15, 2009, 05:46:07 PM

::whisper:: Max, floats with a distinct makers mark sell best. Hope no else is listening.

::whisper:: These floats all made serious folding stuff (for floats) on ebay.  ;D

John

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: Max on September 15, 2009, 06:15:01 PM

 :24:  I remember you now John...goodness my memory is terrible!  Oh no...our secret is out in the open!  ;)

Did you sell all those?!

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: glassobsessed on September 15, 2009, 07:36:06 PM

Oh yes.  ;D

Some floats don't make much, these four did well.

Title: Re: Odd ball!
Post by: Anne on September 15, 2009, 11:07:23 PM

My friend still has some in nets which are only about 3 or 4 inches across.
Malwodyn, yes for the tourist trade... I said "touristy fishing net/float combos that were trendy to bring home from your hols at one time." ;)