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Title: German glass net float. ID = Heye Glass
Post by: Reg_s on April 22, 2016, 04:04:59 PM

I recently obtained a fishing net float which is about 12 inches in diameter and is marked with Made in Germany surrounding a clover leaf. Can anyone tell me about this float or where I might get information on it?

Title: Re: German glass net float
Post by: glassobsessed on April 22, 2016, 04:23:10 PM

Welcome to the message board.

There is a good article on floats here, there is also a photo of a mark that sounds similar attributed to a company called Heye Glass: http://www.theglassmuseum.com/fishingfloats.htm

There is more than one shamrock like mark, is it similar to the mark in this photo?

John

Title: Re: German glass net float
Post by: Reg_s on April 22, 2016, 04:42:13 PM

Yes that is the mark but it is surrounded by the words made in Germany

Title: Re: German glass net float
Post by: Reg_s on April 22, 2016, 04:45:55 PM

I made a mistake on the diameter I gave the circumference instead. Diameter  is close to 5 inches. Sorry about that

Title: Re: German glass net float
Post by: Wuff on April 23, 2016, 06:00:09 AM

You'll find a history of the company (in German) and many old photographs on
http://www.obernkirchen-info.de/bergstadt/geschichte_heye.htm