12 Inch Vintage Japanese Fishing Float Net Glass Ball Nautical Decoration Rare.

Amazing condition. No chips/cracks, strings pulled , or weaves out of place. My photos do not do it justice. Really ties a room together!

Weighs approximately 10 lbs. Measures 12” across. 48” top to bottom when hanging by the thin string ( Not recommended. For long term hanging, I would back up the thin string with a wire loop in case it gives way.)

Ships Fed Ex with tracking and LOTS of padding. This will be packaged to withstand a two story drop.

The earliest mention of these "modern" glass fishing floats is in the production registry for Hadelands Glassverk in 1842. The registry shows that this was a new type of production. The earliest evidence of glass floats being used by fishermen comes from Norway in 1844 where glass floats were on gill nets in the great cod fisheries in Lofoten.

Japan started using the glass floats as early as 1910. Today, most of the remaining glass floats originated in Japan because it had a large deep sea fishing industry which made extensive use of the floats; some made by Taiwan, Korea and China. In Japanese, the floats are variably known as ukidama (浮き玉, buoy balls) or bindama (ビン玉, glass balls).

Glass floats have since been replaced by aluminum, plastic, or Styrofoam.

Thanks for looking! 🙏