Keith Glein
Extremely rare Green Snakeskin that is about 3 inches in diameter.
These unique octopus floats were produced in the 1960's by Hokuyo Glass Company.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Deep cobalt blue seal on a 2 1/2 inch float.
This seal is stamped with WP #171 'Asahi' 旭. The mark is clear and complete.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Super rare Sunrise in a Cherry Blossom 'Hinode Sakura' maker's mark.
This is the only known example of this mark with a double seal, where the 'Cherry Blossom' is stamped on the outside of the second seal and the 'Sunrise' is stamped on the inside of the first seal.
This float is also the only known example of this mark on a 10 inch float. All other known specimens of this mark are on 4 inch floats and there are only 3 of them.
Truly a one-of-a-kind float!!!
Very beautiful brown float with amber swirls throughout the float.
The surface of the glass also has swirls and there are thousands of bubbles in the glass.
This float measures about 6 inches.
The origin of this float is unknown.
Extremely rare authentic Cylinder float with a pie seal.
This float measures 12 1/4 inches in length.
It's a light greenish color with amber swirls throughout most of barrel of the float.
There's also a indented taper ring around the float near the base.
This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Jim Watson collection.
This float is called JA Fish. It's also called J Fish A. The maker's mark is stamped on the base of the float opposite the the seal buton.
It's a 5 inch float that's a lovely olive green color.
Here's an exerpt from Facebook by David Neff on the the possible origin of these floats:
Very good chance in my opinion that the J fish A float came from Jul. Albrechtson Co. in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thinking that so many turn up around the West coast of Sweden.
This is a classic Blue Dot Roller.
The blue seal was put on a standard size mini jumbo roller.
The roller measures 5 3/8 inches in length.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
This undocumented mark is similar to WP #293 'We' ヱ but there are significant differences.
The first thing I noticed was that it is one complete symbol rather that two separate symbols that do not touch each other. The bar in the middle connects to both sides.
The second descrepancy is the proportions of the mark. In the 'We' ヱ stamps that I've seen, the symbol is nearly as tall as it is wide. This mark is clearly much wider than it is tall.
This float measures about 3 inches in diameter.
It was beachcombed on Kunashir Island, Russia. Kunashir is one of the four major islands in the Kurile Islands just north of Japan.