Keith Glein
Beautiful Blue Swirls float with tons of bubbles that really adds to its visual appeal.
This float has a seal button that's made out of light green glass. This is commonly called a 'green eye'.
There's a pretty clear 'l' stamped on the seal. It's not a cursive "1" but more like a hash mark. None-the-less, I'll call it a WP #80.
It also has an inclusion that could be a small kiln stone.
The maker's mark is a deeply embedded Diamond that is classified as WP #112.
In this mark the elongated diamond is empty. But if you look close at the bottom of the diamond you can see two small diamond shapes rising up on either side of a flat spot in the middle.
This very light green float measures 11 3/4 inches in circumference or about 3 3/4 inches in diameter.
Found in northern Japan.
It also comes with excellent provenance being from the ex-Col. Rich Richardson collection.
Rare version of a Blue Dot roller.
This Mini Jumbo is the smaller size. It measures about 4 5/8 inches in length.
Rollers with blue seals are very rare. Finding a blue seal the smaller sized Mini Jumbo is even more rare.
Extremely rare Orange Snakeskin float that measures 9 5/8 inches in circumference.
These unique octopus floats were produced in the 1960's by Hokuyo Glass Company.
Beachcombed on Kunashir Island, Russia. Kunashir Island is one of the four major islands in the Kurile Islands north of Japan.
This is an authentic Japanese Double Grooved glass ball.
This type of float is extremely rare. I think there are only three Japanese double groove floats known to exist in collections.
Beachcombed on Kunashir Island, Russia. Kunashir Island is one of the four major islands in the Kurile Islands north of Japan.
This Blue Swirl float has three inclusions. The inclusions could possibly be small kiln stones.
There are tons of bubbles in the glass. It's also fairly heavy for its size.
From Japan.
This undocumented mark is the Katakana letter 'Mo' モ.
This float is a nice emerald green color.
It also has a sound net.
Found in Japan.
Beautiful Cobalt Blue Swirls emanate from the base of the float.
It's a 3 1/2 inch float with a light green seal button.
Found in Japan.
Double Spindle inside of a green 5 inch float.
One spindle is seen as a fine free standing thread of glass running from top to bottom.
The second spindle is a wavey thin ribbon spindle that visibly really stands out.
There are tons of bubbles in the glass. Some of the bubbles are very elongated.
There also appears to be a remnant of a barnacle on the seal.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Cranberry Dot float with a deep cranberry color seal button.
This nicely netted float measures 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Authentic beer bottle brown roller.
This Hokkaido roller measures about 5 3/8 inches in length.
Theses solid brown rollers are actually pretty rare.
Found on Hokkaido Island in northern Japan.
This is a WP #195 'Ropasa' mark on a 5 inch float.
There are some fine purple swirls throughout the float.
These Ropasa floats were American made by Ro Purser.