Beautiful Amber Green Swirls throughout this roller.

Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.

Nicely netted standard Hokkaido roller with WP #10 'Rivermouth' stamp.

Clear and complete stamp of WP #348 寸 'Sun' on a standard Hokkaido roller.

'Sun' (pronounced 'soon') is a measurement.  It's a tenth of a shaku or about an inch (3.03 cm).  It's also used as a slang term to mean little or small.

Mark WP #348 is classified as uncommon when stamped on small glass balls. Finding this mark stamped on a roller is a bit unusual.  I've only seen a few of them.

Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.

Double Ball float that is completely sealed.  The inner ball measures 1 1/2 inches at its widest.  There's also a well-formed nubbin inside the inner ball.

This is a heavily used working float as evidenced by the many scuffs and scratches in the glass.

This float measures 6 inches in diameter.

Found in Northern Japan.

This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Ramon Fulton collection.

This roller has a very unique and rare shape. 

First, the ears.  One end has the type of ear you typically see on 'knobby eared' rollers.  The other end of the float is a flared out ear that's been flatten to where the float can actually stand on end.

The middle of this float has a taper indentation that goes completely around the body.

There's also a thread of glass stuck to the side end-to-end, running the entire length of the float.

Plus this float has the sun-turned purple tint that is highly prized by collectors.

The provenance of this roller is very strong.  It was found in Northern Japan and came from the ex-Woody Woodward collection.

Small 1/2 inch spindle inside a 2 1/2 inch float.

Almost complete stamp of WP #11 'Rivermouth'.

Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.

Tiny small mini sausage that measures only 3 1/2 inches in length.

This float is mostly clear but has a pink cast to it.

This is quite a rare float.

Found in Japan.

This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Woody Woodward collection.

Beautiful deep cobalt Blue Swirls in a small 2 inch float.

This float also has a nice piece of coral attached.

Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.

Double Bubble inside a 6 inch float.  The inner ball is approximately 1 1/2 inches across.

This float also has many other interesting characteristics that set it apart.

First, it has a great net that has complete integrity and still has some tar soaked into it.

There's also quite a bit of tar stuck to the side of the glass.

The glass has an inclusion (possibly a small kiln stone) and thousands of tiny bubbles.

Finally, you can see the remnants of both barnacles and coral.

All in all this makes for a wonderful display float.

Found in Northern Japan.

This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Ramon Fulton collection.

Small 2 1/2 inch float with a cobalt blue seal button.  The blue seal is about 1 1/4 inches at its widest.  There appears to be some blue swirling in the seal, too.

The mark is WP #56, a roof trademark.  On this float, the 'roof' part of the mark is incomplete.

This float is blue/green in color and has many air bubbles in the glass.

This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Col. Rich Richardson collection.

Big Blue Swirls in a 12 inch float (about the size of a basketball).

Cobalt blue swirls are uncommon in 3 - 4 inch floats.  It's very rare to find a large 12 inch float with these spectacular deep cobalt blue swirls.

This float has an ID seal but there's no mark on it.

Found in Northern Japan.

This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Ramon Fulton collection.

Extremely rare to find factory fresh floats in their original packaging.

There are four antique 10 inch Kita 北 or 'FF' Hokuyo floats wrapped inside their original straw packaging. 

After glass fishing floats were produced and prior to shipping they were packaged this way so they could be transported by truck.  These floats have never been taken out of their original packaging and have never been used.

I feel very fortunate to have acquired this unique piece of float manufacturing history.