Glass Fishing Float in Light Turquoise 10" This is a brass cleat

This is a brass cleat that is highly polished

If these break they actually implode and make a very strange sound

The color of the float is dependent on the color of the glass bottles the were ground up to make the float

& is between 9 and 10 inches wide including the netting

I have not been able to test it so I don't know it's working condition

Glass Fishing Float in Light Turquoise 10" This is a brass cleatThis is a vintage glass fishing float that weighs 4 to 6 lbs. & is between 9 and 10 inches wide including the netting. It was hand blown into a two piece mold & has a glass plug sealed in the bottom of the float. Most of these were used in commercial long line fishing in coastal Asia from the late 1950"s on. They are even strung with commercial long line. Some floats have a dimple, some have a slightly rough texture and some have bubbles inside the