NAUTICAL CRAFTS : Vintage Glass Fishing Floats
Date: Sept 19, 2021
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This summer has seen a number of vintage glass fishing floats come our way. These are being crafted with knotwork netting in antique, hemp, tarred marline. The line is from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
A catalogue is being created in our gallery to view each float, its information tag, and tags are numbered and signed by the crafting artist. What ever known history is available for each float type series is being tagged to the items. Most floats are approximately 5 inches, but there are smaller and larger float options. The largest vintage glass floats aquired this summer are 12 inches.
The dark amber, button top series has 19 floats. The "Duraglas" clear floats and Northwestern Glass floats have registration or patent marks that help to date them (circa 1941 and 1947). These 3 float types were acquired from a fishing family who used them in the Bay of Fundy, off Yarmouth, NS, in the fishing industry between 1930-1950's.
In addition to these floats, other blown glass floats have been acquired from PEI, Alma, & Lunenburg to add to the collections. The largest floats are 9 inches (from fishing farms) and 12 inches (from tuna long lines).
This summer, various floats have been featured in retail shops, markets, and gallery shops in New Brunswick. As floats sell, they are marked as such in the online catalogue for historic use by collectors.
Some glass blown balls have also joined the mix from newer sources, and are tagged as "Decorative Glass Floats", as they have not been used in the fishing industry, and are intended more for decorative use. A variety of colours and sizes are available. All floats are being suitably tagged with an information card.
To view floats in the gallery, and to see where to purchase each from, take a look through the catalogue pages. (Click here.)
Nautical Crafts: "Lobster Line Wreaths"
Date: Sept 19, 2021.
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A variety of colours are available in our hand-crafted, lobster line wreaths.
Each wreath is woven and spliced to seal them from coming apart.
(7 loop wreaths):
Undecorated wreaths are $35.
General decorated wreaths are $40.
Three colour line, Acadian wreaths are $50.
Other special wreaths may vary in price depending on size and
cost of items needed for decorating (eg: Disney figurines, etc).
Our wreaths have been available through New Brunswick in 2021 in such places as Cape Enrage Gallery, Curt's General Market Place, Cynsational Bites and Living, and The Log Cabin - Old Craft Barn just outside of Hopewell Cape Rocks.
For Harvest and Christmas some "mini wreaths" will also be made for the price ranges of $10-25.
Starting October, "pumpkin bowls, and mini baskets are also being crafted, and range between $25 - $45 each.
Xmas lobsterline bowl centerpieces are also in the works, in red and white candy cane themes,
or in silver-white-blue themes. These are limited, and by availability only. (Not on demand for orders).
