Japanese Glass Floats

This beautiful green sphere is an early 20th century glass float used by Japanese fishermen to keep their fishing nets or droplines afloat in the ocean.

This beautiful green sphere is an early 20th century glass float used by Japanese fishermen to keep their fishing nets or droplines afloat in the ocean.

This beautiful green sphere is an early 20th century glass float used by Japanese fishermen to keep their fishing nets or droplines afloat in the ocean.

Large collection of six Japanese fishing floats or net buoys in rare large sizes.

Japanese fishing float made into pendant light. Bright blue glass,single socket.

Antique net wrapped hand blown clear glass Japanese fishing float. Measures: 9".  

Lot 7 hand blown netted blue Japanese fishing floats. Made from recycled glass bottles and used to buoy a fisherman's net when cast into the water.

Set of three vintage Japanese hand blown glass fishing buoy floats, featuring red, green, blue, yellow and dark amber graduated glass orbs, divided by cardboard discs and suspended i...

Provenance: Old Hokkaido Japan collection History of Japanese fishing floats: In Japanese, glass floats are variably known as buoy balls (浮き玉, ukidama) or glass balls (ビン玉, bindama).

A set of three glasses Japanese fishing floats. These large hand blown globes were made from recycled glass bottles encased in tightly knotted rope and were used to buoy a fisherman'...

Japanese fishing float made into a pendant light. Simple yet unique design, available in different colors (see other postings).

This beautiful green sphere is an early 20th century glass float used by Japanese fishermen to keep their fishing nets or droplines afloat in the ocean.

A pendant light made from three, large, green glass, float spheres from Japan, with the original netting used for fishing.

Very large and heavy early 20th century Japanese green glass fishing float in tied knotted rope.

Set of three vintage green hand blown glass Japanese fishing net floats. Measure: 5".  

Lot of sixteen hand blown blue-green (and one yellow-brown) Japanese fishing floats. Made from recycled glass bottles and used to buoy a fisherman's net when cast into the water.

Net wrapped hand blown green glass Japanese fishing float.   

Antique Japanese fishing floats arranged in a ring and lit with LED lights. The fixture will be built custom for you, chain style may vary. Please contact us with your specifications.

Vintage glass fishnet float from Japan. These translucent, sea-green floats were once used on the rivers, lakes and ocean fishing grounds of Asia to buoy up fishing nets.