My last find on the west coast of Bergen

Hi glass float collectors!

If you look closely into the picture you'll see a boat house down by the sea,  boat house owner passed away 3 years ago and he was a great guy, fisherman, farmer and carpenter. He worked hard every day for an income and was very clever her daughter told me. He's name was Nils J. Solvik and was situated at Klokkarvik just a few miles north/west from center Bergen. Glass floats added in this post was found upstairs inside he's boathouse during a restoration on the ceiling.

Fishing nets was rotted and had plenty hole, floats and net was in good shape for its age and I bought a few egg floats and an extremely beautiful round 4" float with plenty bubbles, swirls in the glass, look at pictures, it was very difficult to get a picture in the right light to show the real beauty from this float.

All egg floats are approx. 4 x 3" and very old and was used on deep sea fishing net

Antique eggs and beautiful netted.

Anyone interested in a purchase, let me know!

Fishing net with grooved glass floats

Hi Glassfloat collector friends!

This is a very rare find here in Norway and the first grooved glass float fishing net I ever seen, just look at the pictures below and enjoy.

Net with grooved Flesland Glasswork floats was found in a boathouse just about 1 hour drive east from center Bergen, Norway.  Found in a municipality with the name Os. The owner had planned to sell it cut into small pieces with glass floats. But we agreed on a good but somewhat expensive deal for the fishing net, so I am pleased and very satisfyed! And I'm guessing that the new owner is happy and waiting in anticipation to receive a fishing net with all those beauties added and with a quality and historic interest for all float collectors and people with old fishing and antique interest all over the world, especially people from Norway or people who originated from Norway.

Anyway the grooved glass float fishing net was used for fishing at sea (look at the picture with meter added into mask) I guess it was used in a fjord named Bjørnefjorden and other fjords in the Os area.

Thank you for the purchase and take good care of it!

 

Net is made from rope (not nylon) I guess this net has been dipped in a powder named blåstein = bluestone powder in US language I guess, anyway this blue powder was often used by fishermen here in Norway, it was used to impregnate fishing nets and rope, powder and hot water!