tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20199772.post7012560390167712693..comments2024-03-26T01:23:36.774-07:00Comments on The Sea Hermit: Monday And The Sun Is ShiningSea Hermithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287017083520575316noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20199772.post-39736626333910908042009-08-11T18:14:56.518-07:002009-08-11T18:14:56.518-07:00Back at you Todd: I don't think that marked f...Back at you Todd: I don't think that marked floats were necessary prior to 1841. My guess is that it was competition and/or the need for business, which accounted for glassworks puting their logos on floats. Individual glassblowers who marked their work may have pre-dated the companies hiring engravers to produce their marks and the engraving tools.Sea Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287017083520575316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20199772.post-38496142590860496742009-08-11T17:23:38.259-07:002009-08-11T17:23:38.259-07:00Hi Todd, Thanks for the comment. At this time it ...Hi Todd, Thanks for the comment. At this time it is impossible for me to answer that question definitively. We do know that the first commercial production of floats was in 1841. Whether floats were produced by glassverks prior to that year is not known, or at the least, has not been divulged. We do know about the Shimmelman's glasswork unearthed glass ball finds, which pre-dated the 1841 float production. Most glassworks only produced on demand. The Norwegians were using wooden floats on their cod gillnets. When did the demand start for glass to replace the easily-waterlogged wooden balls? I personally think quite a few years earlier, perhaps in the mid-to late 1700's. As I have written earlier, it was a short jump from making a bottle to sealing it for a float.Sea Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287017083520575316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20199772.post-62451967861130780242009-08-11T15:20:18.574-07:002009-08-11T15:20:18.574-07:00These dates and numbers are very interesting,the a...These dates and numbers are very interesting,the aas production timelines are pre 1840s. Does this mean that the aas marked float is maybe very very old ?Toddnoreply@blogger.com