![]() While the most common source for this lovely shade of light green glass was most likely an old Coco Cola bottle made in various parts of the country. Seafoam Green - (Coke Bottles, Wine Bottles, Rum Bottles, Window Glass, etc.) Tin was also used but in coastal communities, tin would rust easy so glass was preferred. ![]() From home kitchens that "canned' in glass jars to sodas and just about every household product sold came in glass. Glass was the main way to preserve and transport goods. Before the 1960's plastic was not widely commercially used. Many of them were used commercially in the past. These colors are not in wide use today so there is no new source for them. Many angular shapes of sea glass are white pieces (maybe because it was once window glass from a storm wrecked cottage or auto glass from off shore dumping and reef formation.)Ĥ In 10 Pieces Of Sea Glass Found Will Be Clear or White You can usually determine how old your white glass is by the thickness and any markings or bubbles. W ell that can come from just about anywhere from a new soda bottle to an old pane of glass. (Yes kids, Clorox did used to come in a glass bottle as did everything else!) They still bear imprinting on some of the brown sea glass pieces.ģ - 4 in 10 pieces Sea Glass Found Will Be Common Brown Budweiser beer and lots of others come in a brown bottle, yet old Clorox and Lysol bottles were brown and are old. Older green glass could be considered Unique if bubbled or patterned, embossed or textured.Ģ In 10 Pieces Of Sea Glass Found Will Be Common Greenīrown Glass (Beer, Whiskey, Clorox, Lysol, etc.)īrown glass is also an old and new color. There is a wide variation of green though and common green generally refers to a Kelly Green. ![]() Heineken bottles, Rolling Rock, and lots of red wines come in green bottles still today. Green sea glass is a WIDE range of shades and hues. Green Glass (Beer Bottles, Wine Bottles, Soda Bottles, etc.) bottle stoppers, marbles, embossed glass pieces, pattern glass, old glass tiles, bonfire glass, multi colored glass). Treasure Chest Colors - Those pieces of glass that are so unique and usually maintain a pattern or shape of the original source (i.e. Rare and Ultra Rare - Red, Orange, Yellow, Gray, Teal, Pink, Aqua, Opaque Glass (Milk White, Jadeite) Rare - Cobalt Blue, Lavender, Aqua, Light Blue, Lime Green Somewhat Rare - Seafoam Green (light greens), Pale Aqua, Amber, Rarer Greens Unique colors are Greens Browns and Whites glass with age, thickness or patterning. (Place your mouse over or tap the images to reveal what the sea glass looks like in this glass color and then a corresponding piece of our jewelry in that color)Ĭommon - White, Green, Brown found in most beach combing locations throughout the world. This glass knowledge is based on 28 years of collecting and decades of researching the origins of our glass. In just about every color of sea glass in the world! See Our Sea Glass Colors (coming soon)! In the meantime, you can visit our Pinterest page for just some of the colors we have documented so far - By The Sea Jewelry Colors On Pinterestīy The Sea Jewelry is proud to offer the finest Like a Diamond, this certifies your piece for posterity! See our List Of colors and please understand that naming colors is subjective and there is not official recognized source for all sea glass in the world. We have started to try and document as MANY colors as we can, specially in our larger pieces like pendants by showing a Macro Detail of the EXACT piece you are purchasing. Next time you're in an antique shop or flea market, look at the glass items and see if you haven't found a piece of glass this color! For Example, lavender glass can be a rarity in areas yet abundant in Maine & Canada but hardly ever found in the islands. We have broken the colors into rarity categories, it is a general rule and not to be carved in stone (or glass!) as certain colors can be found more readily in some areas. If you think about it, the common colors of sea glass, Green, Brown & White are still in wide use today.Rarer colors of seaglass are pieces that the color has not been made or used commercially for many years. It takes decades for broken glass to "become" sea glass. ![]() ![]() Just where do the colors of beach glass come from? Sea Glass is simply old glass products that were thrown into the sea, But, "Sea Glass is JUST GLASS, like Diamonds are JUST ROCKS"© A wide selection of vintage and antique Glass offered for sale by merchants at Colors Of Sea Glass The Colors Of Sea Glass ![]()
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