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Fascinating Cantonware

A History of Far East Traders, Shipwreck Treasures, and President Washington’s Mount Vernon

Mermaid Tears & Other Salty Names

Sea glass collectors are familiar with the alternate term for our treasured beach finds, Mermaids’ Tears.

Mudlarking: Giving New Life to Historic Glass

Collecting the city’s waste for nearly 2,000 years, the River Thames is a great repository of discarded objects, especially glass.

Mermaid Tales Throughout History

The portrayal of mermaids over the last few hundred years has changed for the better, leaving us with some very enduring tales.

Privy to History

The beach isn’t the only place to find antique and well preserved glass artifacts.

The Codd Neck Bottle

The Codd marble bottle was born from the need to keep carbonated drinks from going "flat." Earlier and original Codd bottles, and the marbles foun...

Mudlarking: Colored Glass & Georgian Bling

In the 18th century, the Georgians definitely loved their bling!

Glassification: Categorizing Sea Glass

There’s glass. And then there’s sea glass. And just as these are considered—certainly to the sea glass lover—two completely separate entities, so t...

The Glass Floats

It is extremely unlikely that you will find a genuine glass fishing float along most of the world’s shorelines. But that doesn't stop us from looking.

Schlitz Royal Ruby Red

America’s one-time best selling and largest producer of beer has a history possibly richer and tastier than the beer itself, and likely as interest...

Beachcombing Connections

Lydia Kimball had no idea when she began collecting sea glass in Alaska that the most precious thing she would find on the beach was not sea glass ...

The History of Cairns

The sea glass stack is actually just another form of the ancient practice of stone stacking.

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