Size Q | Rare turquoise sea glass ring in sterling silver | Collected from Wemyss Bay
£58.00
The Scottish history behind sea glass & where it comes from:
From the 1700’s until the mid 1950’s, glass factories lined the coastline of Scotland and manufactured bottles, decorative tableware, perfume bottles, window panes and other items. This was a thriving and crucial industry here in Scotland for hundreds of years. These factories often dumped the waste glass directly into the sea and over decades and even hundreds of years the chemical reaction with the saltwater and abrasion from sand and rocks has created beautifully frosted pieces of glass.
The history behind this piece:
Turquoise sea glass is very rare here in Scotland and was originally manufactured into decorative table ware and Victorian stained glass windows in the late 1800’s - early 1900’s. The colour comes from a mixture of copper and cobalt used in glass making. One in 5,000 sea glass pieces are turquoise so your new ring is very rare indeed.
Dimensions & sizing:
Sea glass size: 14mm (1.4cm) length, 8mm height
Ring size: Q
All sterling silver
The Scottish history behind sea glass & where it comes from:
From the 1700’s until the mid 1950’s, glass factories lined the coastline of Scotland and manufactured bottles, decorative tableware, perfume bottles, window panes and other items. This was a thriving and crucial industry here in Scotland for hundreds of years. These factories often dumped the waste glass directly into the sea and over decades and even hundreds of years the chemical reaction with the saltwater and abrasion from sand and rocks has created beautifully frosted pieces of glass.
The history behind this piece:
Turquoise sea glass is very rare here in Scotland and was originally manufactured into decorative table ware and Victorian stained glass windows in the late 1800’s - early 1900’s. The colour comes from a mixture of copper and cobalt used in glass making. One in 5,000 sea glass pieces are turquoise so your new ring is very rare indeed.
Dimensions & sizing:
Sea glass size: 14mm (1.4cm) length, 8mm height
Ring size: Q
All sterling silver
