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 sea glass.
The history behind this piece:
Cornflower sea glass comes from glass manufactured pre 1900 and most likely comes from products made or used in Scotland such as Phillips Milk Of Magnesia bottles, Bromo Seltzer, Vick's Vapor Rub and ink wells. The colour is utterly beautiful and is one of the most attractive sea glass colours for collectors. Around 1 in 500 sea glass pieces are cornflower blue but to find and own a piece of sea glass of this quality is rare indeed.
This item comes presented in our Scottish sea glass packaging, complete with a colour guide, free silver polishing cloth and the history behind Scottish sea glass.
Dimensions & sizing:
Sea glass size: 0.8cm in height (8mm)
Chain length: 18 inches
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 sea glass.
The history behind this piece:
Cornflower sea glass comes from glass manufactured pre 1900 and most likely comes from products made or used in Scotland such as Phillips Milk Of Magnesia bottles, Bromo Seltzer, Vick's Vapor Rub and ink wells. The colour is utterly beautiful and is one of the most attractive sea glass colours for collectors. Around 1 in 500 sea glass pieces are cornflower blue but to find and own a piece of sea glass of this quality is rare indeed.
This item comes presented in our Scottish sea glass packaging, complete with a colour guide, free silver polishing cloth and the history behind Scottish sea glass.
Dimensions & sizing:
Sea glass size: 0.8cm in height (8mm)
Chain length: 18 inches
All sterling silver
