Egg Glass Fishing Float

Small egg-shaped fishing float bound into a worked net

Knobbed egg float

Glass fishing floats are hollow glass shapes that fishermen used to attach to their lines or their nets to hold the sides of the net, the headline, or the mouth of a trawl net up toward the surface of the water.

Egg-shaped floats are considered to be one of the oldest forms of floats.

The knobbed eggs were formed using a blowing pipe, punty and pincers, much rarer to find. Their knobs or neck would have been perfect for tying to a hand-held fishing line or attaching to the line from a fishing pole.

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