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I Spend Days Looking For Sea Treasures On The Beach And Here Are 38 Most Interesting Things I’ve Found
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I spend most of my days beachcombing and searching for sea treasures for making sea-themed jewelry. I am not only searching for seashells and corals, but also for rare sea glass and sea pottery.
One of my proudest finds is a 200-year-old undamaged Maraschino bottle, from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After finding it, I returned it back home to the Cosmacendi Palace, where in the past lived the maker of the bottle and is now the Museum of Ancient Glass! It was not only an incredible find but also a bottle without any proof that it even existed.
I love using a piece of history in my jewelry and other creations that makes it more special and one of a kind. If you are interested in my jewelry, you can find it here!
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Tiny Sea Treasures
Tiny Seashells
200-Year-Old Cosmacendi Maraschino Bottle
Deep Purple Is One Of The Rarest Sea Glass Colors
German Company Oberselters Mineral Water Bottle From 1860s
Some Of The Bottles Found On The Beach
All Pieces Were Found On The Beach
The 3 different plates that I placed together, the cup with the initials AC, a saucer for the cup and a silver spoon with the initials BM.
Victorian Art Glass Vase From The Second Half Of The 19th Century
It has an applied trail of blue rigaree citrine glass trailing around the vase and lovely silver design of a branch with flowers, leaves and acorns.
Cobalt Blue Bottle With A Moon And A Star
It was probably once used for powders.
This is definitely an apothecary bottle of some description, because, at the time, cobalt-blue bottles like this were typically used for poisonous substances. The star-and-crescent would suggest Turkey, but of course, it was a widely used symbol, specifically because it suggested "oriental-ness". For all we know, this bottle could have been made in down-town Graz...
Found This Stunning Blue Piece The Other Day
The Bottle With Healing Water Made From The Melissa Herb
This beautiful bottle, with the words "Melissa Dei C Scalzi" on one side and "Venezia" on the other, is the famous "l’Acqua di Melissa". I have contacted the so-called barefoot Carmelite Fathers of the Venetian Province and they have told me that this bottle was made in the early 1800s
It looks like the stopper was pushed right in and is in the bottom
Glass Stamps From 200-Year-Old Maraschino Bottles
When You Find A Rainbow Sea Glass Piece On The Beach
Blue, Green, Aqua, Turquoise, Seafoam, Navy... So Many Shades Of The Rare Color Blue
Luigi Dejak Beer Bottle From The 19th Century
Pola, which is now in the next country... Still amazes me how diverse the old Austro-Hungarian Empire was... which is why it ever stood a chance in the modern day. Just before the war, in 1912-13, the House of Deputies had to be dissolved twice, because delegates of different ethnicities (which each spoke their own language as a point of pride and there were no translators) would start fighting on the floor of the chamber and pull all kinds of shenanigans to impede their opponents, such as the Czech Radicals showing up one day with a small steam engine attached to a whistle from a locomotive. It was said that the citizens of Vienna, who could attend the sessions, would consider it better than the circus...
Old Pharmacy Bottles
The number showed the amount of millilitres in the bottle
150+ Years Old Stamp From A Luxardo Maraschino Bottle Zara
Vintage Nail Polish Bottle With A Little Bit Of The Original Nail Polish
The liquid dried up but it still trapped inside.
Half Of A French Plate From The 1860s
The style looks to be transfer English blue flow. Is it stamped 'fabriqué en France'?
Bullet!
The 8×52mmR Mannlicher cartridge was first introduced in 1888 for the Mannlicher M1888 rifle. It was made in and also used by the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1888 to 1890.
Hah. I have one of those as well, from 1891 (and yes, that makes it pretty rare, because this kind of ammunition was theoretically superseded by the "M.1890 scharfe Patrone" 8X50R semi-smokeless round one year earlier, but obviously they kept producing them for at least a bit longer), found in the ditch of the "Alba Carolina" fortress in Alba Iulia. It's weird to think that, until 100 years ago, we would have been in the same country, to the extent that, when my great-grandfather fought the Italians in the Isonzo Campaign, one of the battles he took part in was that of Caporetto, which is now Kobarid in Slovenia...
Sometimes Searching For Tiny Treasures Leads You To A Treasure Chest Full Of Gold
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Beautiful Texture On This Glass Bottle Bottom
You have a great eye for details, for aesthetics and photography! Well done!!
Two Sided Sea Pottery Piece
Surprise! I'm Engaged To The Beach
🎶the sailors say brandi you're a fine girl what a good wife you would be!🎶
German Clay Mineral Water Bottles From 1860s
I wonder if this is where the name alka seltzer comes from - the dry powder added to water to ease the stomach and sooth the head.
Victorian Rummer Glass
It's an interesting thing that we ended up calling objects from the late 19th century "Victorian" generically, even though here, in the ol' K.u.K. Empire, we had Emperor Franz Joseph at the time and queen Vicky was a ways away... But then again "Josephian" doesn't really roll off the tongue, so maybe it's for the best?
Stunning Sea Glass Piece With The Number 150 On It
This Blue Sea Glass Piece Reminds Me Of Bubble Wrap
Embossing On The Seal Says: Romano Vlahov Zara
Apparently, people in that area drank a lot of Marashino liquor back in the day...
Shell In A Shell In A Shell
Collecting Beautiful Sea Glass For New Unique Pieces
Searching For Sea Glass Is Just Like Searching For Rare Sea Treasures
M Like Maristella - Beautiful Sea Pottery Piece
Have you seen the work of a Scottish artist which was recently shown on Bored Panda (but now seems to have vanished, it was at "https://www.boredpanda.com/i-find-surf-tumbled-pottery-shards-on-the-beach-and-make-them-into-unique-pieces-of-artwork"), who turns shards of sea pottery into the inspiration & part of illustrations?
Gorgeous Turquoise Sea Glass Piece
where do you beach comb? i do not think you are in the USA. i like to go to sanibel, florida to search for treasures. i live on an island called galveston, texas. we also have shells, but no treasures like you have found. thank you for sharing.
I am walking along the wrong beaches! lol I have found sea glass, but most of mine probably came from Budweiser or Corona bottles. (meh)
Every find is a treasure :D
But in 200 years those will be considered like these ones are now, so have patience.
So, you weren't "lucky" enough to find used condoms, like myself?
If I lived near a beach, beachcombing is all I would ever get done. You have no idea about what you'll find and the mystery of "that next great find" would drive nuts, lol. Gorgeous pieces and those teeny tiny shells are truly miracles made real.
I am on the beach everyday, till sunset :D As you said, the excitement and the "what will I find next?" really do have a huge impact.
I'm jealous that you have access to such an interesting beach, and am convinced that you live in some magic realm - the shells look like pieces of candy, the bottles remain intact, and even the shards retain their beauty! Ok seriously, it's awesome that you seek out all those lost treasures, and then take the time to find out their history. Thank you for sharing your finds with us!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read the article and comment, it truly means a lot. It's a lot of fun not only searching for treasures like this but also learning more about the history of the pieces. Have a wonderful day!
I had a great time walking the beach with you!!!
Bobbi Newell...my maiden name was Bobbi Newville 😂 just tickled me to see your name😊carry on...
I am walking along the wrong beaches! lol I have found sea glass, but most of mine probably came from Budweiser or Corona bottles. (meh)
Every find is a treasure :D
But in 200 years those will be considered like these ones are now, so have patience.
So, you weren't "lucky" enough to find used condoms, like myself?
If I lived near a beach, beachcombing is all I would ever get done. You have no idea about what you'll find and the mystery of "that next great find" would drive nuts, lol. Gorgeous pieces and those teeny tiny shells are truly miracles made real.
I am on the beach everyday, till sunset :D As you said, the excitement and the "what will I find next?" really do have a huge impact.
I'm jealous that you have access to such an interesting beach, and am convinced that you live in some magic realm - the shells look like pieces of candy, the bottles remain intact, and even the shards retain their beauty! Ok seriously, it's awesome that you seek out all those lost treasures, and then take the time to find out their history. Thank you for sharing your finds with us!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read the article and comment, it truly means a lot. It's a lot of fun not only searching for treasures like this but also learning more about the history of the pieces. Have a wonderful day!
I had a great time walking the beach with you!!!
Bobbi Newell...my maiden name was Bobbi Newville 😂 just tickled me to see your name😊carry on...