Stubby Hokkaido Roller that measures about 4 3/4 inches in length.   This Stubby Hokkaido shows signs of use.  There's a big chip in its seal.  Lots of scuff marks and scratches, too.   Purcha

Stubby Hokkaido Roller that's a common light green color.   This roller measures about 4 3/4 inches in length.   It shows signs of extensive use with chipping on the seal, abrasions on the glass

This Tiny Hokkaido roller 'Dots' and a visible mold line.    These 'dots' appear to be vent holes in the molds used to create rollers.  Typically, the glassblower would twist the newly formed rol

Finding a blue colored Hokkaido Roller is much harder than conventional wisdom would suggest.   This light blue roller has tons of bubbles in the glass.   It measures about 4 3/4 inches in lengt

Here's a common Tiny Hokkaido roller that's an uncommon dark green color.   This float measures about 5 1/8 inches in length.   Purchased in Japan in July 2023.

This roller is an unusual flint color.   It also has a common WP #108 Star mark on the seal.  All points on this star mark are showing.   This float show signs of use with some chipping on the

This undocumented mark appears to be 'Maru Yoi' 良.  The stamp is deep and clear ... with all the points of the mark showing.   I really like marks that are deeply pressed into the glass.  The

Old float with Blue Swirls that spiral out from the seal end of the float.  There are swirls in the surface of the glass and lots of seed bubbles, too.   This float is nearly completely net patter

Nice float with Blue Swirls emanating from the seal button.   This float measures about 3 1/4 inches in diameter.   There are lots of small bubbles in the glass.  It also has some partial net p

This pure Black float has an over-sized Kita 北 stamp on its ID seal.  In fact, this ID seal is a whopping 2 1/2 inches in diameter.   I saw this float when a friend of mine visited the Hokuyo G

This float is marked with WP #128 'Nemuro Sa' stamped on the seal.  WP #128 is classified as a rare mark.   The light green glass ball measures about 3 inches in diameter.  

Lime Green Roller with tons of bubbles plus it has some remnants of barnacles.   This roller measures 4 3/4 inches long.    It's is one of three light amber rollers I bought as a lot from Japan

Lime Green Roller with lot of bubbles.   This roller measures 4 3/4 inches long.   This roller is one of three light amber rollers I bought as a lot from Japan in June of 2023.

This light Amber Roller is a real heartbreaker.  It has a long crack on the side of the barrel.   It measures 4 3/4 inches long.   This roller is one of three light amber rollers I bought as a

Classic Double Sausage float that has a groove around the middle of the barrel of the float.   This float measures about 5 1/4 inches long.   It's one of two double sausages that I purchased in

Double Sausage float that measures about 5 1/8 inches long.   It's one of two double sausages that I purchased in Japan in June of 2023.

Green Seal on a smokey gray colored float.   This float measures 37 1/2 inches in circumference or about 12 inches in diameter.

It's quite hard to find a Cranberry Dot with mark WP #171 'Asahi' 旭.  In all the years I've been looking, I've found two of them.  This one has the best stamp of the two that I've got in my colle