Textured Sea Glass
Embossed or patterned glass
Sea glass carrying part of a raised pattern, letter or bottle seam — a fragment you can sometimes trace to a maker.
- Typical size
- 0.5–2 in
- How often it turns up
- Uncommon
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Sea glass is discarded material and is free to collect on public beaches. Leave modern broken glass for a bin, not a pocket.
How to tell it apart
- Raised letters, numbers or ribbing
- Frosted like plain sea glass
- Curved bottle profile
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