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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4516117, member: 45"]These were popular souvenir items sold on the Pacific Coast, made to resemble the old Japanese glass fishing floats (used on their fishing nets) that used to be found on local beaches. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tourists visiting the souvenir shops often bought them, because they could no longer find the real thing on the beach, and the old ones in the local antiques shops, were considered too expensive!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, just decorative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4516117, member: 45"]These were popular souvenir items sold on the Pacific Coast, made to resemble the old Japanese glass fishing floats (used on their fishing nets) that used to be found on local beaches. Tourists visiting the souvenir shops often bought them, because they could no longer find the real thing on the beach, and the old ones in the local antiques shops, were considered too expensive! Yes, just decorative.[/QUOTE]
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