Seafoam Beach Glass Earrings

THE ARTIFACT

This seafoam beach glass was reclaimed from the shores of Lake Erie. These dangle-style earrings are wrapped in silver wire with a colorful, textured bead accent.

DIMENSIONS & SCALE

• Artifact type: reclaimed Lake Erie beach glass
• Artifact size: approximately 1 inch tall x 0.75 inches wide (see reference photo with quarter for visual scale)
• Metal: silver wire
• Earring style: Artisanal French ear wires
• Drop length: 3 inches

THE ORIGIN

These delicate aqua and seafoam shards often began their journey as mid-century beverage bottles or vintage Mason jars. Their pale, crystalline glow is a hallmark of early 20th-century glass manufacturing, now softened by decades of tumbling in the Great Lakes’ surf.