Letters on Sea Glass

by Teri Rogers
(Atlanta, GA (in St. Croix))

HI. Just found this today on St. Croix. The letters look like 1/2 of an O or U, RN and 1/2 of an E or B. Maybe Journey. Any ideas?????

Thanks,

Teri

Suggestion:

Hi Teri,

I notice no one has ventured a guess at identifying this piece of sea glass. I would think that the letters and the place you found this would indicate possibly a French word or name.

If so, it would likely be a wine or brandy bottle. On the other hand, the Caribbean was full of rum producers (still is as a matter of fact) and it would be possible that it is a rum bottle, although the color would indicate wine rather than something else (green color helped reduce harmful light rays that affect wine).

It is very hard to find a book that identifies wine bottles if that is what it is. But to try to run it down, you might try a book that is great for identification because of all the photos it has. The book is Warman's Bottles Field Guide.

The advantages of this book are that it has hundreds of big, beautiful color photos, and the listings include ALL the markings and trademarks on each bottle. It is also not going to ruin your bank account and is small enough to carry around with you.

Some of the bottle collecting and identification books are huge, heavy, and expensive with information not necessary to the sea glass collector.

David and Lin at OdysseySeaGlass