Large Green Seahorse - Sold

68 pieces of green sea glass were handpicked from the shores of the Mornington Peninsula and individually hand wrapped in copper foil and soldered together to form this seahorse. Tin was shaped to form the head and to run the length of the body and tail of the seahorse to add shape and contrast.

Green shades of sea glass were used in this sea horse. The Sea Foam colour was predominantly used to make Coca-Cola bottles from the early to mid-1900s. The Forest Green colour was popular with a wide variety of antique spirit bottles and still used today for wine bottles. Jade is a colour that has been made throughout both the 19th and 20th centuries, while Kelly Green has been a mass produced colour for bottles during the second half of the 20th century.

Design and image copyright Mornington Sea Glass.