Worked glass?

[JohnDee1]

Hey everyone I found this piece of glass coming out of an area were I have found a gunflint previously. It’s a piece of black-green glass, that has patinated strangely in the potentially modified area. It looks kinda worked, though maybe a plow hit it.. I think it looks blue due to a combination of patination and light refraction, but I don’t know. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

 

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[uniface]

Pretty ambiguous, IMO.

If the edge flake angles were similar, they would probably be intentional. Random sizes, distances and angles, likely not.

 

[unclemac]

...well....it is old, not modern glass.

 

[joshuaream]

It looks like some of the old glass scrapers and tools I've found in the Caribbean. They are almost always made from "Black Glass" which is just that dark green colored glass that was used for the old Onion Bottles back in the 1600's. I believe some of the examples from Spanish Florida were also made from the Case Gin (square bottles) from the late 1700's.

Unfortunately context is everything with those finds, a gunflint is a decent associated item.

 

[Older The Better]

I think the focus on one area is telling, not saying it’s impossible but what are the odds a plow would hit only the one spot. I might add I’ve been dabbling with making points out of glass and it sure looks to have similar characteristics. Also I agree context is important.

 

[JohnDee1]

Thanks for the responses. I suppose context matters for things like this. Regardless I will keep looking and will hold on to this interesting piece of glass.