Yikes!ĭiscovering uranium glass has kind of spooked me and definitely made me think….
The normal colour of uranium glass ranges from yellow to green but it distinguishing feature is that it fluoresces bright green under ultra violet /black light and can register above background radiation on a sufficiently sensitive Geiger counter, although most pieces of uranium glass are considered to be harmless and only negligibly radioactive.įiestaware Gieger counter showing readings from fiestawareĪctually my friendly teacher reassured me uranium glass was perfectly safe but what was really dangerous was the early Fiesta ware red/orange dinner plates as they contained radium/uranium in there glaze and that it was not particularly stable. The proportion usually varies from trace levels to about 2 uranium by weight, although some 20th-century pieces were made with up to 25 uranium. Pour the linseed oil into the glass container and add the radium powder. Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting for colouration. Zeal BIG TIMBER is the perfect sunglass for those who demand one lens that works in any. Buy Uranium Glass Products in our Online Glass Store. Uranium glass fell out of widespread use when the availability of uranium to most industries was sharply curtailed during the cold war in the 1940s to 1990s for the production of nuclear weapons. The online store suppliers or the craft shops provide the Phosphorescent A jar. Vaseline glass is a type of uranium glassware that has a pale yellow green colour similar to that. Much depression glass is uranium glass, that is glass which has been actually made with uranium. Uranium glass, an older and more general term, is sometimes used as a synonym for Vaseline glass, but this can lead to confusion because some types of glass colored with uranium (e.g., custard glass and Burmese glass) are opaque whereas Vaseline glass is transparent.
Check out our examples of Depression glassĭepression glass is clear or coloured translucent glassware that was distributed free, or at low cost, in the United States and Canada around the time of the Great Depression. Vaseline glass is a recent term that probably dates from the 1950s.
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Call Studio Antiques now at 310-322 -3895 to see what is presently in the shop Movie theaters would give it away as a premium for coming to the pictures. He was very accommodating and told we all about the fascinating and slightly scary uranium glass. Depression glass is a clear or colored translucent glass that was given away free, or at a low cost, during the Great Depression (primarily the 1930’s). My curiosity made me abandon my manners and I just had to ask what he was doing. Great Vaseline piece for any colored glass collection.Uranium/Depression glass came to my attention when I was out exploring in a wonderful antique shop and stumbled across a man shining a black light on the glassware. There are no cracks, chips or repairs a very light water line near the top. The vase is quite heavy and measures 8 1/2" in height and 6" across the handles. It was produced in a variety of beautiful colors. This beautiful 'Tut' or 'Loving Cup' pattern vase, circa 1924-1928, is what Fostoria called the Art Deco design of the King Tut vase. The term Vaseline glass is based on a perceived resemblance of petroleum jelly as formulated and commercially sold at this time in history. 800 cash takes the whole lot, but you have to take it all. Radioactive glass and ceramic items are not so easy to identify, though green or pale yellow Vaseline glass, also known as Depression glass or Uranium glass.
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Vaseline glass became popular in the mid-19th century with its greatest popularity being from the late 1880's to the 1920's. So one of the used reflectors, one lumatek ballast plus a 6 month old radium bulb for 100. Vaseline or Uranium glass is a transparent yellow to yellow-green glass owing its color intensity to the uranium content. By the late 1930's, Fostoria was recognized as the largest producer of handmade glassware in the world. The Fostoria Glass Company was built in 1887 at Fostoria, Ohio, but by 1891 had moved to Moundsville, West Virginia, where it remained until operations ceased in 1986.
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