They are inexpensive and worth the $5.00 or so you would be paying. You may want to pickup a small black light torch (flashlight) so that you can test your glass for florescence. So, when you are shopping for antique or vintage glassware, keep your eyes peeled for that light yellow glass. So, yes, you are safe.īelow is a great example of a lot we have available where, under normal light, the items look plain green with the same items under ultraviolet light.
Although many, many types of pieces are made with uranium, and react to Geiger counters, uranium glass is considered relatively harmless and is only negligibly radio active. You can see how the green glass is really florescent under a black light. We have photographed it in natural and in ultraviolet light. Millersburg Glass Museum: The Millersburg Radium Glass Bowl is a treat to see under the ultra violet lighting - See 25 traveler reviews, 6 candid photos. Here is an item we listed on eBay just this week. The use of uranium in the manufacture of glass dates as far back as 79AD, and has been found in glass tiles used in mosaic by the Romans. The normal color of uranium ranges from yellow to green depending upon oxidation state of the glass. Uranium glass is an older term used to indicate glassware that was actually made with uranium oxide. The truth is that Vaseline glass is uranium, but uranium is not necessarily Vaseline glass. Often, people use the term Vaseline glass synonymously with Uranium. Vaseline glass will fluoresce under ultraviolet light (black light). Production began again in 1958, but most production had ceased in 1970.) There is only one way to verify that the yellow glass you have is Vaseline glass. confiscated all uranium supplies, hence the cessation of manufacture. Vaseline glass was primarily made from the 1840’s up to the middle of WWII, with its heyday from the 1880’s to the 1920’s. Vaseline glass’ name came about because it resembled the color of a petroleum jelly being sold at the time. Coloring is so pretty too Take a look at the pictures So many great colors and again, shine This Compote was made by Dugan. Sometimes while antiquing, you may come across a canary yellow or yellow-green colored depression glass. RARE RADIUM IRIDESCENCE This is the only Constellation compote I’ve had in a RADIUM marigold Marigold is tough to find but to find radium very tough as Dugan did not make much radium carnival glass. Certain patterns are less common today and may sell for hundreds of dollars while other patterns are more prevalent and inexpensive to collect.
Food companies, like Quaker Oats, might have placed it in a box of food as a gift for buying their item.Ĭommon colors included pink, green and amber.
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Movie theaters would give it away as a premium for coming to the pictures. Call Studio Antiques now at 310-322 -3895 to see what is presently in the shop! 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). Uranium Glass? We all know about Depression Glass, right? Our grandmother’s had it. What’s the Difference?: Uranium Glass, Vaseline & Depression Glasses
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