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Posted 7 months ago
JayHow
(87 items)
Finally...I have been waiting on this pair for what seems like a month. I purchased these at an online auction at what I feel was a great bargain at $11.50. I was estatic when they arrived today and the third and fourth picture tell why. Here lately I have been researching uranium or And Ive noticed that not all URANIUM has a green or yellow tint to it in normal light. With that said, I have gotton into the habit of checking ALL my new purchases with UV light. Sorry the quality of the pictures are not so good but I wanted you to see the vibrance and illuminating effect of these vases. I love them...hope you do too! And if anyone has any ideas to as who made them I am curious to learn. Thanks
American Art GlassAmerican art glass refers to decorative household glass objects made in fac…
Vaseline GlassAlso known as uranium glass, vaseline glass glows bright green under ultrav…
Theese are stunning!...:-)
Thanks Inky, I thought they were really different than most of the amberina glass I have seen. Great eapg dont you think. Can you see the Stars in the photos?
Yes funny!... I was think a moment ago ..stars and stripes?!!!
this is delving into areas that certain glass folks are somewhat passionate about: EAPG, amberina, Vaseline and uranium. Uranium glass fluoresces (glows) bright green under black light and comes in many colors of glass. Vaseline glass is uranium glass that is canary yellow in norman light; "if it's green it aint Vaseline." Amberina glass was originally patented as glass that ranged from amber at the bottom to red at the top. The glass is first formed as amber and then the top was heated to make it turn red due to the heat sensitive nature of chemicals added to the glass. The term amberina today has been tossed around by many to be any glass that has a range of red to yellow/amber in any manner. There are even marketing claims of amberina on amber/yellow glass that has red accents painted on. You will even find "amberina" glass that is also uranium glass. EAPG is glass that was made during the Victorian era.
Your very nice vases appears to be made by Smith Glass in the last half of the 20th century. I'm not really sure what they called the pattern originally, but you'll find it in several colors of glass with names like 'Beaded Scroll With Stars'; replacements.com has it listed as Smith pattern #33.
Those are beautiful!! I have a huge collection of Amberina and now I can't wait to test them under black-light. I also have vaseline and a vast collection of carnival.
This adds to the excitement of collecting. Good info TallCakes!