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Posted 4 months ago
Greatsnowy…
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I love misidentified things on ebay. This was not identified as a circa 1835-1845 annagelb or uranglas pitcher. They thought it was a good hundred years younger than that. :) I believe this to be Either Harrach or Riedel (weight on the latter) given the early nature of this picture and the uranium content.
This thing is So bright... Normally I have a hard time getting pics of uranium glass under blacklight but this was bright enough that there were no issues at all getting the shot.
I looked for comparisons.. which brought home the point these are very very very rare. I"ll probably sell this at some point because uranium glass (especially this old) makes me nervous (and my husband even more so) even though I have had enough conversations with Dave Peterson to know it's not justified. But I had to get it. I love early glass and the rarity of this was too much to resist. My husband is *very* not thrilled with it though. LOL especially since I wacked it lightly on a chair while I was trying to put it up. it's got a few fleabites on the base so it's impossible to tell if I took a chunk out. it's unlikely. the chair had a plasticized rim. I hate it when I'm clumsy
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There's an article on the early uses of Uran in Glaesern und Glasuren here.
Klaproth und Wolff
In German.
http://www.fb06.fh-muenchen.de/fb/index.php/de/download.html?f_id=7681
I'm green with envy ... saw so one one of the museums in Europe I'll check if I took a photo.
thanks Marty and Vet!
Just came to me that this relates to something else I comment ed on today :-
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/79494-kralik-or-something-else
"We continued along the Wottawa to a bridge has to be quite broad river. Over there you can reach the place Annathal (Annin), where there used to be also a very famous glass factory. After her even the uranium glass is named, which is also called "yellow nail". Several years ago, here's a glass-cutting, in the beautiful lead crystal glasses and vases were ground "
the Corning museum disagrees and says
"German) Two types of glass colored by adding uranium oxide to the batch. Annagelb is yellow, and Annagrün is green. They were developed by Josef Riedel (1816-1894), who named them for his wife, Anna, and they were made from 1834. "
annagelb and grun were named after Anna, Riedels wife. the corning museum is correct.
that might just be what annin called their uranium glass.
The quote comes from a monogaph written by someone who had a long family history in the area but was expelled after WW 11 and is wandering back in the old country noting what is and what was. it could just be the story passed down to him ..
I did not find the photos I thought I'd taken of some of this glass.
I was in the czech republic and german museums too Marty :) I have over 7000 photos :)
I think Uranium itself is called yellow cake or yellow tack. that might be part of a translation issue referring to the uranium itself by the workers not the origin of uranium glass.
beautiful :) love it :)
pretty -- hate it when i get clumsy also -- but as they say -- sometimes poooo happens
Great colour!
What a Incredible Piece, Gotta love when people are so careful on their descriptions!
I haven't taken this out to get measurements on it but in a case with some other hot items it appears to be between 2.5 and 3.5 mcsv/h or if from what I understand of how CPM translates to mcsv/h it would be about 250-350 cpm (if anyone who knows about this sort of thing feels the need to correct me on any of this please do. the conversion of all the various radiation measurements is hazy for me. I could easily be off a decimal which changes everything)
Anyway so in the relative scheme of thing not that hot comparatively to some of the other hot glass out there.
Hmm... if a person was to drink Iced Tea which had been in this for over 6 hours could it be dangerous?
I don't know. Maybe. I wouldn't do it. Glass is more stable than pottery but stuff can still leech out. I wouldn't do it doubly because the outside decoration is definitely on the toxic side.
She is a real beauty !!!! I think for your own safety you should send this to me so I can keep it safely away from the general public.
Check out this link.
http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q3433.html
it's amazing how fast the readings drop off. if you're a foot away most of the time it brings you to normal background levels. by two feet it's background for sure.
Another link. Pay attention to the additional safety part...the particles if the glass is ground is hazardous .
http://1st-glass.1st-things.com/vaselineglass.html
We are probably absorbing more radiation sitting in front of our puters than enjoying the eye candy of our collections .
yup, I've been on that site a lot. When they say ground I think they're talking along the lines of taking it to a restorer or trying to restore it yourself. Every time I think of that I wonder about the original people who had to cut and decorate uranium glass. They weren't using respirators. Heck, from visiting glass shops in the Czech republic that do this kind of work they STILL don't use respirators. I wouldn't even stay in the studio. ground glass in the air is freaking hazardous.
depends on if you're using a crt still I think :) I put the geiger counter in front of my computers no reading at all.