Posted 10 years ago
scottvez
(977 items)
This is a heavy and quality made piece of glass-- just wish that it weren't and ashtray!
The greenish/ yellow color is fantastic and varies depending on the lighting conditions.
Every edge is beveled to include the corners. It has two cigarette rests.
The quality of this would make me think 1950s at the latest.
I don't know the maker and would appreciate any thoughts on attributions.
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scott
Thanks much for looking agh!
scott
Thanks for looking amber-- any thoughts on attributions?
scott
put this item under a black light, it looks like uranium glass to me, if it is it will transform to a neon geen , the higher the uranium content the darker green
Agreed, think uranium. Helps narrow it down.
First pass speculation...Italian. 50s, maybe 30s. Will look around later today after I go out in the deep freeze for work.
Thanks for looking and commenting smoker-- I suspect that it glows as well.
I can't find my blacklight -- must be hiding with my copy of Flayderman's!
scott
Thanks for looking and commenting amber-- let me know if you find out anything else.
scott
i think it might be czech also...
could it be neodymium glass?
just because you wrote it changes the color
Thanks for looking getthat...-- I wasn't familiar with that type of glass, but after looking it appears to be blue/ red in color.
This glass is a yellow/ green depending on the lighting.
scott
Thanks moonstone and fran!
scott
A pleasure Scott. Its great & i love ashtrays. Interesting what GTMOOM says about neodymium glass, I'd never heard of it. I wonder if this is..
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/112748-weird-heavy-glass-thing
Its doesn't look quite the same colour as yours and mines not uranium, it shines bluey purple under UV, but the greens change quite drastically in daylight to indoor light.
Hi Scott, I've been looking for this post & just found it. I just wanted to say GTMOOMs post about neodymium glass proved very useful. Forget that green thing and see this for an example, I'd like to add without this post & GTMOOMs bit I'd still be in the dark.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/112079-neodymium--alexandrite-cut-glass-gem
Thanks lee!
scott