Vintage Uranium Green Glass Vaseline Ware. Desert Plate Set 4.
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:598982 | Primary Material: Glass |
| Color: Green | Type: Vases |
Vintage Uranium Green Glass Vase Vaseline beautiful!
Set of 4 desert plates. Each plate measures slightly less than 8" across.
Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
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. (During WWII, the U.S. confiscated all uranium supplies, hence the cessation of manufacture. 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. Vaseline glass will fluoresce under ultraviolet light (black light). Often, people use the term Vaseline glass synonymously with Uranium. The truth is that Vaseline glass is uranium, but uranium is not necessarily Vaseline glass. Are you confused yet? Uranium glass is an older term used to indicate glassware that was actually made with uranium oxide. The normal color of uranium ranges from yellow to green depending upon oxidation state of the glass. 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.
Set of 4 desert plates. Each plate measures slightly less than 8" across.
Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
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. (During WWII, the U.S. confiscated all uranium supplies, hence the cessation of manufacture. 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. Vaseline glass will fluoresce under ultraviolet light (black light). Often, people use the term Vaseline glass synonymously with Uranium. The truth is that Vaseline glass is uranium, but uranium is not necessarily Vaseline glass. Are you confused yet? Uranium glass is an older term used to indicate glassware that was actually made with uranium oxide. The normal color of uranium ranges from yellow to green depending upon oxidation state of the glass. 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.
