#Green radium glass movie#

Jadeite bowl fragment under black lightД«efore we continue we should probably address the radioactive elephant in the room: why would people put uranium in stuff we eat and drink from? It might sound strange, but uranium was once a common colorant added to glass and ceramic glazes. If youвЂ™re a collector or a frequenter of antique stores, youвЂ™ve probably already guessed the identity of our second piece of glowing glass: jadeite, another type of uranium glass. This week as we continued to sort through the large quantity of glass from the Brody/Emmons Complex assemblage we came across another piece of glowing glass: part of a horizontally ribbed bowl in a striking jade green color. The glass glowed bright green under black light, indicating it contained uranium. Uranium and Vaseline will cost you a bit more, but the color is worth the expense.Jadeite bowl fragment from the Emmons Amphitheater assemblageДЄvid readers of the CAP blog might remember our excitement last year when we discovered a piece of yellow-green vaseline glass in the Gunson assemblage. 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.Д«elow 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. 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 fluoresceВ under ultraviolet lightВ (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 1840вЂ™s up to the middle of WWII, with its heyday from the 1880вЂ™s to the 1920вЂ™s. Vaseline glassвЂ™ name came about because it resembled the color of a petroleum jelly being sold at the time. Sometimes while antiquing, you may come across a canary yellow or yellow-green colored depression 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.Д¬ommon colors included pink, green and amber.

#Green radium glass movie#

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 1930вЂ™s).

Uranium Glass? We all know about Depression Glass, right? Our grandmotherвЂ™s had it. WhatвЂ™s the Difference?: Uranium Glass, Vaseline & Depression Glasses