There isnt anywhere near the radio active uranium in this glass to hurt a fly! Check out the resources listed below, and, The Big Book of Vaseline Glass, by Barrie W. Skelcher, Pictorial Guide to Vaseline Glass, by Sue C. Davis, The Picture Book of Vaseline Glass, 2nd Revised and Expanded Edition, by Sue C. Davis and Bill McFarling, Vaseline Glass: Canary to Contemporary - The Comprehensive Guide to Yellow-Green Pattern Glass, Art Glass and Novelties from 1840 to the Present, by David A. Peterson, Vaseline Glassware: Fascinating Fluorescent Beauty, by Barrie W. Skelcher. PunkJunkStore An Adams & Co. Vaseline glass mug to help children learn their ABCs, circa 1880s. For one thing, the amount of uranium in uranium glass can be quite high, not infinitesimal as this article claims. Uranium fell out of use after World War II when it became critical to the war effort (think: the Manhattan Project). Im pretty sure we used less than of 1 percent of uranium in a batch. (10% off), ad by MuseEmporiumUK Oh, the terrors! Ad from shop AuntieHollysAttic Uranium glass became popular in the mid-19th century, with its period of greatest popularity being from the 1880s to the 1920s. From shop Sameersuha, ad by Junxhop From shop KentvintageArtDeco, Sale Price 40.00 It comes back to that trick, that fluorescing, that black-light glow people like Dave Peterson, Barrie Skelcher, and John Boyd enjoy so much. BettyPerryVintage Gillydollvintage if (!document.MAX_used) document.MAX_used = ','; Jeanette coined the term Jadite in reference to the products resemblance to the semi-precious stone. Or is it Jadite? Now I stay away from it. 
Uranium glass was particularly popular in the early 20th century, when large quantities of uranium salts were being produced as byproducts of the radium extraction industry (1). Ad from shop TinkerTinkerTinker I have a very cool Candlabra from the UK, and 2 Globes the size of Baseballs from Czechoslovakia that are late 1800s, and HIGHLY Radioactive They Glow Super Intense. After restrictions on the civilian uses of uranium were eased in the 1950s, Vaseline glass made a comeback. Not all Vaseline glass is transparent, as seen in this opaque, decorative bowl, whose uranium content is hinted at under normal light (left) but reveals itself fully under UV (right). : The Tragedy of Archaeologically Invisible Histories, https://americanartifacts.blog/2017/12/13/jadite-east-lansing-mi/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fDDhp4DWgU, SciFest ReCAP: The 2022 Artifact Mystery Quiz, The Golden Eagle Promotion: How Sprite Bottles Became a National Park Service Advertisement, Visibility of Indigenous Students in Michigan State Universitys History, Getting Ghosted: Calamitous Clay Creations from the Outr Outhouse, Jadeite bowl fragment from the Emmons Amphitheater assemblage. 10.80, 12.00 So much fun to turn children on to this kind of glass with a UV flashlight. Another West Virginia giant, Fostoria, didnt get into Vaseline until the 1920s, which it marketed briefly as Canary. Other elements such as manganese can produce a similar effect, and sometimes pieces with a relatively large amount of uranium in them will glow less brightly than those with less, depending on the composition of a particular batch of glass. Want to know more? Ad from shop CottageAntiquesUK Dear Anutra, Thanks! These are third party technologies used for things like: We do this with social media, marketing, and analytics partners (who may have their own information theyve collected). Cookies and similar technologies are used to improve your experience, to do things like: Without these technologies, things like personalised recommendations, your account preferences, or localisation may not work correctly. As the sun began to set and the twilight came up, the real pieces of Vaseline would glow during that little window of timethats when I would look around the field to see which stands had uranium glass. Although less ultraviolet light reaches the surface of the Earth at twilight, its effect is more pronounced since theres also less visible light at that hour. This produced a range of increasingly opaque glasses from the traditional transparent yellow or yellow-green to an opaque white. So safe enough. While the fragment we recovered unfortunately does not have a makers mark, there are many examples of ribbed jadeite products produced by Jeanette during this period. document.write ("'><\/scr"+"ipt>"); Just be careful when selecting and always carry a black light. From shop VintageDecoUK, Sale Price 41.40 Michele is a freelance writer in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts. My kid sister agrees. For many glass collectors, the only color that matters is Vaseline. Email her at makalice @ adelphia.net eBay ID: Malice9,