My new phone - that has no AI slop bullshit - captures the glow of uranium glass beautifully #vintage #antique #uraniumglass

Sunday, March 1, 2026

きょうの京都・東寺のガラクタ市(骨董市)では、ウランガラスのコップを購入しました(写真)。
底面のポンテの後処理も不完全であり、精工な造りではありません。工法・仕上がり具合から察すると少し古そうな品です。

海外(アメリカ)では、大恐慌時代にウランガラス製の食器やペンダントが流行したそうです。人々の将来への不安と、ガラスに紫外線を照射すると美しく緑色に発光する神秘さにスピリチュアル的なものを感じたのではと思います(紫外線ランプが無くても、太陽光で美しく輝きます)。

写真の様な実用的な形をしたコップは食卓で使われるので、割れて捨てられることが多く、現存するのは比較的少ないです。芸術的な作品は大切に保管されるため現存数は多いです。

#ウランガラス #ワセリンガラス #UraniumGlass #VaselineGlass

Took a trip to Levenshulme Antiques Village yesterday and they had a cabinet of uranium glassware – but clearly knew what it was because they had it illuminated accordingly. #UraniumGlass

"Bless The Beasts"
Teableau for 01/03/26

"Bless the beasts and the children
For in this world, they have no voice
They have no choice"
~Barry De Vorzon & Perry Botkin Jr

#Tea #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BlackTea #Handmade #Knitting #IrishWool #GlassArt #VintageGlass #UraniumGlass #Sheep #Pigs #Figurines #EarlGrey #Winter

Him asking what I want for Christmas To finish my #Vintage #Pyrex #Collection 😁 Or maybe some #UraniumGlass ☣️
@SunnJax @czarbucks love to see folks using their #UraniumGlass plateware. Even better that the UV from the sun was causing some luminosity. If you have a black light it gets even more fun
@ai6yr we have an extensive collection of #UraniumGlass I hope to put on display under a black light someday. So much stuff.
Absolutely insane free box find today at a sale! I was so excited all the way home. I believe this is a pickle jar from 1884 by “Duncan” in the pattern “Cottage Ware”.

#vintage #vintageglass #uvglass #uraniumglass

"Refresh"
Teableau for 05/30/25

The distinctive green of uranium glass is always eye-catching and lifts my spirits.

#Tea #UraniumGlass #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #GreenTea #VintageGlass #Spring #Springtime #Handmade #GlassArt #SpunGlass #DepressionGlass

@silkester

I know that radioactivity itself doesn't actually glow in the visible spectrum. However, I understand the common misconception that radioactivity is depicted as glowing green. This is most likely derived from the distinctive yellowish-green color of uranium glass, which does have a green glow under UV light.

Uranium glass was quite fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s, with its unique and eye-catching fluorescent appearance. So when uranium and other radioactive materials were being depicted in popular media and illustrations in the 1940s and 1950s, the only commonly known visual association with uranium was this glowing green glass.

This is probably why the trope of radioactive materials or environments being portrayed as an eerie, glowing green color became so ingrained in the public imagination. The real-world visual cue of uranium glass likely influenced and reinforced this misconception, even though true radioactivity is invisible to the naked eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass #GlowingGreenGoo #ggg #radioactive #UraniumGlass #Uranium