Posted 7 years ago
Eccles21
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My Mum recently passed away and I found this lovely little glass vase whilst clearing out her things. I remember she 'always' had it but I have no idea of its history. It is really delicate - the glass is slightly translucent and is a really pale green / cream colour with the most delicate little gold / cream floral 'twigs' painted on the surface. The decoration stands proud from the surface of the glass. There was originally a gilt rim to the vase which has mostly worn away. I'd love to know it's history if anyone has any ideas. It measures just 4 inches tall and is approximately 2 1/4 inches wide at its widest part. There are no 'seams' in the glass - I assume it is glass. Any info would be much appreciated. I have a few other things that i am curious about too which I will post separately.
It's only when a loved one is gone, you realise all the questions you didn't ask them - and I thought we'd talked about everything!
Thanks in advance.
Hi Eccles. I am not an expert on this era glass but I believe this is early 20th C glass from either England or Bohemia. I also think that if you could shine a black light on it there may be a green glow due to uranium in the glass, standard for that time.
Thanks racer4four. When you say shine a 'black light'....I'm not sure what you mean - I'm probably being a bit dim - excuse the unintentional pun!
Black light is UVA or you may know it as ultraviolet light. You can often find torches that are black light, or (in Aus at least) some toilet blocks have black lights to inhibit the finding of veins (!). Years ago banks and places used it to check signatures (I'm old!). Lots of glass of this era had uranium salts in it and although it's not dangerous it does glow a bright green when ultraviolet light is shone on it. It's a cool phenomena, but not really important to the object itself.