Topic: Large Uranium Plinth ID Please

[Simba]

A better image of it glowing...

[Lustrousstone]

It wouldn't hold anything securely that way round. If it was going to be that way up it would have a hole top and bottom. It should probably have a vase to fit in the hole as well

[Simba]

Think I may have solved the mystery of this piece thanks to another Glass collectors Site I belong too on Facebook...this picture is a opaline Urn and plinth in the Beauport  Collection...the Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, MA.......

Mod: Edited to add ...
The image of the glass urn at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, MA is shared here with permission - as per confirmation to "Simba" form Martha Van Koevering, Beauport Site Manager.

[Ohio]

I think you also may have found who made is as that huge house has a large collection of Boston & Sandwich glass & they made opaline. Very well done & good for you.

[Simba]

Thank you for that info ..now I really am very happy 

[Ohio]

Simba I was at a Scott's Antique show yesterday & ran across an east coast dealer I know who has Sandwich & he thought your Plinth (we call them stands over here) was downright scarce & suggested you send a pic to the Sandwich museum & ask them for a Sandwich confirmation (he thought it was also when I brought it up on his laptop) & see if they would share more info on it although don't ask for any values just the historical info they probably have. He had an email for the person that usually handles these types of inquiries. Ken
dorothy.schofield AT sandwichglassmuseum.org   Mod amendment to protect the email address: change AT to @ and close up the spaces

[Simba]

Ken thanks very much for that information I will certainly follow it up and let you know how I get on.

[KevinH]

Permission for use of photo in Reply #12 now sorted and statement added to the post.
Thanks to Simba for getting the info.

[chopin-liszt]

And our grateful thanks to the owner of the images for allowing us to see/use them, too. 

[Simba]

Yes a big thank you to Martha Van Koevering, who has given some more information on the Beauport plinth ....it is also in two pieces with  a circular recess for the urn to sit in .....it  is 20" high with all three pieces. The plinth alone is 8" high, 8" wide at the bottom, and 7.5" wide at the top. The recessed circle where the urn fits into the base is 4" wide.

Mine is slightly smaller....all very interesting...I would love to know what kind of vase sat on my plinth.