Topic: Crizzled or sick glass uranium wine glass thoughts.

[cagney]

"A study of deteriorating glass" from one of the " A Guide to Sandwich Glass " books. Too much typing for me. Photo paragraphs read in order.The best information I have found on the subject.

[cagney]

complete photo series

[brucebanner]

I recently sold a couple of wine glasses, early Victorian, in uranium and only the cut sides were affected and the underside of the foot, the seller left feedback and i tried to look into what it said but it was way too complex.

I had a third but it's in my dads kitchen as they have gone all green.

"Excellent items - interesting "fission track" markings on polished surfaces!" (Ebayer comment).

Similar wine glasses as below.

[cagney]

Another example, pressed glass c. 1880's, Pittsburg, USA. Surface rough and somewhat "sticky" to the touch.

[glassobsessed]

This time a French perfume bottle, late 19th C. Some of the metalwork was corroded too, stored somewhere damp would tally. From memory I think one side was more badly affected than the other.

John

[brucebanner]

I know from my mechanic days the fat from fingers and grease reacts with tungsten glass when heated to weaken the glass that's why your not to touch the glass on bulbs, i wonder if some chemical or the acid from wine etc starts the process off, or are there different forms of glass breakdown, if a batch of glass is bad why be in certain places and not others it makes no sense it should be widespread not localised. If it was damp then why are bottles buried or found in rivers not effected, i reckon it has something to do with light and heat  like the tungsten bulb theory.

Your bottle John do you think could be bad on one side due to it's position in light maybe sat on a shelf for years without moving?.