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Title: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!! ID = Sowerby "Pineapple"
Post by: dinklepip on July 28, 2010, 05:30:36 PM
Acquired this today at my local car boot for £1  :hiclp:  After scouring the net I managed to identify it as the Pineapple pattern produced by Sowerby.  It has a high uranium content around the rim and also the base, not so much on the body.  I never never knew that carnival glass pieces had this content before, have learned something new today.  Is this quite common in carnival glass or might I have found a sought after piece?  
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: dinklepip on July 28, 2010, 05:31:51 PM
another pic
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: dinklepip on July 28, 2010, 05:39:02 PM
sorry having probs loading pics
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 28, 2010, 06:15:09 PM
It's not uncommon in some US carnival, but Glen describes this piece as scarce and unusual (Carnival Glass: The Magic and the Mystery). The uranium content will be the same throughout. The iridising shields the UV effect though.
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: dinklepip on July 28, 2010, 06:25:51 PM
oooooooo that's interesting, as I said, never come across a piece before that has a uranium content. 
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: Glen on July 28, 2010, 06:52:50 PM
Yes, Sowerby's vaseline Carnival (uranium) is very hard to find. Congratulations!

For a little more information on vaseline Carnival, you can read this (I wrote it some time ago but it still holds good, I think).

http://www.carnivalglass.org/newbies/10.asp

Glen
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Post by: antiquerose123 on July 28, 2010, 07:41:18 PM
oooooooo that's interesting, as I said, never come across a piece before that has a uranium content. 

Hi there dinklepip:

I had that same question that i had posted in the Cafe over a month ago.  I too never knew that either -- so you are not alone.  I too had seen somewhere on the Net about this --so I wondered why I had never heard of this either.
(In Cafe): http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,34277.0.html

Good to know and  :thup: to you on your Find!!
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: dinklepip on July 29, 2010, 11:52:55 AM
ooooooo thank you Glen, always sooo much to learn
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: dinklepip on July 29, 2010, 11:56:04 AM
 :hiclp: :hiclp:
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!!
Post by: dinklepip on July 29, 2010, 11:57:03 AM
finally managed to upload this
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!! ID = Sowerby "Pineapple"
Post by: Glen on July 29, 2010, 06:03:56 PM
Stunning!!!

G
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!! ID = Sowerby "Pineapple"
Post by: dinklepip on July 29, 2010, 07:47:22 PM
you like? lol
Title: Re: Carnival glass bowl with uranium !!!!!!! ID = Sowerby "Pineapple"
Post by: dinklepip on July 29, 2010, 07:55:06 PM
hopefully this is a better image

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/cookiepops/?action=view&current=IMG_9341.jpg

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/cookiepops/?action=view&current=IMG_9340.jpg