Topic: Sowerby vase No. 2592 (1940) in Uranium

[Paul S.]

Nothing special, and only here because I have just found it in the Sowerby catalogue (UK), and incidentally thought it looked great when glowing.   Think it started life in 1940, and certainly still going in 1956  - although not specifically described as U., and appears to have been called simply, green.   I still think of this as a rather iconic 'sundae' shape, rather than just a vase.

[Lustrousstone]

It wouldn't have been in uranium by 1956. It's common for some of Sowerby and Bagley ranges to be found in U and non-U. No the uranium wasn't referred to; it was just a colorant for all the companies that used it. They would likely not have known about the UV effect as such.

Sowerby green with uranium veers more toward yellow than it does without.

[Paul S.]

thanks for your useful comments and interest   -  quite correct re the colour, and it does in fact have a yellowish green look, and even in daylight this is quite apparent.  So date wise we will put this one down as probably first half 1940's.

[Anne]

Paul, there's more on the dates of possible uranium dioxide confiscation in this earlier topic on a Bagley piece: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,20503.0.html - it's a useful read re the dates of uranium use as the same probably applied across all British glassworks at that time. HTH.