Topic: possible id for Uranium vases.

[Paul S.]

thought they might have been Sowerby - especially with that saw-tooth top rim, and the very yellowish green colour  -  but don't see them on the CD.    Probabaly bit of a long shot, and guess they may have come from just about anywhere.   Something like 5.25"/135mm tall.    If anyone does recognise the design would be grateful for a shout, and thanks for looking.

[jonchellycain]

Hi Paul
I had a piece with the exact same shaped base as this and same colouring, ive looked in my files and all I have is that the one i had was listed in Petersons book Vaseline glass Canary to Contemporary c1860
Sorry couldnt be of any other help, will try and find where i got the info from
michelle

[jonchellycain]

Just checked my old listings on here and hey presto i did put it on
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,26970.msg147924.html#msg147924

[Paul S.]

thanks very much Michelle  -  and have to admit I would never have dated them that far back........just goes to show.      I was thinking they were something like 1930 ish. :pb:    So, a rather enigmatic provenance then, unfortunately.     Never quite sure why I continue to buy some of this uranium glass, but I guess once smitten etc.    I see these pieces and tend to buy rather on an impulse, I must have a shed full of the stuff - although this pair do glow with real class.   I guess they will go out at some point when I need the space.    Thanks again for your time

[Anik R]

Paul, I'd keep these really lovely uranium vases if I were you, and get rid of that junk behind them...   

[jonchellycain]

oh wow, can i come to your shed in the middle of the night with my big UV light i would have so much fun!!! :rah: (me waving the UV light around in Pauls shed)
michelle

[Lustrousstone]

I know a very good home for them... and think that they might just be creeping into the 20th century. They don't look quite as old as Michelle's style wise.

[Tony H]

Hi Paul
Your Uranium Vases pattern as a look of a G Davidson Reg design No 254027 have a look at http://www.cloudglass.com/r18911900.htm in the Davidson registered design page I have a number of shapes and sizes most of my pieces mine have the Reg No in relief on the inside.

[Paul S.]

Hello Tony, and thanks for your interest and comments - although the answer, regrettably, is that mine are most definitely not the same pattern as Davidson 254027.    I do appreciate that it is not easy to see the surface clearly on these vases, but in fact the 'diamond' pattern on them is elongated, and comes to a quite sharp projection, unlike the milk jug which certainly appears to have flatter diamonds.    I think I am possibly correct in saying that, outside of this yellow pearline, Davidson did not produce very much glass with a U. content and, as you say, most of thier production from that period does carry a Rd. No.  -  and despite running my fingers around these vases umpteen times, I can say quite safely that they are minus any sort of No.         I am now an expert at finding Rg. Nos. and Rg. Diamonds on glass - having failed miserably in the past, and had to ask for help  - they can often be amazingly difficult to locate, and even a large diamond impression with its letters and Nos. - on clear glass - can elude the most careful eye  -  that is not a GMB eye of course :24:     

[mrvaselineglass]

I concur with Paul.  These are definitely not pattern Rd. 254027.  I have 20 pieces of that pattern (17 of them in Primrose Pearline) and this is NOT the same pattern.  The diamonds on the 254027 have a pattern on top of each diamond.  I am strongly thinking that if you give one of these vases a flick with the fingernail on the top rim, it will have a bell tone.  If so, you could even go back to 1865-70 as a time period.  

Dave (Mr. Vaseline Glass)

Mod: error fixed; wording changed to "not the same pattern".