Topic: Um-m-m-m, it GLOWS - but maker ???

[antiquerose123]

 :hi:

I just found this for .50 at a Garage Sale today by my place. Cheap!! I figured it might Glow -- but then the workmanship looked kinda really poor, but for .50 cents I still bought it.

It has like a 6 star footed base.  Has some rough type of bubbles in the base (no set pattern), and the base of this item is kinda of way too.  Top of the vase looks like it has been ground some.  There are some slight tiny oval bubbles throughout the stem of the vase.  By the way it was made, I was thinking Asian -- and thought maybe it will not glow as just a newer poor made item.  But it Glows like a trooper here ... so I have no idea.   Kinda reminds me of a Thorn Vase without the thorns....lol.

About 6 inches tall, top opening about 1 inch, and the base width (diagonally) is about 2.5 inches.  Any thought on this little surprising item?  Might it be older due to how it is made?

I do not have a clue, so  :help: . 

Thanks in Advance  :kissy:

[Frank]

China, 1990s?

[Ivo]

The model has been around in Germany since the early 1900s in all possible sizes - but in recent years the market has been flooded by Chinese copies. The unfinished rim should have told you something....

[antiquerose123]

?

Did China make them out of Uranium ?  And in the 1990's   As I did not think they did, but what do I know....??   

Thought you can not make glass things out of Uranium anymore... thought they stopped that quite a few years ago...??

[Frank]

Plenty of mentions on the board of current uranium glass producers. Even in Japan.

[Lustrousstone]

I would say not new though, early to mid 20th century, just not good quality. Maybe just post war. That rim finish is typical of these simple stem vases.