Topic: green glass with pedestal sold as Murano

[pandelune]

I bought this thing on Etsy a few months ago.

The color of the glass is grass green, which seems unusual for a Murano. But the glass is not perfectly clear.
The shape is really bizarre.
It is not built in one piece: the pedestal seems weld.

A few medium bubbles. Some white lattice which seems of good quality. No complex canes (nor canes).

The pedestal sounds rather like cristal than glass - but I'm not sure of it.

It was described as a Murano. I have doubts, but I have no idea of what it could be.

[Lustrousstone]

For what it's worth the green glass looks like uranium glass. Have you got a UV light to test it with?

[pandelune]

This would be funny indeed. I didn't know there were paperweights made of uranium glass.

I have no UV lamp but buying a small LED one is possible, they are cheap enough.

[RescoCCC]

This would be funny indeed. I didn't know there were paperweights made of uranium glass.

I have no UV lamp but buying a small LED one is possible, they are cheap enough.

You can get them at pet stores. They're sold as pee detectors.

[pandelune]

I think the photo is explicit enough: uranium glass indeed.

Any idea of how old it is, and when it has been made?

[tropdevin]

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Hi.  The twists and latticino inside look very like those in Murano scrambles from the mid 20th century, so I would believe Murano as the origin.

Alan

[pandelune]

Thanks Alan.