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Walther and Sohne Uranium Green Harald vase

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thewingedsphinx:
Finding it difficult to find comparisons for this piece so I thought I’d test my resizing skills again.
A uranium Harald Vase.
Cheers Mike

Paul S.:
now you're just boasting of your new found skill of how to show that the outer molecules of the U. atoms are activated by the wavelength of the u.v. light, and jump about with excitement, and in so doing create this fluorescent psychedelic colour green - I think  ;)          Such a shame that all those guys from c. 1840 to c. 1950s didn't get to see this light show. :'(

I don't know if this stuff is as popular as it once was  -  there seems little at boot fairs these days in comparison with say ten years ago.

Sorry to seem dim, but what is the significance of the word 'Harald'?

thewingedsphinx:
“Harald” is just the name of the vase, hard to judge if it’s popular as I haven’t found a comparison in green  ;) So I thought it would be good to share.

chopin-liszt:
There was the historical Viking figure, "The Child Harald". I don't know much about the story, but I'm sure there's some epic poem about it.

Paul S.:
Presumably nothing to do with saucy old Lord George Gordon Byron, who wrote something called Childe Harold's 'Pilgrimage'  -  medieval everyman sort of tale.
When I looked first at this centre figurine, I thought it was a woman holding a baby, but am sure that must be wrong  -  the illumination was dazzling me.
Anyway, it's a v.g. example of how u. glass should glow. 

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