Topic: Amber Uranium Glass Dishes

[NevB]

These are rather innocuous looking amber uranium glass sundae/dessert? dishes but they give by far the highest Geiger counter reading I've registered in my collection. I think they are probably Bohemian and have a slightly swirly pontil mark and I think date from around 1900. So far I've not found anything exactly the same online.

[Lustrousstone]

Nice. I would bet they are English (perhaps Walsh Walsh golden amber) or even American (Heisey Marigold). Are they lead crystal? And the rims look fire polished to me. A close-up of the engraving would be good
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=1961
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=2490
They are too golden for Stevens and Williams Cairngorm. I've never seen Bohemian uranium glass in this sort of shade

[NevB]

Thanks Christine, I've checked them and I think they come out at under 2.4gms/cc. so that makes them soda glass. I'll take some more photos in daylight and post them tomorrow.

[NevB]

Christine, here are a couple of close ups, these are the best I could do as they don't photograph very easily.

[NevB]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TWO-VINTAGE-WALSH-CRYSTAL-FRUITING-VINE-DESIGN-GRAPEFRUIT-SUNDAE-GLASS-DISHES-/392272499048?nma=true&si=5%252BuRNWj%252BMH0JDXn9FrvzGgo3GLo%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 I've just found these with a very similar decoration,   https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-JOHN-WALSH-YELLOW-URANIUM-GLASS-PEDESTAL-VASE-SIGNED-C-1900/202080295324 and this which appears to have a similar method of construction

[flying free]

I think Walsh Walsh's fruiting vine has polished leaves so that wouldn't be their engraving as far as I know.

I don't think the construction looks the same as the one you linked to by the way.
The merese and stem shape  are different. 

What size are they please?  Width across rim, height  and width across foot?

The construction of the stem and the shape does look like the Stevens and Williams sherberts that I own though. But not your description of the pontil mark.
 However I have a yellow one which was apparently Cairngorm according to the book, and the colour is different, more yellow, although that could be because it's Cairngorm cased over alabaster according to the book, and not 'self-coloured' i.e. in the pot.However it fits with what Christine says about the colour being different.  I don't think it's uranium glass either but just off to check.  Christine is the S&W Cairngorm always uranium  do you know? I'm just bearing in mind other possible incorrect information in the book.
https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,56212.msg318551.html#msg318551

[NevB]

Hello flyingfree, they are 7cm. tall, 9cm. across the rim and 6.5cm. across the foot. By construction I meant the way they are put together more than the actual design of them.

[flying free]

That is exactly the size of my three S&W alabaster sherberts!  Bearing in mind the odd one or two millimetre variation on rim width and foot width.  Although that might be the kind of 'standard size' for sherberts perhaps.

[NevB]

Mine are very similar but not identical to the pink sherbet in the third photo of your link. I'll investigate further.

[flying free]

The stem on yours is taller making the bowl shape slightly shallower (given they're the same height pieces).
I checked all three of mine and they are all the same shape, shorter stem than yours and same bowl shape/size as each other i.e. deeper than yours.