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Title: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: mich19uk on February 21, 2010, 12:35:10 PM

Hi I have recently brought this vase and was after some more information on it. It is approx 20cm high. It is a rich red colour and when in a uv light there are certain areas on it that glow up orange/yelow. See pictures below.
Can anyone tell me the maker and any info?

Many thanks

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w215/turbodan_photos/IMG_2073.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w215/turbodan_photos/IMG_2066.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w215/turbodan_photos/IMG_2065.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w215/turbodan_photos/IMG_2072.jpg


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Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: Anne on February 21, 2010, 03:22:55 PM

This page might help tell you why the colour changes under UV:
http://www.glassyeye.com/glasstopics/dichroic.html

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: mich19uk on February 21, 2010, 03:57:25 PM

Thanks Ann that is really helpful. Do you have any ideas or the maker?

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: Anne on February 21, 2010, 04:50:40 PM

Not a clue, sorry. It's not my area at all. :(

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: mich19uk on February 21, 2010, 08:18:47 PM

Does anyone else know anything about this vase? Any possible suggestions would be interesting.
Thanks

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: mich19uk on February 22, 2010, 10:30:06 AM

Does anyone think that this may be Fenton?

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: Anne on February 22, 2010, 01:46:17 PM

Be patient, it might takes days or weeks or even months to get an answer. Not everyone visits every day so give them time please. Bumping your topic every day will just irritate people.

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: Lustrousstone on February 22, 2010, 08:13:54 PM

Anchor Hocking might be an option

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: janton77 on February 22, 2010, 10:01:43 PM

Hi all

These are my Anchor Hocking vases, so it would be safe to say their similar!

Kind R's

J

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: mich19uk on February 23, 2010, 09:26:56 AM

They do look very similar thanks for the suggestion.

Does your vases glow in UV light as well. On the inside on mine it almost looks like there is a yellowish milky coating! Its really pretty, I would say it looks like a flower.

Thanks for your help.

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: Anne on February 23, 2010, 06:51:13 PM

Have a search through here: http://www.anchorhockingmuseum.com/ :)

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: KevinH on February 23, 2010, 07:05:18 PM

I would be very surprised if Janton77's vases reacted under uv in the same way as yours, mich19uk.

Janton's are standard Anchor & Hocking "Royal Ruby" (lots around). Under small, battery powered uv lights they will show almost no reaction. Using a mains operated uv lamp, they will show a slight "dusty yellowish-orange" (looking a bit like the texture of peach skin). Under shortwave uv they show as a clear, allover darkish cream colour (with the textured look of a paint undercoat!).

Also, it is very likley that Janton's have an "H & Anchor" mark on the base.

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: mich19uk on February 23, 2010, 07:24:58 PM

Thanks for the link Anne, I have had a good look but there isn't anything the same.

KevH I only used a small torch for my vase to show this orange colour.

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: janton77 on February 24, 2010, 04:35:08 AM

Quote from: KevH on February 23, 2010, 07:05:18 PM

I would be very surprised if Janton77's vases reacted under uv in the same way as yours, mich19uk.

Janton's are standard Anchor & Hocking "Royal Ruby" (lots around). Under small, battery powered uv lights they will show almost no reaction. Using a mains operated uv lamp, they will show a slight "dusty yellowish-orange" (looking a bit like the texture of peach skin). Under shortwave uv they show as a clear, allover darkish cream colour (with the textured look of a paint undercoat!).

Also, it is very likley that Janton's have an "H & Anchor" mark on the base.

They do have the mark on the bottom! These vases have been passed on my partners late gran so I knew they had some age to them...

Title: Re: Help! Lovely red vase which glows orange in UV light.
Post by: Cathy B on March 01, 2010, 06:12:52 AM

Just to add to Kev's point, AH's Royal Ruby was coloured with gold, hence the glow he describes. Conversely, mich19uk's vase must have cadmium sulphate or a cadmium/selenium mix to get the orange glow that it shows. See the following thread, or search the board on cadmium sulphate.

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,10321.msg172912.html#msg172912