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Title: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: rocco on August 17, 2014, 11:34:12 AM

Nice jug in amber/brown Uranium crackle glass (the green glow is quite strong in mere daylight, see pic 3).
Height 26 cm, quite substantial; neatly polished pontil mark to the indented base.

Any help with age and maker highly appreciated :)

Thanks,
Michael

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: glassobsessed on August 18, 2014, 08:56:53 AM

Reminded me of this thread Michael: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,56429.0.html

John

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: rocco on August 18, 2014, 06:10:55 PM

Thank you very much, John!
I checked the makers mentioned in the thread you linked to, but nothing similar popped up...

I know --  jugs are difficult, and everybody did crackle glass ;D
Still somehow I had hoped the amber Uranium glass would point towards a maker / region / timeframe.
(And searching google, there doesn't seem to be that much of it around).

But as Christine (from Uranium Towers) hasn't responded, it seems quite difficult to attribute...

Michael

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 18, 2014, 07:35:54 PM

I've never seen amber uranium crackle and even amber cranium isn't that common

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: rocco on August 18, 2014, 09:05:37 PM

Thank you Christine.
I had never seen any amber Uranium before, so I was quite intrigued when I spotted it at a carboot sale, shimmering green in the sunlight.

I read here on the board that Webb made glass in this colour, but I guess there were other makers.
I usually don't expect to find any British glass here in Vienna, but who knows...

Michael

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: obscurities on August 19, 2014, 02:30:29 AM

For what it is worth, Kralik also made some amber uranium glass. This jug does not look like their production to me though..... but if they did, then I am sure there are others in the region that used it......  I have only seen a couple pieces of it by Kralik.

Craig

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: rocco on August 19, 2014, 06:14:36 PM

Thank you Craig!
"Bohemian" seems always an option ;D

That nice circular pontil mark looks a little "Lötz"-ish...

Does anybody know when amber Uranium was used / popular?
I would think my jug probably dates from the first decades of the 20th century.
Or was the colour still used after WW2?

Michael

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: obscurities on August 19, 2014, 06:15:58 PM

The examples I have seen by Kralik were from the 1920's....  for what that is worth....

Craig

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: David E on August 20, 2014, 02:34:54 PM

Quote from: Lustrousstone on August 18, 2014, 07:35:54 PM

I've never seen amber uranium crackle and even amber cranium isn't that common

Of the two Rimac Lotus hyacinth vases (1960s) we saw (and bought) at Utrecht, mine is very much amber-brown and glows extremely well. Crackle is just another production stage, but it does raise the odds, I'll admit.

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: obscurities on August 20, 2014, 02:52:38 PM

Just for reference, I thought I would add one of the Kralik examples. This one had the arched Czechoslovakia mark Kralik used mark on it. this example stands at about 5 inches.

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: rocco on August 22, 2014, 01:22:54 PM

Thanks Craig and David.
Nice Kralik pieces :)
And interesting to learn that amber Uranium was made after WW2.
I would still think my jug is earlier...

MIchael

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: Ivo on August 22, 2014, 02:05:02 PM

There may be a relation to this amber uranium Czech cocktail shaker from the 1930s.

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: dirk. on August 23, 2014, 05:59:40 PM

And of course there´s WMF amber uranium in the 60´s. Crackle would fit that time frame
also...
last five ones: https://picasaweb.google.com/108140812446658939096/WMF
 :)

Title: Re: Tall amber/brown Uranium crackle jug
Post by: rocco on August 24, 2014, 10:12:03 AM

Thank you, Ivo, Dirk!
I had forgotten about the amber WMF pieces...

So I am back where I started I guess ;D

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jugs are difficult, and everybody did crackle glass

Michael