While roaming my favorite antique store outside Atlanta recently, I heard a “click click” sound and turned around to see a woman shining a black-light flashlight on a green plate. A few minutes later, ...
There’s something undeniably magical about uranium glass. Its soft green hue and eerie glow under blacklight toe the line between elegant and eccentric — and that’s exactly the appeal. In the world of ...
I vividly remember the first time I saw uranium glass. In daylight, the antique bowl looked ordinary—pale green, transparent glass with a decorative rim—but under a UV light, it transformed, glowing ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Hey y’all, Courtney Linder here, deputy editor at Pop Mech. If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you ...
When Sarah Cooper goes secondhand shopping, she brings a little blacklight with her and shines it on everything—candlesticks, vases, dishware. If it starts glowing, often a Ghostbusters hue of neon ...
Many antique lovers ask me about glass of all types: Murano, Depression, Early American Pattern Glass, American Brilliant and Pyrex — and the list goes on. One of the most popular and exciting glass ...
Uranium glass and railroad items at Bootleg Antiques in Columbia have been popular items for shoppers to pick up in the last several months. A Geiger counter will click if you point them at the glass, ...
Strahan, Donna. 2011. "Uranium in Glass, Glazes, and Enamels." In Health & Safety for Museum Professionals. Hawks, Catherine A. and Butts, Susan H., editors. 456. New ...
A light pink Fenton Art Glass elephant emits a green glow in spots as Fenton Historian James Measell, left, shines a black light on it during the second day of the 48th Fenton Art Glass Collectors of ...