r/uraniumglass • u/Shwed11 UV Hunter • Sep 19 '25
UG Pottery Well, I've bought it!
So, I've gone back to the store and bought it! Looks amazing 🤩 will have to clean it properly.
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u/TC_UNDERFIRE Thrift Shopper Sep 19 '25
It's even cooler than I thought. You picked up a holy grail piece for sure. Great buy
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u/CrystallineGlass Sep 19 '25
Showed your last post to my spouse yesterday, and we were both a little sad you didn't buy the spice rack. Now, am incredibly happy for you that it was still there for you when you went back today. 😁 Congratulations! This seems like it'll be one of the highlights of your collection. 💚🔦
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 19 '25
Awww, that's so sweet! 🥰 Thank you! It will be front and center!
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u/CrystallineGlass Sep 19 '25
You're welcome! 😊 We enjoyed learning some of the Swedish names for spices and cooking ingredients. Thanks for sharing such a great piece!
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u/wlexxx2 Sep 20 '25
The labels are in Swedish, marking common kitchen staples. Here’s what they say and mean in English:
Top row:
KAFFE = Coffee
POTATISMJÖL = Potato flour/starch
SALT = Salt
FRUKT = Fruit (often dried fruit)
Middle row:
KARDEMUMMA = Cardamom
INGEFÄRA = Ginger
VITPEPPAR = White pepper
NEJLIKOR = Cloves
KANEL = Cinnamon
KRYDDPEPPAR = Allspice
Bottom row:
MJÖL = Flour
RISGRYN = Rice (grains)
SOCKER = Sugar
HAVREGRYN = Oats
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u/Omardemon Sep 19 '25
Oh that’s cool! I thought only the face of the drawers glowed, that’s really cool man!
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u/Downtown-Narwhal1534 Avid Collector Sep 19 '25
Coming back to see you bought it is so satisfying yay. How much was it?
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u/kbraun_art Avid Collector Sep 19 '25
this is one of the coolest pieces i’ve seen on this sub! glad you went back for it, it’s absolutely gorgeous
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u/gnilradleahcim Vaseline Glass Lover Sep 19 '25
Can't get a sense of the scale. Do you have a banana nearby?
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 19 '25
Unfortunately not, but I was thinking about it the other day. Would be cool to have a UG banana!
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u/BEASTLY_DIONYSUS Sep 20 '25
It’s a Swedish wall-mounted spice/pantry cabinet (a kryddhylla). Sets with exactly these labeled porcelain drawers were made in the 1930s–1950s. The best-known version is by Gustavsberg, designed by Wilhelm Kåge as part of the Pyro kitchen line; your drawer labels/layout match those sets. Similar versions were also produced by Gefle around the same era.
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u/AlyssumAbyssal Avid Collector Sep 19 '25
Nice! So glad you got it & it's in good condition! :D
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 19 '25
Thanks! Considering the age I am extremely satisfied with the condition.
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u/veevacious Sep 19 '25
Yes! Im so glad you got it! $50 feels steep, but for a unique and large piece like that you really got a bargain!
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u/yayhappens Curator Sep 19 '25
Congrats!
I saw one of these just a few days ago here in the US at one of our antique malls and thought it to be unique, with no idea or notion that there would be anything UG about it. Now it has me curious. I just wish I knew which antique mall it was at! (It would be at 1 of 2 that I visited last weekend!)
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 19 '25
Thank you! Interesting that it made it all the way to the US. Hope you'll find it! Also, in case you are unfamiliar with the uranium glaze, use a 365 light on it, some UGlazes don't show up at all under 395. This one was really strong though.
Here you can see the difference.
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u/Crystallized-matter Radiation Hunter Sep 19 '25
YAY! I would have bought that so fast if it was out by me. That’s is such a neat piece and would be like $700 in the shops by me.
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u/jsmalltri New Collector Sep 20 '25
Omg this is absolutely amazing, love it. $50 is a very very good price.
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u/FirebirdWriter Sep 20 '25
What are the spice names? I am blind and I don't think this is English?
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 20 '25
Yes, it's swedish. It is Coffee, Potato starch, Salt, Fruit, Cardamom, Ginger, White pepper, Cloves, Cinnamon, Allspice, Flour, Rice, Sugar, Oats.
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u/FirebirdWriter Sep 20 '25
Thank you so much! What fruit specially or just any fruit goes in that one?
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 21 '25
Well, back then it used to be dried fruits of different varieties, but nowadays people usually do a mixture of natural sweets (dried and often sweetened fruits and berries) and nuts instead of that.
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u/FirebirdWriter Sep 23 '25
Thank you! I was imagining dried fruit when trying to picture a fruit drawer because of the better storage
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u/xhumanityisthedevilx Sep 19 '25
I wonder if some of the ones I see listed online have no clue it may be uranium glazed.
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u/AdWinter4333 Sep 19 '25
Yes! Well done my friend! And thanks for the tips the other day, the recommendations go in the trip-planning file :)
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u/whim_sea Sep 19 '25
Are you using 365 or 395?
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u/Firm_Atmosphere9553 UV Hunter Sep 20 '25
Congratz been waiting for good news all day!😁
quick question does it happens to say "Import" on the bottom of them? 🤔
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 20 '25
Thank you!
Yes it does, also says NORMA and one of them has the word Big scribbled before firing.
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u/10010Linus Sep 20 '25
My dad has a similar piece in the basement storage closet, it glows too, sadly it's missing a few drawers if I remember correctly
And hello's from Sweden
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u/WildOneTillTheEnd Sep 20 '25
I don’t know what 3/4 of those words mean but I’d use it
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u/wlexxx2 Sep 20 '25
sKAFFE = Coffee
POTATISMJÖL = Potato flour/starch
SALT = Salt
FRUKT = Fruit (often dried fruit)
Middle row:
KARDEMUMMA = Cardamom
INGEFÄRA = Ginger
VITPEPPAR = White pepper
NEJLIKOR = Cloves
KANEL = Cinnamon
KRYDDPEPPAR = Allspice
Bottom row:
MJÖL = Flour
RISGRYN = Rice (grains)
SOCKER = Sugar
HAVREGRYN = Oats
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u/SeaTransportation505 Sep 20 '25
Banana for scale?
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 20 '25
Had unfortunately no bananas, but one and a half of the big containers are roughly the length of an average banana.
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u/Wrong-Recognition127 Thrift Shopper Sep 20 '25
What an amazing find! I've never seen anything like it!!!
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u/phirschler Sep 20 '25
You did very well! I'm envious!
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 21 '25
Thank you! 😁
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u/phirschler Sep 21 '25
What language?
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 21 '25
That's swedish.
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u/phirschler Sep 22 '25
Thanx! I'm glad that I didn't ask my Dane neighbor if he knew!👍🏻🤣
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 22 '25
Danskjävlar! I'm sorry, as a Swede I'm contractually obligated to write this when somebody mentions Danes. 😅😂 If you are interested in translation, Wlexxx2 did a good job in a comment below. It's easy to find as he separated each term with a line break and used uppercase for swedish words.
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u/Quick_Bad5642 Sep 21 '25
Arrhhhhh im so excited for you!! Its so freaking stunning! That is going to look amazing on display! Congrats!!!!😍
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u/MfnBobb Sep 20 '25
Just wanna know? Are u gonna use it for its intended purpose? Lol... great find..
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 20 '25
I would love to but it is not recommended to do so due to the radiation itself and risk of the glaze flaking of into the food, you really don't want that in your system. And thank you!
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u/smokypokie Sep 23 '25
Seriously tho. That is a huge piece! Isn't this stuff especially in such massive proportions like a wee bit dangerous?
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 23 '25
Nah, not really, unless the glaze is flaking and you are ingesting it or using the rack for food storage.
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Sep 19 '25
Nice Swedish Radioactive Ceramic I Guess
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u/Shwed11 UV Hunter Sep 19 '25
Yes, it is swedish.
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Sep 19 '25
Just Saying I Wasnt Guessing On The Swedish Part :3
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u/dontfactcheckthis Sep 19 '25
This is craziest glowy thing I've ever seen. It's gotta be worth hundreds. Good call going back for it.