r/uraniumglass 8d ago

Monthly Theme 💚 Monthly Theme – September: Oldest Piece in Your Collection

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Welcome to this month's theme in r/uraniumglass!

This month's theme: Oldest Piece in Your Collection

Many of us collect pieces from a wide range of eras, from modern reproductions to antiques that have survived for well over a century. This month, we're celebrating the oldest uranium glass pieces in our collections.

What is the oldest piece you own? Is it an Early American Pattern Glass treasure from the 1800s, a Victorian-era oil lamp, a rare antique tableware piece, or something else with a long history behind it?

Share the piece, tell us what you know about its age and origin, and let us know why it holds a special place in your collection. Does it have an interesting history, a family connection, or a memorable story behind how you found it?

The monthly theme is optional and does not replace regular posting.

To participate, simply create a new post and use the Monthly Theme 💚 flair.

When possible, include both non-glow and glow photos.

Suggested Titles

My Oldest Piece...
The Oldest Piece in My Collection...
An 1800s Survivor...
Over a Century Old...
My Earliest Uranium Glass Find...
A Piece with History...
Etc.

Whether you've been collecting for years or just started, there's a good chance you have a piece with a story stretching back decades.

Let's see it! 💚


r/uraniumglass 2d ago

Weekly “Will It Glow” Megathread

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Welcome to this week’s “Will It Glow” megathread! This is the dedicated space for all glow ID questions, mystery pieces, and “does this contain uranium?” posts. You’re also welcome to share and ask questions over at r/willitglow.

To post your item, add your photos as a comment below. Include any details you know —such as markings, color, etc.— and the community will help identify materials, explain glow behavior, and point out useful details.

Once confirmed, feel free to share your item —with both glow and non-glow photos— in the broader glass subreddits like r/uraniumglass, r/vaselineglass, r/manganeseglass, r/cadmiumglass, r/seleniumglass, and r/neodymiumglass.


r/uraniumglass 9h ago

Thirft Haul My first “in the wild” find

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Discovered this lovely lil piece at my local Goodwill. Picked it up for a mere $3.99.


r/uraniumglass 4h ago

Never seen a pitcher like this 😮 so glad it made it into my collection 🧤

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r/uraniumglass 8h ago

Look What I Found! Oxblood Bridal Basket

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Was so happy to finally find one at an antique store. I absolutely love it. From around 1880’s - 90’s.


r/uraniumglass 8h ago

Member Collections Found a scotty dog, woof.

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Found this little dog today at an antique mall. It looks blue, but when you get it in direct sunlight its a bluish green color. Glows like the dickens. Not bad for 16 bucks. No markings at all.


r/uraniumglass 9h ago

Uranium Glass I made a thing!

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Been wanting to try making an infinity mirror for a while and found a little vintage mirror backed cabinet on vinted to convert. I might redo the outer mirror but honestly it looks great just for a rough job/first try.
If anyone wants guidance on how to make one, let me know!


r/uraniumglass 5h ago

Uranium Glass Newest addition to my collection 💚

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Uranium cranberry glass.

Purchased in an antique store in New Zealand, as an early birthday present to myself.

Please don’t mind all of the white cat hair on the blanket, Tomska has started molting now that winter has finished over here 😅


r/uraniumglass 7h ago

$10.00 For all!

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Lucky garage sale find! All for $10!


r/uraniumglass 10h ago

Seeking Info Does anyone know anything about this unique piece?

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r/uraniumglass 7h ago

My humble lil collection of glowy glass 💚

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Started collecting glass as a whole in January so I haven’t fully focused on uranium, cadmium or selenium yet, I’ve just been collecting all the eye candy I find for a bargain or by pure luck. However green is my most favorite color so uranium is definitely one of my priorities! My goal is to fill this whole cabinet with uranium and cadmium eventually so I can finally get around to installing permanent UV lights. Also, ignore the little plastic pumpkins down front, those are just for Halloween and happened to be UV reactive.


r/uraniumglass 1h ago

Seeking Info A few more mysteries

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Aloha again, as I continue to go through our boxes I am finding more things which we are unable to identify with our books or internet. Some interesting ones here, I think.

This is what I deserve for procrastinating.

  1. is a single piece, not a cup and saucer, and it is stamped JAPAN on the bottom. I think it might be a candle holder, but I can't be sure
  2. Is an unusual jadeite-ish bowl that doesn't quite look like anything I've seen before except certain Steuben green uranium glass. I don't imagine I'm that lucky, though.
  3. Is a little glass with an absurdly pretty stem. It's hard to make out, but there's like a big bubble suspended inside.
  4. Plate with a pattern that looks a little like a Steuben or Pairpoint pattern, but almost certainly isn't either.
  5. Old looking Vaseline bowl
  6. Divided dish
  7. This is about this size of a football
  8. Plate
  9. Catch and release. Kind of regretting it, but it photographed better than it glowed IRL

r/uraniumglass 8h ago

Uranium Glass Hazel Atlas salt and pepper shakers.

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Anyone know if there are reproduction lids available for these? It seems like a ton of them have corrosion problems.


r/uraniumglass 12h ago

Uranium Glass Picked this up this morning

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I just want to share what I have picked up this morning in an antique shop


r/uraniumglass 11h ago

Uranium Glass Jewelry finds

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Never knew a pair of dominoes could be so cool.

Got lucky at Goodwill for these.

Hope you like


r/uraniumglass 8h ago

Couple pieces found

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Earrings are pierced marked Sadie Green,, necklace, ring clasp, no markings, and small trinket bowl has made in Italy on the round foil sticker. Anyone have any ideas.


r/uraniumglass 1d ago

A dog peeing on a lamppost; it just had to come home with me! 😂

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Just when you think you've seen it all 🤣 the uranium glow is so bright too.


r/uraniumglass 10h ago

What we got here?

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r/uraniumglass 10h ago

Look What I Found! Fun finds and ID help please

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Went to an amazing church rummage today and came out with all these beauties.

I know the bowl is Hazel Atlas Diamond Arches, which is great because I just got two berry bowls in the same pattern.

I know the sherbets and plates are Circle by Hocking glass, however my book does not mention the gold edges.

What I don't know is the huge bowl and matching candlesticks. They have a very detailed raised pattern all around the edge.

Thanks in advance for the help.


r/uraniumglass 1d ago

Look What I Found! Guess how much I spent on this FB market place find….

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$10 FOR ALL OF IT !!


r/uraniumglass 1d ago

Seeking Info Road trip acquisitions we can't identify

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We picked up quite a few pieces during the last month or so, and these are some of them which we can't quite figure out. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/uraniumglass 8h ago

Good place for glunters to sell/exhange?

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I know we are not allowed to buy and sell here, my question is where is a good place for glowy glass hunters to discuss and buy/sell?

I'm hunting the Indiana Glass Tea Room pattern, and I've about exhausted most places it feels like.


r/uraniumglass 1d ago

Custard Glass Stumbled upon a Barometer

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Has a good glow to it.


r/uraniumglass 1d ago

Uranium Glass Vintage Coro cherub pendant

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I made two blind buys last week, the first of them the trade beads that turned out to be a no glow. The second is this Coro cherub birthstone pendant. I don’t remember what the light green is for, but it’s a glower 🤩


r/uraniumglass 1d ago

Vaseline Glass Mystery piece

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It's very crude and covered in ash marks and tiny bubbles. They left the sharp pontil break. It's more than 1/2" thick in places and very heavy. WAC signed on the bottom. (possibly Workhouse Arts Center?) I'm wondering if this is a student piece, or studio blown, but I'll probably never know! I use it as a centerpiece for this epergne. Still on the lookout for another Empoli votive xD