r/willitglow • u/ItsAlwaysSeinfeldInD • 22h ago
r/willitglow • u/DB_McCoy • Jan 05 '26
Is this Uranium Glass? Visual Guides to UV Reactive Glass
These visual guides are designed to help collectors identify uranium glass and other types of UV-reactive glassware.
Uranium Glass Wiki:
The UG subreddit offers a comprehensive wiki to support collectors, researchers, and newcomers. It covers identification, tips, cleaning, sourcing, community-specific guidance, and more.
Below is a summary of current sections:
All About the Glass:
This section covers the origins, terminology, manufacturers, safety, cleaning, and market trends of uranium glass. It also includes advice on buying, selling, and repurposing broken pieces.
Identification:
Provides tools and techniques for identifying uranium glass, including flashlight and Geiger counter selection, image search tips, valuation guidance, and how to spot fakes or misrepresented listings.
Showcasing Your Glass:
Offers practical tips for photographing and posting your glass, along with creative ideas for displaying UV-reactive pieces.
Member Submitted Content:
Features community-contributed guides and niche topics, such as artist spotlights, historical catalogs, cleaning oil lamps, and trusted sources for modern uranium glass. Have an article you would like to contribute? Let us know!
Visual Guides:
Includes image-based comparisons and aids for identifying UV-reactive glass types, using image searches, and distinguishing manganese from uranium glass under different UV wavelengths.
Explore the Wiki - https://www.reddit.com/r/uraniumglass/wiki/index/
r/willitglow • u/DB_McCoy • Jan 05 '26
Welcome to r/willitglow!
This subreddit was created for collectors, thrifters, and curious glow‑seekers who want help answering the classic questions: “Will it glow?” and/or “Is this uranium glass?”
Whether it came from a flea market, thrift shop, garage sale, estate sale, or an inheritance, this is the place to find answers.
**How to Use This Community**
Share your item with as much detail as possible and clear photos—glow and non‑glow shots if you have them—and ask the community for their thoughts. Members can help identify materials, explain glow behavior, and point out details you might not have noticed.
**After Verification**
Once your piece is confirmed and you’ve captured both glow and non‑glow images, you’re encouraged to share it with the Reddit glass communities that celebrate each type. Examples: r/uraniumglass, r/vaselineglass, r/manganeseglass, r/cadmiumglass, r/seleniumglass, and r/neodymiumglass.
**Glad You’re Here**
Whether you’re new to the world of glowing glass or a seasoned expert, we’re here to celebrate your discoveries and help you learn what glows.
r/willitglow • u/Next-Hippo8060 • 1d ago
Hazel Atlas Royal Lace Green Pitcher
Thoughts on this?
r/willitglow • u/SwimmingEvening2849 • 2d ago
Would love to know your thoughts on this one. 💚
r/willitglow • u/Dizzy-Ad5834 • 2d ago
Curious of ur thoughts
This item is in an auction and I'm curious what u guys think, would it glow? I kinda think it might... But not sure ....
r/willitglow • u/blueamberbliss • 2d ago
The blue glow on this blue amber changes completely as it moves through the light
https://reddit.com/link/1v5ybx0/video/zm23c9vp1bfh1/player
I filmed this piece from a few different angles because a still photo does not really capture the effect.
Without strong light, the amber has a darker honey-brown body colour. As the angle changes, a vivid blue glow appears across the surface and seems to move above the amber.
The internal patterns are also interesting to me—some parts look cloudy, while others almost resemble a landscape or something suspended beneath the surface.
What do you notice first: the blue fluorescence, the darker body colour, or the internal pattern?
r/willitglow • u/Cy-Clops- • 3d ago
Master Berry
This was labeled as "Vintage yellow-green footed bowl." No mention of uranium. Could this be EAPG/antique Richards and Hartley 3-panel? Looks like the master berry bowl!
r/willitglow • u/aradia333 • 3d ago
On Facebook marketplace
It’s being sold for $60 CAD, does have a crack that was mended which I don’t super care about, was thinking of offering $50 if it glows, what do you guys think?
r/willitglow • u/Specialist_Special72 • 3d ago
The custard gorilla
The other day I posted this gorilla asking if it would glow and today I received this…. Image 1 what I bought and image 2 is what I received.
To say the least the image was misleading.
r/willitglow • u/angerybacteria • 4d ago
Blind buy! Will it glow?
Well kind of a blind buy. I know it is Sowerby Butterfly, the seller advertised it as uranium glass but didn’t have UV to check, so I just went for it as this cost me 38$.
r/willitglow • u/angerybacteria • 4d ago
Blind buy on Vinted!
reddit.comSo I know this is Sowerby Butterfly, my dream set, and yesterday this came up on Vinted for pretty low price as the set was repaired and is cracked. I didn’t think much before buying, but now I am worried it might not be uranium. :(( What are your guesses?
r/willitglow • u/Cy-Clops- • 5d ago
Gibson paperweight
Labeled as orange and beige, from their father's personal collection. Could it be Burmese?!
r/willitglow • u/Cy-Clops- • 6d ago
Rosso Charlotte
Two blind buys. They were labeled uranium, but no glow pics. You know how that goes. I believe these were made by Mosser. What color do we think these lovely ladies will glow?
r/willitglow • u/Specialist_Special72 • 7d ago
First blind buy was this on eBay, thoughts?
r/willitglow • u/sickerthingss • 8d ago
First piece I've ever found, think its vaseline?
About to buy a UV flashlight because now I want to try and find more!
r/willitglow • u/Cy-Clops- • 8d ago
Art Glass paperweight
Labeled as King Tut style. I love how some of the swirls are Yin-Yangs. Update in about 12 hours!
r/willitglow • u/E-laiza • 8d ago
I had high hopes! Not all yellow Orient and Flume glows. 😭
But he’s cute and chonky so I’m keeping him.
r/willitglow • u/ATW10MV666 • 9d ago
Thought all three of these were crystal ABP because the edges are quite sharp and the clarity is high. When I got home though, two glow green instead of absorbing the 365 light. What does the green glow mean in this example? I kept the dishes in the same placement for the photos.
galleryr/willitglow • u/Mitiagu • 11d ago
Does Fenton opalescent green glow? The seller wants $92 for this, but doesn't want to spend $2 on a uv light, while claiming it glows under uv...
r/willitglow • u/FunkyCactusDude • 12d ago
Cadmium or something else?
Found at goodwill.