Vaseline Glass
03.27.07 By Lorraine Newberry
Vaseline glass is a type of yellow/green glass that is made by adding uranium dioxide to the glass mixture. Because of this special ingredient, it’s easy to identify true vaseline glass - when a blacklight is shined onto a piece of vaseline glass, it will glow a bright fluorescent green.
Vaseline glass was made in the United States beginning in around 1840 up until World War II. At that point the government prohibited the use of uranium dioxide in vaseline glass, and the ban lasted until 1959. To this day there are companies that produce vaseline glass, however because uranium dioxide is difficult to obtain, production is limited and the glass tends to be expensive.
To learn more about vaseline glass, please visit the website of Vaseline Glass Collectors Inc. http://www.vaselineglass.org/ where you’ll find plenty of photos of beautiful art glass, lists of manufacturers that made vaseline glass and some of their top products and links to other glass sites. The site also has several pictures of how pieces look with the blacklight shined on them, which is interesting. The group has a helpful newsletter that’s published 6 times a year as well as an annual meeting where members can get together to share information and discuss their favorite hobby.
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