- Stevens & Williams
- Steven & Williams Uranium Rose Bowl 4", 1900
- Glass
- 4 x 5.5 x 5.5 in
- Inv: 824706
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Beautiful and delicate rose bowl with 3 rigaree handles. Soft gradients of color from top to bottom in natural light, but when under a blacklight, it shines with a majestic secret.
During the early 19th century glass makers in Central Europe started to use uranium as a good way to make yellow and green glass. The most striking thing about uranium glass is that it is radio-active, but of course, those early glass makers did not know this. If you shine an ultra-violet light onto it, you will get a fluorescent green glow. But the levels are not in any way harmful.
Stevens & Williams, one of the big three glassworks of Stourbridge, England, made many types of glass, including layered, etched, cameo, and art glass, between the 1830s and 1930s. Many pieces are decorated with flowers, leaves, and other designs based on nature and the genuine items are frequently unmarked.
- Subject Matter: Bowl