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<p>[QUOTE="Carnivant, post: 9911355, member: 87774"]Hello!</p><p><br /></p><p>I acquired this glass vessel from an antique store today. I thought it looked strange, and it was also discounted from $2 to free, so I figured why not. It appears to be partly melted, seems to have a broken top, and was very dirty, all likely contributing to why it was so cheap. But still, it fascinates me, so... here it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is approximately 9 cm tall. The outside is black and red. The inside (at least what I can see near the hole) is the same red colour. There is a pontil mark (or something) at the bottom which is a light, slag-like blue. When holding the bottle into the light (looking inside from the hole or anywhere on the base), the glass actually appears to be a blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under UV, the pontil mark glows fairly vibrantly (it reminds me of an opal), but the bottle itself glows a dark green (very noticeable around the bottom and the smoothed top, but not bright like uranium; the red parts do not glow).</p><p><br /></p><p>That's everything I could think to check. Any help with this would be appreciated. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497984[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carnivant, post: 9911355, member: 87774"]Hello! I acquired this glass vessel from an antique store today. I thought it looked strange, and it was also discounted from $2 to free, so I figured why not. It appears to be partly melted, seems to have a broken top, and was very dirty, all likely contributing to why it was so cheap. But still, it fascinates me, so... here it is. It is approximately 9 cm tall. The outside is black and red. The inside (at least what I can see near the hole) is the same red colour. There is a pontil mark (or something) at the bottom which is a light, slag-like blue. When holding the bottle into the light (looking inside from the hole or anywhere on the base), the glass actually appears to be a blue. Under UV, the pontil mark glows fairly vibrantly (it reminds me of an opal), but the bottle itself glows a dark green (very noticeable around the bottom and the smoothed top, but not bright like uranium; the red parts do not glow). That's everything I could think to check. Any help with this would be appreciated. :) [ATTACH=full]497979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497984[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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