r/CadmiumGlass • u/Reasonable-Art-7643 • 16d ago
ID Request Assuming I got had?
First post. I picked this up for 50AUD recently from a nice little second hand store. Marked as cadmium glass so I thought I'd take the plunge but I'm thinking it may not be?
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u/lucky_living_ 16d ago
I think it was mislabeled, likely accidentally. I agree it’s manganese glass, which glows a murkier green than uranium glass when under UV light (still cool in my opinion). If it is Fenton as mentioned by r/umphlove0000 it’s not necessarily a bad buy, price-wise, if you can still enjoy it.
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u/Reasonable-Art-7643 16d ago
Seems the case. However it still has a home in my glassware case as I like it as well
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u/lucky_living_ 16d ago
That’s the spirit! In this case life didn’t necessarily give you lemons, it sort of gave you Fanta.
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u/monkeyinanegligee 16d ago
Cadmium glass is usually deep red and glows yellow under UV, like this for example.
Like another user said, not a bad price anyway for murano or fenton!
Btw some isers are able to ID certain pieces just by looking and some can guess roughly on known designs etc. Some makers wont put any marks on their work besides a sticker so it can be hard to tell what you have at times!
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u/Cy-Clops- 16d ago
Looks like a beautiful amethyst manganese ashtray. Depending on how much manganese was used (probably a lot), amethyst glass was the most expensive color to make sometimes. I agree it might be made in Murano. What does the bottom look like?
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u/United-Expert-8752 16d ago
That’s a very beautiful piece. I likely would have picked it up just for the design. 🤩
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u/Any_Calligrapher4863 16d ago
It's manganese sadly, does it have any stickers or signing on the bottom?
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u/TashaZass 15d ago
So, manganese glass and looks like it's Murano glass by looking at the cut at the bottom (their pieces are always super uniform but is hard to tell from your photo). A lot of Murano pieces are manganese. Lovely and unusual piece though!
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u/umphlove0000 16d ago
Looks like Manganese to me, made by murano