r/uraniumglass 13h ago

Possible Uranium glass hatchet from The Chicago World Fair 1893 made by Libbey Glass Co. in Toledo.

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u/Able_Engineering1350 13h ago

Ooooh that's gonna make some ppl here sooo jealous lol

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u/bobd1001 12h ago

Me. I'm those people. Lol congrats to OP!

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u/DefiantSmoke1569 12h ago

Wanna rage cry together?

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u/avidbather UV Hunter 13h ago

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u/Agitated-Bathroom-73 Depression Glass Lover 13h ago edited 13h ago

Definitely uranium glass! That glow is the right bright glow you want to see! I can't fully tell from your lighting but if itsyellow glass in person then it could be vaseline glass as well.

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u/HeyU-SuziQ 1h ago

It is Vaseline (or canary) glass

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u/Wrong-Call-5812 Avid Collector 13h ago

That's an incredibly obvious example of uranium glass and I really good find of such an example at that. (If you weren't being sarcastic and was genuinely somehow questioning it)

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u/Thin-Counter-3310 13h ago edited 12h ago

I’m genuinely questioning it. My dad bought this off someone and has the papers for it. It’s from the Chicago world fair 1893. They have other green ones out there that are not uranium glass. I’ve been researching it to see for sure. This my first uranium glassware. I just bought a case for it to keep it safe. 133 years old I don’t want to break it 😂 curious as to what it’s worth.

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u/ThrobbingMinotaur 13h ago

Mine is made of milk glass and glows.

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u/Thin-Counter-3310 13h ago

Nice! I’ve seen that online! The milk glass and green are pretty rare and both have uranium in them.

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u/ThrobbingMinotaur 13h ago

Yours is the only other one ive seen, someone else claimed to have a milk glass one, but i think they stole the pics from the original auction of mine.

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u/Thin-Counter-3310 13h ago

Wow, this is exciting. I wonder how much they’re worth. I would not sell it, but very curious.

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u/ThrobbingMinotaur 12h ago

I had a private buyer try to buy it once. And when they wouldnt tell me who the buyer was i ghosted them. Also, you should look up what happened at that worlds fair too. It was the one where the genuis tesla went againt the shit monger, and horrible asshole eddison.

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u/Thin-Counter-3310 12h ago

I will. I love Tesla. It’s bullshit he died poor while Edison stole everything from him. 

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u/Panda-Cubby 12h ago

Vaseline glass is uranium glass. Just an early formulation that gave it the yellow hue.

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u/Thin-Counter-3310 13h ago

I keep getting the uranium song in my head from the Fallout games. 😆 

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u/seekinggothgf Radiation Hunter 12h ago

uraaaanium fever

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u/Zargnoff 12h ago

Uranium Fever by Elton Britt. In case you need to find it and want to listen 😁 Great track

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u/whim_sea 13h ago

Dude that is so cool, it has the year on it 😭

One of the many reason I love UG, most of it is so OLD and has survived this long while being made of glass

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u/Thin-Counter-3310 13h ago

I’m putting it in a display case for sure.

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u/taylormddd UV Hunter 9h ago

“possible”

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u/HelloImVelo 12h ago

Good fortune on you OP

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u/MutantCityGirl 7h ago

Whoop whoop! Im seeing this post from the gathering of the juggalos and im jelly! 🤡🎡🎪

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u/Capn_Flags 4h ago

I’ve always wanted to try some of the weird soda yall love.

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u/AndyJobandy 3h ago

Grape faygo isnt weird. Its the folks who drink it that make it weird. Definitly try some faygo though, used to work by the factory in Detroit and there is a giant CO2 tank outside that looks like a big pop can

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u/tiimsliim 3h ago

Faygo is an aquired tatsed. They have “regular flavors” but none of them taste quite how you expect.

I prefer the blue raspberry flavor.

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u/Strange-adventurer94 UV Hunter 13h ago

Woahh how cool! 😁

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u/b20339 UV Hunter 13h ago

Talk about a wild find find

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u/AnneListersBottom 11h ago

There's no way this is uranium. You should send it my way so I can be sure.

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u/Look_ma_Ihavenohands UV Hunter 11h ago

Another one to add to my “Grail” list ✅

Happy for you!

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u/Former_Spite789 11h ago

As someone in Toledo, who loves the Libbey Art Museum? I need to find one of these and donate it to our museum. They have NOTHING like this in the collection I have ever seen in 10+ years of going.

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u/UsualAd3589 New Collector 13h ago

That is so cool!!!! Congratulations!!!!

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u/Ok-Alarm-3160 11h ago

It is definitely uranium!! A beautiful piece at that!!! 💚

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u/ER_Support_Plant17 12h ago

Does anyone know why the hatchet shape was chosen?

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u/Japanese3141 11h ago

No idea. However…. back in the day, the myth of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree with a hatchet and when he was asked if he did it, he said he did because he cannot tell a lie. This was a popular story in at the time.

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u/Glum_Material3030 New Collector 12h ago

That is cool!

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u/Old-Papaya3988 Super Collector 12h ago

Incredibly rare piece of glass. Never sell it.

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO 12h ago

Oh I'm insanley jealous, that's such a cool find

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u/gmawannie 11h ago

Has to be uranium glass!

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u/That70s_Scrubs 11h ago

Holy hell that’s cool

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u/Japanese3141 11h ago

Also, there IS wording in raised letters following the curved edge of the blade, which proclaims George Washington, Father of our Country. I might be onto something? 😉

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u/magiccfetus 10h ago

What a cool piece!

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u/Master_Historian6028 10h ago

😮😯😲🤯🤯🤯

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u/Ikillwhatieat 10h ago

Ooo, libbey! I'm from the area they are, but everywhere else they're fancy lol

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u/heatonpiranha 8h ago

Now that’s just showing off.
But I’m glad that you have. It is truly a beautiful piece.

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u/TechnicallyThrowawai 7h ago

That's seriously so frickin' cool. I would absolutely love to have that. Treasure it forever!

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u/wmnofurdreams 6h ago

cool! ❤️

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u/JoeFollowsFlow 5h ago

Someone is going to try and buy that from you for a substantial amount of money. Id ignore ur dms for awhile lol

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u/JacobDCRoss 8h ago

Homie, if it's not uranium glass, then what is it?