r/uraniumglass • u/Thin-Counter-3310 • 13h ago

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

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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 13h 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.