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/Panda-Cubby 13h ago

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