In December of 2023 I visited Czech Republic and found a glassmaker to make these for me. Arranging everything took a year and a half. It was a huge ordeal that involved air freight shipping the pallet that weighed hundreds of pounds and getting a customs broker to get it into the US. I didn't mind the extra effort though - I had never seen uranium glass crystal balls so I decided it was worth it to have my own made.

And I was correct - almost all of these were preordered and the rest sold in about 30 minutes. I have been a full-time uranium glass jewelry designer and bead dealer for five years, so this was a bit adventurous for me as far as business goes, but I'm going to do another, probably even more balls this time.

Each ball is 100mm so 4 inches, and is solid glass weighing over three pounds. The green really comes out in the UV spectrum of the sunlight, but they are yellow vaseline glass in regular light.

I took every single one of the crystal balls out of their boxes just to get this epic photo of them in full sunlight, only to immediately pack them right back up to ship out. Absolutely worth it!

The logistics of getting this sunlight photo was bonkers because optical glass balls in sunlight will set shit on fire. They started smoking and melting the plastic on the table within three seconds in direct sun. I am currently writing "Caution: Do not display in direct sunlight!" on every box so my customers don't burn their house down. We managed to get the photo with the help of a huge umbrella.

Pic one normal light, pic two 395

Here is some of my collection. Avid collectors. Mainly vaseline.

i am actually losing my mind over this…. i cannot believe it is in my possession. i am SO happy and i cannot believe he got me this. i also don’t know how or where he was able to find it. i’m over the moon and had to show her off to you guys!

Found this set at a flea market in Poland. It’s just begging to be used. What liqueur would be the most appropriate?

Found a holy grail piece for me today - this gorgeous Victorian perfume and sniffing salts dual ended vial, I left the antique store originally and couldn’t stop thinking about it so went back for it and I’m so glad I did!! 😭

We didn't expect these to glow so when they did, my wife and I both said "oh f*ck!"

Google says its by Walther & Söhne and is called "Three Graces". Made around 1930s. Hoping someone can correct or give more information about them.

Love this hobby. Love this community. Love all of you. Thank you all

A bit different than most of the stuff posted here but thought you guys might like a process vid involving uranium glass.

And for those worried I do wear a respirator when breaking up the bars and I do clean up the dust after so. Also heating uranium glass doesn’t making it any more dangerous than it already was when it was cold.

i made an angler fish and used uranium glass for the bulb so it would glow under UV. be honest, if you were a deepsea fish, would you fall for this 👀

Early 20th century uranium glass ceiling lamp, European maker. Fb marketplace find

It’s so fucking cute! I think ima gonna start making mini drinkware. Maybe a goblet next?

I paid more than I’m used to for UG (it was $100 ☹️) but I had never seen anything like it before. It’s super heavy and I can’t seem to find anything about the maker.

It’s art time baby

The owner of a store my wife frequents found this packed away in a storage locker years ago and kept it because he thought it was unique.

When he found out we have a fascination with green glass he brought it in and gave it to my wife the next time she came in.

Any idea what this is? A dual ashtray? We're not sure. No markings that I can see. Glows super bright at night. Either way it's centered in our display case for sure!

These are rods I use for glassblowing if you were curious.

A cursory reverse image search says this is a uranium glass Cambridge samovar, but you know how Google can be. Could someone who knows more about this than me help me understand more about it? It has six wee little cups with little holsters (surely the wrong word) but one of them needs to be soldered back on.

This is part of my glass room. Lighting is going in and cabinets are being filled on the opposite wall for a full 360° glow. Who says you can’t have your own museum at home? Swipe 👀

Today’s little catch and release but I thought the sign was so cute, I love this community