Re: Elegant Depression Glass
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Is this Depression Glass? My geiger counter isn't working so I really can't check for sure... It is clear glass in normal light, but it fluoresces blue under a UV black light!
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mostly the designer depression glass is uv but i also noticed that most regular glass does have UV. the depression glass will be more fluorescent that regular glass so check this with another one!!
I wonder what additive makes it blue.
I’ll have to try it, but I don’t have any other blue depression glass to check it with.
Me too!
i have whats called like Cobalt Glass which fluoresces
I do not think it’s cobalt glass. Cobalt glass is dark blue in daylight.
I think Gold added to glass makes a blood red color in daylight.
Uranium makes it look a kind of pinkish green and it fluoresces green in UV.
Don’t know what fluoresces blue. Maybe tungsten or calcium
test
My geiger counter has something wrong with the probe plug in, I ordered another probe and it still isn’t working.
Your glass appears to be just plain lead crystal. Most lead crystal glasses do exhibit a blue tint.
You’re probably right, I went through all of my glasses and found a few others that did as well, darn…