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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 89188, member: 85"]The original name for the color of Vaseline glass was canary. People started calling it Vaseline glass because it resembled the original color of petroleum jelly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Green glass is not Vaseline glass even though it may glow under a black light. Green glass glows because of the mixture of glass which may have uranium or not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Don -</p><p>Your compote looks to be depression era. My first thought was Imperial or US Glass, but those were just a gut reaction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 89188, member: 85"]The original name for the color of Vaseline glass was canary. People started calling it Vaseline glass because it resembled the original color of petroleum jelly. Green glass is not Vaseline glass even though it may glow under a black light. Green glass glows because of the mixture of glass which may have uranium or not. Don - Your compote looks to be depression era. My first thought was Imperial or US Glass, but those were just a gut reaction.[/QUOTE]
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