Antique French Green Opaline Uranium Glass Casket Elegantly Mounted in Fine Dore Bronze
Code: 9111
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Antique French Green Opaline Uranium Glass Casket Elegantly Mounted in Fine Dore Bronze.
The Rectangular Casket is Raised on Four Distinctive Dore Bronze Scroll Feet, Each Formed as Gracefully Curled Ribbons Terminating in Delicate Ball Feet.
The Sides Are Further Enriched with Double Dore Bronze Handles.
Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting for coloration.The normal colour of uranium glass ranges from yellow to green depending on the oxidation state and concentration of the metal ions, although this may be altered by the addition of other elements as glass colorants. Uranium glass also fluoresces bright green under ultraviolet light.
CONDITION: Good, No Chips or Cracks
