A Whimsical Antique French Opaline Uranium Glass Egg Carriage
Code: 14974
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A Whimiscal Antique French Opaline Uranium Glass Egg Carriage
This Novelty Casket, in the Form of a Soft Green Opaline Glass Egg is Mounted in an Ornate Gilt Bronze Carriage with Finely Detailed Wheels and Side Buckets.
The Hinged Egg Opens to Reveal a Compartment, Making it Suitable as a Trinket or Jewel Casket.
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.
Circa 1860.
CONDITION: Good, No Chips or Cracks
