Loading
Vaseline Glass Flask with Stopper
Unknownc.1840
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
Glass is a mixture of chemicals and minerals. Some of them will cause glass to glow or fluoresce different colors. Some glass, such as Vaseline Glass, contains uranium which causes it to fluoresce a bright yellow-green under ultra-violet light.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Vaseline Glass Flask with Stopper
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: c.1840
- Location: Bohemian
- Physical Dimensions: h13.8 cm
- Type: Flask
- External Link: Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
- Medium: Glass
- Object ID: GG 1979.60.140 a,b
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Ernst Mahler
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.