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First tutti fruitti I have found. So pretty. Amazing how many of these Murano glowers I find left over in the last hours of an estate sale.

Found a thin pink sherbet glass today at a thrift shop. Was expecting a selenium pink/red when I lit it up. Whoa, I was surprised. Green with 395 and yellow/orange-green with 365. No pink/red reaction. I suspect it’s doped with something else. The GC reacts but doesn’t go very high. Glass is very thin. I love these little unique mystery finds.

I now feel complete with my glass collection. Vintage Moser neodymium vase and Praseodymium vase (also known as Heliolit) glass. Of course I had to give you a UV light pic too!

Found this at a flea market. Very cool red glass art deco style ashtray. Never seen one like it before. Reminds me of the uranium glass ashtrays that look like a swimming pool with a woman emerging. Didn’t notice until I got home it has an internal crack. Still very cool and can use it as a trinket dish. Anyone know more about it?

I bought this gate marked, single spout, curved handled cast iron skillet. It’s only 4.5” in diameter. Size 1 or 2? So thrilled with the rare find! Beautiful little antique piece. Clearly it was used to cook in but not heavily. Amazing condition!

This is an almost antique Moser Heliolite vase. Heliolite is a 1:1 ratio of neodymium and praseodymium glass. This is a fabulous example since it is thick and color isn’t as transparent as thin glass. It is light to golden amber in natural light and turns green in artificial light. It is also doped with significant amounts of selenium so it has a slight peachy/rose undertone in most light. It is not Prasemit. Prasemit is primarily or entirely praseodymium. As my research has concluded so far, true Prasemit is a very pale green in nature light and a different shade of green under artificial light. No wonder it wasn’t popular if the color and the shift isn’t as dramatic as neodymium glass and was significantly more expensive.

Enjoy!