May I suggest that your object may be what collectors refer to as
"Vaseline" Glass - there are numerous collector sites on the Web  cf.
http://www.vaselineglass.org/


Silas Hurry
Historic St. Mary's City

At 04:00 PM 10/24/02 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi Histarch
>
>I have an anomalous glass object among a collection of artefacts from the
>shipwreck Loch Ard (1878).  The artefact is the base of a small vase (or
>perhaps a sorbet glass, as one colleague has suggested). A single seam
>identifies a two piece mould. The strangest attribute of this object is its
>fabric - it is a very bright (almost fluorescent) lime green and has a
>matte finish.  The fabric (and colour) is a consistent opaque fine grain
>(ie no glaze evident, hence it does not appear to be ceramic, no whitening
>around the edges).  There are no maker's marks.  The artefact has some iron
>staining marks (being in association with iron object ie a ship such as the
>Loch Ard). It is possible that the 'matte' finish of the fabric is the
>result of sand abrasion.
>
>I have not had any success searching for information about this type of
>glass. Fenton glass came to mind after a weekend wandering around country
>antique stores, however my research has not located examples of Fenton
>glass in this colour; in addition, Fenton is too late for this shipwreck
>(began production 1905?). I have not tested the object under UV light, but
>the colour also does not appear to be that of uranium glass (this is
>exceptionally green).
>
>I am increasingly suspicious that this artefact is not in fact associated
>with Loch Ard. Does anyone have suggestions for me? I have a sketch & a
>black & white photograph of the artefact that I can send if anyone would
>like to see it. Isn't it typical that we don't have a colour photograph?
>
>Kind Regards
>
>
>Cassandra
>
>
>
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>Cassandra Philippou
>Maritime Heritage Unit
>Heritage Victoria
>Level 22, Nauru House
>80 Collins Street
>Melbourne 3000 Victoria
>Ph:   03 9655 9752
>Fax:  03 9655 9720
>www.heritage.vic.gov.au
>www.aima.iinet.net.au
>
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>
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