It was such a pretty thing.
I love poking around in seedy, dusty shops, and this antique shop in Monte Vista was perfect -- you never know what you're going to find. This was on a back shelf in the junkroom.
Not extremely heavy -- so it wasn't early 20th century. But antique...probably Depression Era? Sure.
We needed a little creamer to heat maple syrup in. And the sunflower pattern was lovely.
I got it home, along with a late 19th cen. 'quadruple' sterling silver sugarbowl.
(Marked $10 -- but I paid $5.50 for it, after some bargaining. A good study piece.)
Used the creamer for our breakfast pancakes.
Then I thought, "What if..." Got out my special flashlight -- and yow!
I'd found something even better: a piece of vaseline (also called uranium) glass.
For a dollar!
(P.S. The sterling piece was more valuable, too.)
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