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RARE & BEAUTIFUL

ART DECO~PROHIBITION~SPEAKEASY

STYLE

URANIUM / VASELINE

BOTTOMS~UP SHOT GLASS

WITH

COASTER

MADE BY THE

SUMMIT ART GLASS COMPANY

(Now out of business.)

BLACK LIGHT & GEIGER COUNTER

TESTED

&

MOTHER APPROVED

UP FOR AUCTION IS THIS RARE VASELINE / URANIUM BOTTOMS UP SHOT GLASS WITH COASTER PHOTOGRAPHED UNDER A BLACK LIGHT FROM WALL MART.

NOTE: BLACK LIGHT IS NOT INCLUDED ~ BUT AVAILABLE ON EBAY! OR WALLMART ~ COST? ABOUT $10 - $15 FOR A 3 FOOT FIXTURE & BULB).

THE SHOTGLASS STANDS ABOUT 3 INCHES TALL AND NESTS INTO THE TRAY THAT SITS ABOUT 5 INCHES WIDE AND ONE INCH TALL...

THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS ABOUT 3 1/2 INCHES WHEN BOTH PIECES ARE NESTLED TOGETHER...

THEY GLOW A BRIGHT VIBRANT GREEN WHEN EXPOSED TO BLACK LIGHT AND EMIT LOW LEVEL RADIATION THAT CAN BE PICKED UP BY A GOOD GEIGER COUNTER AS ONLY REAL URANIUM OXIDE BEARING VASELINE GLASS CAN DO...

THESE GLASSES WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY THE WHITE CLOUD FARMS, INC. POTTERY COMPANY IN NY...

THE DESIGN WAS THEN STOLEN / BORROWED BY THE MCKEE GLASS COMPANY WHO BEGAN MANUFACTURING THEM FOR THE LUCRATIVE PROHIBITION SPEAKEASY NIGHT CLUB BAR MARKET W THE DESIGN WAS UNDERSTANDABLY APPRECIATED BY THEIR ROARING 20'S MOONSHINE DRINKING PATRONS...

WHITE CLOUD THEN SUED MCKEE FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT...

INSTEAD OF GOING TO COURT...

MCKEE 'SETTLED' THE CASE BY SIMPLY LEASING THE WHITE CLOUD FARMS PATENT AND CHANGING THE SHOTGLASS TO A CLOSED LEG DESIGN THAT WAS DEEMED MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE MOONSHINE DRINKING PUBLIC AT LARGE...

CASE CLOSED...

&

MCKEE EVENTUALLY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS

THE MCKEE MOLDS WERE THEN SOLD TO THE OHIO SUMMIT ART GLASS COMPANY (NOW OUT OF BUSINESS) WHO MADE THIS GLASS & COASTER UP FOR AUCTION TODAY.

SUMMIT GLASS COMPANY REMOVED THE MCKEE PATENT NUMBER FROM THE MOLDS (UNDER THE FEET) BUT LEFT THE REST OF THE FEATURES PRETTY MUCH THE SAME

NOTE: A REAL MCKEE HAS A PATENT NUMBER UNDER THE FEET!

WHEN SUMMIT GLASS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS A SMART TAIWANESE BUSINESSMAN BOUGHT THE MOLDS + CHANGED THEM (LOSING THE HANDS + FACIAL FEATURES) TO MAKE THEM LOOK MORE UNI-SEX... LIKE MOST OF THE MORE COMMON REPRODUCTION MCKEE BOTTOMS UP GLASSES YOU SEE ON EBAY TODAY

THIS BEAUTIFUL BOTTOMS UP SHOT GLASS AND COASTER MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION OF:

BOTTOMS UP SHOT GLASSES PROHIBITION STYLE~ICANA SPEAKEASY STYLE~ICANA REAL VASELINE GLASS MOONSHINING~ICANA NAUGHTY BARWARE AMERICANA AND A VERY SURPRISING CHRISTMAS GIFT TO ANY BLIND BOTTOMS UP LOVING FRIENDS YOU MIGHT HAPPEN TO KNOW...

NO RESERVE

ENJOY

ABOUT

VASELINE OR URANIUM

GLASS

Vaseline or Uranium glass , is a pale yellow or yellow-green glass made by the inclusion of uranium oxide in the glass manufacturing process.

The inventor of uranium glass was probably Martin Klaproth (Born 1743 - Died1817), who was the discoverer of uranium.

Experts believe that among his many other documented experiments with uranium he tried mixing uranium oxide into glass as a coloring agent.

Vaseline glass became popular in the mid 1800's .

The 1st commercial producer of items made of vaseline glass is commonly recognized as Josef Riedel , who named the yellow ( German : Gelb) and yellow-green (German: Gelb-Grün) varieties of uranium glass "annagelb" and "annagrün", in honor of his wife Anna Maria.

Riedel was a blower of uranium glass in Dolni Polubne , Bohemia from 1830 to 1848 and produced thousands of beautiful pieces .

In the 1840s other glassworks throughout Europe began to produce uranium glass items, including new varieties and colors of uranium glass.

The Baccarat glassworks of France created an opaque green uranium glass (jadite) which they named chrysoprase , for its similarity to the green form of chalcedony with that name.

By the end of the 1800's, it was discovered that uranium glass with the addition of certain minerals could...

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