Depression era uranium glass was made with a small amount of uranium - yes, I said URANIUM - that was added to the glass mixture before melting. It gives the glass a distinctive green or yellow-green color and makes it fluorescent under ultraviolet UV light. It is mildly radioactive - yes, I said RADIOACTIVE - but considered safe to handle and display, although it is recommended that you do not use it for food or drink storage due to potential leaching. A Geiger counter, however, will register mild radiation near these pieces.

Uranium glass was popular from the mid-1800s through the early 1940s and these two pieces are some of the most interesting pieces in the Moody Family collection.

Please see the video in the comments to watch how the colors change as black light is applied. Come by and see the colors change and the magic happen! Then stay and tour the rest of our beautiful Taylor treasure.