SC - Period Pottery - WARNING

[Cindy Renfrow]

>In a message dated 98-03-29 01:23:25 EST, you write:
>
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> I would like to point out that if anyone finds a pottery item that is or
> has YELLOW GLAZE that they should call the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory
> Commission) and the closest HAZMAT team IMMEDIATELY. It is my
> understanding that yellow glaze is period, but can only be made by the
> use of Uranium nuclear material. Correct me if I am wrong, but when I
> took a pottery class, I was told this by the instructor.
>  >>
>    Ummmm, no. There are many yellow glazes on the market today. They not only
>are not radioactive, quite a number are even food safe! Perhaps you are
>thinking (Or the instuctor was?) of lead content? Period glazes, including at
>least one light yellow I know of , often did have lead as an
>ingredient.........
>
>       Ldy Diana, a frustrated wanna-be potter


Hello!  The gentleman is partially correct.  There was a glaze produced
from radioactive materials. (I believe it was at the turn of this century,
but don't quote me.)
The china produced with this glaze is pale yellow with a slight greenish
cast, & will glow in the dark. If you wish to see some, visit the glass
museum at Corning, NY, or Wheaton Village's Museum of American Glass, at
Millville, NJ.

There is no need to panic.

HTH,

Cindy/Sincgiefu
renfrow at skylands.net


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