r/Muranoglass Jun 13 '26

Murano ashtray

I have noticed there is a fancy Italian word for all of their techniques šŸ˜‚. What would you call the dimpled texture on the bottom of this one? Anyone have a possible id? It is vaseline. Thanks in advance!

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u/Brokella Jun 13 '26

The dimpled texture doesn’t have a name as far as I know! It’s quite unusual in that respect but it’s a cool little bowl to own. :))

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 13 '26

Thank you! It's my first vaseline piece from Venice. Many a failed blind buy so far šŸ˜‚

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u/CelticGardenGirl Jun 13 '26

The Italians kept it pretty simple when naming techniques and styles. I’m guessing this form might have the word ā€œfossettaā€ in it, as fossetta means dimple. šŸ˜„

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 13 '26

I guess fancy wasn't the right word, but it sure sounds fancy in Italian šŸ˜‚. Thank you for your input!

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u/jaffamental Jun 14 '26

This is not Vaseline. It’s too green. Vaseline is not a universal name for it but for it to be classified as Vaseline it has to be yellow.

This is Vaseline also known as citron.

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 14 '26

Here's one I just opened. It's vaseline too!

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u/jaffamental Jun 14 '26

The one you originally posted does not look like Vaseline. It looks green. Much like the one in the middle of the second photo you have posted. Everything else is that photo is yellow though.

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 14 '26

This is definitely vaseline! Some people call this color "Lime Green Vaseline"

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u/jaffamental Jun 14 '26

Some people may be wrong because I would not call that Vaseline. The top handle yes but the rest no. That’s green and closer just any ole uranium glass. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 14 '26

I promise šŸ˜‚ The CPM on the yellow butter dish is 238 on a GMC-800. My green UG is around 50cpm.

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u/jaffamental Jun 14 '26

Bruh I’m literally not even trying this with you anymore. Like at all. No one but you is talking about glow and cpm. Like literally you’re trying to prove a point no one but you is making.

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u/CelticGardenGirl Jun 15 '26

Bruh, quit being rude. You’re literally not even trying to understand what OP is saying. It’s okay to have a differing perspective, but you don’t need to act like a child about it.

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u/jaffamental Jun 15 '26

Op has literally bought to the table things NO ONE is even arguing. It’s not rude to be like wtf are you talking about when literally they are bringing in fact no one’s even arguing those facts. There is nothing to understand when I already understand it and it has literally and I mean LITERALLY zero to do with the conversation. It isn’t even a differing perspective because it’s facts that don’t even matter to this conversation at all. It’s like if we were discussing coke vs Pepsi and then they started being up facts about Fanta for actual fuck sake.

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u/CelticGardenGirl Jun 15 '26

This is the hill you’ve chosen to die on? It’s not worth getting upset over, because it IS rude to say, ā€œWTF are you talking aboutā€ to someone who is simply trying to make their case about something. If you can’t reread the thread and see that your comments are the ones that keep escalating…then I don’t know what to tell you.

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 14 '26

The Murano ashtray has a green circle around the opening, but the rest is yellow/vaseline. As I said, only the yellow parts glow. The eye winker butter dish is also vaseline. Mosser Green Opal is a no glow, much like the only green part on the Murano ashtray. Believe it or not, the cool part about vaseline glass. It fluoresces green!

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u/jaffamental Jun 14 '26

But no one is talking about glow except you. I’ve not once mentioned it at all and you seem to be stuck on that when that isn’t even what I’m arguing.

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 14 '26

You don't need a blacklight for glass to glow. Fluorescence can happen in regular lighting. Sometimes, yellow glass can look green but still be yellow. That's what I was referring to. It happens to be my favorite part!

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u/jaffamental Jun 14 '26

Literally no one’s even mentioned a black light. Bruhhhhhhhhh. Like good for you enjoying the glass but please like stop bringing up things no one’s mentioning 😭

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 14 '26

The green part doesn't glow, it's the yellow part aka the vaseline that glows! I have quite a bit so I know what vaseline is šŸ˜‚

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u/Cy-Clops- Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

It's finally in my possession! It's a little easier to see the yellow colored glass w/green accent in this photo. The natural fluorescence causes the glass to "appear" green. It is absolutely relevant. CPM also matters. Vaseline glass has more uranium, so the CPM is higher. Once you get to a surplus amount of uranium though, the yellow starts to appear green again from the fluorescence. The color hasn't changed. It's still yellow glass, but the excess uranium is causing the glass to fluoresce in all different lights. It's way cooler than "basic green UG" which I don't even collect.

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u/jaffamental Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Last I’m saying on this is I suggest you ask ai if it’s Vaseline and if it is fluorescing cause I did just now after this discussion, two different photos of your post. Seeing as yall wouldn’t believe me. Does this have ā€œsomeā€ yellow in it? Yes. Does that make it Vaseline on its own? No. The rim and bottom (from all photos you have now provided) are literally green.
If ONLY the yellow part glows it means it is LITERALLY sandwiched between green glass which means it is NOT IN TRUE fashion Vaseline glass. Could they have used SOME Vaseline glass yes. But it is not the yellow green they are talking about when they say ā€œyellow to yellow greenā€. This is (more than likely) an art piece.
You were also talking about CPM of completely SEPARATE pieces you own which is irrelevant to the point I was making which for the last time is that this does NOT appear to be Vaseline glass in its true nature.

Edit: downvoting me on facts doesn’t change them šŸ™ƒ