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To: jay1949

My mom was a long-time collector of the dark orange/brown Roseville pottery. They were made in Roseville, Ohio, but I wonder what was used to color those?


5 posted on 05/11/2010 7:27:13 AM PDT by moondoggie
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To: moondoggie

I don’t know about that particular Roseville glaze, but Roseville did use uranium in some of its glazes. See: http://www.jstor.org/pss/1506809


9 posted on 05/11/2010 7:42:20 AM PDT by jay1949 (Work is the curse of the blogging class)
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