r/willitglow • • Jan 05 '26

Welcome to r/willitglow!

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This subreddit was created for collectors, thrifters, and curious glow‑seekers who want help answering the classic questions: “Will it glow?” and/or “Is this uranium glass?”

Whether it came from a flea market, thrift shop, garage sale, estate sale, or an inheritance, this is the place to find answers.

How to Use This Community

Share your item with as much detail as possible and clear photos—glow and non‑glow shots if you have them—and ask the community for their thoughts. Members can help identify materials, explain glow behavior, and point out details you might not have noticed.

After Verification

Once your piece is confirmed and you’ve captured both glow and non‑glow images, you’re encouraged to share it with the Reddit glass communities that celebrate each type. Examples: [r/uraniumglass](r/uraniumglass), [r/vaselineglass](r/vaselineglass), [r/manganeseglass](r/manganeseglass), [r/cadmiumglass](r/cadmiumglass), [r/seleniumglass](r/seleniumglass), and [r/neodymiumglass](r/neodymiumglass).

Glad You’re Here

Whether you’re new to the world of glowing glass or a seasoned expert, we’re here to celebrate your discoveries and help you learn what glows.


r/willitglow • • 12h ago

Update on the thorny vase!

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Yes it will! Both cadmium and uranium! So happy about this piece!


r/willitglow • • 18h ago

Comprei mais uma em leilão esperar chegar para saber se brilha a outra brilha lindamente

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r/willitglow • • 1d ago

Blind Buy

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Spotted these at a local antique shop for $12 and couldn’t pass up that price. I’m thinking the stems might just glow. Of course, today was the day my blacklight died, so I wasn’t able to verify in the store. I’ll update once it finishes charging!


r/willitglow • • 2d ago

Is this UG? Plz help figure it out

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Hey guys! My grandma gave this to my mom as a kitchen decoration. Yesterday, we were having dinner and my brother mentioned that it could be uranium glass, which could be potentially radioactive at constant exposure. Mum took it as a joke but now, my brother and I are genuinely wondering if it could really be UG. We don't have any UV lights so we don't really know how to prove it lol, I did a Google lens quick search and saw similar products on Etsy being sold as uranium glass, which only made me more curious, especially 'cuz they had the same vintage style as this one.

I guess it's worth the try to ask here and wait for a response! Thanks :•)

PS: sorry for the wonky English, it's not my first language. also, sorry for the blurry photos, I have a very very bad pulse. thanks again!


r/willitglow • • 3d ago

Ansonia Bangor mental clock

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On fb marketplace for $50 CAD, non working (well doesn’t have its key so it may work if it had that). Worth checking out? I’ve seen others from the same company with the same style of face glow, just can’t find any pictures with this exact clock doing so, so I wanted other opinions before driving out to look at it. Especially since other than the missing key it looks in really good shape. Thanks!

Mantel* whoops on the typo

Update she glows!


r/willitglow • • 4d ago

Seen similar vases glow, but going in blind on this one.

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I have been looking at similar vases and i have not seen any that is an exact match with base or color. Either way its a cool vase and i will know for sure when it arrives.

Glow or No?


r/willitglow • • 4d ago

Alguém sabe ou conhece mais sobre essas peças

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r/willitglow • • 5d ago

Cheap blind buys

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$18 on the basket and $38 for the apple. I've got a good feeling about both, and wouldn't be sad if they don't.


r/willitglow • • 5d ago

Será ?

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r/willitglow • • 5d ago

What’s the chances on this guy?

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I love the flower and the little matching earrings. I’m hoping they may actually be uranium so I have an even bigger excuse to my husband for getting them 😂 I think they are from the 50s or 60s.


r/willitglow • • 5d ago

Will it glow?

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It looks like it is glowing in de flash of the phone but I don't know. I think it is from Russia but I don't know how old, what do you think.

The last photo is from another website with exactly the same patternwith exactly the same proportions but with better lighting.


r/willitglow • • 5d ago

Art nouveau single branch Epergne. Unusual design & construct. Just because it’s green doesn’t mean it will glow. Thoughts on if it will glow?

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r/willitglow • • 5d ago

Another Epergne. Thoughts on the glow possibilities with this one? Will hopefully be able to check it out end of next week.

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r/willitglow • • 5d ago

Do you reckon this milk glass 3 branch Epergne will glow?

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r/willitglow • • 6d ago

Will it Glow? Butter dish. The day I don’t have my torch on me!!

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r/willitglow • • 6d ago

Vintage brooch

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Will it glow? 🤔 It’s not super cheap so I’d to risk it and be wrong 😂


r/willitglow • • 7d ago

From a Local Estate Sale

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PLEASEEE tell me it glows!


r/willitglow • • 7d ago

Tumbler

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Blind buy, but uranium was in the title just no glow pics. She's out for delivery today so we'll know soon. What do y'all think?


r/willitglow • • 7d ago

Glower ?

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Hi all, do we think they glow or not ? I’m pretty positive they do but wanted to see your thoughts 🙏🏼


r/willitglow • • 9d ago

Update: Catalonians

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Bought some cheap plates. Can't win them all 😂. At least they were $5 each. These will probably end up in the kitchen. They're very heavy lol. I wonder what color these plates actually are?!


r/willitglow • • 9d ago

Blind buy

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Will. It. Glow?


r/willitglow • • 9d ago

They Glow As Well ! 😅🤣

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r/willitglow • • 11d ago

I got issues… No, not those kind!

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Lamp- It features a beautiful gold leaf flower design on an ivory porcelain base. Description from seller. $20

Green lamp- No description on this piece. Just says vintage for the most part. $30

Bell is a Fenton Hobnail piece. $15

Ruby red w/ milk glass. $24 for the pair!

Also found several Ruby Red bells for great price. I could but all pictured and a red bell for about $110. I mean it’s a great addition of color if all is what I hope for. Thoughts and input always welcome.


r/willitglow • • 11d ago

Blind buy. What do we think?

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Any uranium?