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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Pretty! I trust these are less radioactive than the plates from about 1950's, with the same name (i think?) which used sometime radioactive to achieve their luster. Or so I recall......
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LOL let's hope so, Deb. I never heard that story, so don't know, but will do some research. At any rate, I'm pretty sure they don't get the pretty red glaze by using
as in The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun.
ETA: Ok, found what you were thinking of...this isn't the vintage stuff, it's the new stuff made after 1986. It seems that most red glazes during the 50's were radioactive because they used uranium in the firing process. However, according to the site I found, the levels are so low even in the vintage stuff that most collectors don't worry about it. At any rate, I plan on sticking with the modern (post 1986) pieces.