Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Another cool look at hot dinnerware....

A little while ago I posted a piece about radioactive dinnerware. In brief, red Fiestaware made from 1936 through 1943, and from 1959 through 1969, used Uranium as a coloring agent in the glaze. Watch this:

That's one way to keep the soup warm...

2 comments:

Marie said...

Your video was interesting. I didn't know that dinnerware could be radioactive.

Anthony F. Lewis said...

Hi Marie,

Yeah, I thought it was pretty funny when I stumbled across the fact. There're not supposed to be dangerous, but if I were displaying a collection, I'd put them on a tall shelf in a seldom-used room...

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