Verreries de Scailmont - Jar - Uranium glass

Verreries de Scailmont – Vanity jar / powder box – “Zipper and Fine Cut” – Uranium glass (ouraline) – Art Deco, circa 1930

Elegant vanity jar with a lid in pressed-mold uranium glass, produced by Verreries de Scailmont, Manage (Belgium) around 1930.

The piece belongs to the well-known Scailmont toilet service whose decoration was marketed as “Zipper and Fine Cut,” characterized by alternating geometric panels, star motifs, fine fluting, and bands of small reliefs.

The design features a cylindrical, richly decorated body, a slightly domed lid with radial composition and an attractive geometric faceted knob. The base also shows radial star-shaped decoration.

The glass displays the characteristic yellow-green hue of ouraline and exhibits intense green fluorescence under ultraviolet light, as can be seen in the photographs.

This model is part of a Verreries de Scailmont toilet set documented in the publication:

Les Verreries de Scailmont à l'époque Art déco
Éliane y Léopold Bragard – Catherine Thomas (eds.)
Cahiers du Musée du Verre, 1, 2013.

In that work, a uranium glass set is identified as:

“Nécessaire de toilette – Verre urane pressé moulé – Mention ‘Verreries de Scailmont/Manage’ – Circa 1930 – Musée du Verre de Charleroi, inv. 4155.”

Measurements

- Diameter: approx. 75 mm
- Total height: approx. 90 mm
- Weight: 355 g

Condition

Condition consistent with its age.

In the interior bottom one can observe a shear mark, a manufacturing trace that can appear in early pressed glass. It originates during the production process when the portion of molten glass is cut before being placed in the mold and may appear as a fine incised line accompanied by a small irregularity or relief of the glass itself.

This is an original manufacturing mark, not a later crack. The mark is clearly shown in the detailed photographs.

The photographs are part of the description and were taken to show both the true state of the piece and its fluorescence under UV light. No existing defects have been concealed."