🌼 The Daisy Disco-Glow Bowl 🌼

🌼 The Sunny Specimen 🌼
 
At first glance, this bowl is a masterclass in vintage cheer. It features a deep, scalloped "thumbprint" or "panel" rim in a rich, honey-amber hue that hugs a crystal-clear center.
 
But the real magic happens at the bottom:
 
🌼 The Daisy Dance: Five frosted, wheel-cut daisies float around the base, their petals soft as a spring morning.
 
🌼 The Bubbling Centers: Those bubbles in the middle of the flowers are known as "pips" or textured centers, designed to catch the light and give the flowers a 3D personality.
 
🌼 The Secret Glow: The most enchanting part? That yellow-amber rim isn't just coloured glass—it contains a pinch of magic (well, cadmium or manganese) that causes it to ignite with a neon fire under a UV blacklight.
 
🌼 To understand where this bowl came from, we have to travel back to the mid-20th century—specifically the 1940s through the early 1960s. This was an era when glassmakers wanted to bring the "outside in" to the post-war dining room.
 
🌼 The Era of "Elegant Glass" 
 
This beautiful bowl hails from the tail end of the Depression Glass era and the rise of "Elegant Glass." While Depression glass was often made quickly by machines, "Elegant" companies (like Fostoria, Cambridge, or Tiffin) hand-finished their pieces. This bowl shows that extra love with its crisp wheel-cut floral patterns and heavy, high-quality weight.
 
🌼 The Glow-in-the-Dark Secret 
 
The "UV glow" you see is a wonderful quirk of vintage chemistry. Glassmakers of the time often used cadmium & manganese to achieve those bright yellows and oranges. When you hit it with a blacklight, it glows like a radioactive lemon! It was never intended to be a feature for the original owners (who didn't usually have blacklights in their parlors), but today, it makes this bowl a prized member of the "Glowy Glass" collector family.
 
🌼 The Daisy Craze 🌼
 
Daisies were the ultimate symbol of purity and mid-century optimism. Dozens of American companies produced "Daisy and Button" & "Cut Daisy" patterns. Based on the heavy, straight-walled construction and the specific style of the frosting, this bowl likely sat on a lace doily in a 1950s suburban home, perhaps holding a mountain of lemon drops or chilled fruit salad.
 
🌼 A Note for the Wise 🌼
 
Because that glow comes from metallic additives, this bowl prefers a gentle life. Keep it out of the microwave and the dishwasher—it's an antique lady who prefers a lukewarm bubble bath with mild soap!
 
All items are in vintage and antique preloved condition. Some minor surface scratches may be present.  I do my best to note and photograph any wear.  Please contact me with any further questions :)