Burmese glass

The original formula to produce Burmese Glass contained uranium oxide with tincture of gold added.

[1] The uranium oxide produced the inherent soft yellow color of Burmese glass.

Because of the added gold, the characteristic pink blush of color of Burmese was fashioned by re-heating the object in the furnace (the "Glory Hole").

Strangely, if the object is subjected to the heat again, it will return to the original yellow color[citation needed].

In the 1980s, Fenton Glass Company began producing a product it called “Blue Burmese”,[3] based on a formula developed in 1886 by chemist Frederick Shirley of the Mt.