According to the inventory reports, in 1925 Peltier made onyx, cerise onyx, and agate marbles. The agate marbles required special processes, even beyond the cerise marbles, and a different furnace to make, and consequently they made very few. I believe they had difficulty with the clearish/opal base glass. In the inventories for 1926 and 1927 they were referred to as prima agates, primas, or prima marbles.
I'm not certain, but I believe the yellow box was used in 1925 and 1926.
The similar-looking marbles on the monument that Galen shows were a more opaque white, I think, and later than the Primas in the yellow box above.
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Posted 23 October 2011 - 06:43 PM
Do you happen to have any dug primas
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Posted 23 October 2011 - 07:31 PM
I don't think I do, but I only recently found out what they were, so I may have some damaged ones somewhere.
I'll let you know with pics, if I find any, but I don't remember seeing one.
I'll let you know with pics, if I find any, but I don't remember seeing one.
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