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Nice Parrot 🦜🔥 RAR

Oh Man ! Let’s get a couple of closer pics on each one of them! I think the first one is a slag and the second might be common WVS.Gotta love the glow🔥 RAR

X2, agree, Jabo swirl

21\32"

That one is Jabo 🔥 RAR

Thank you for your input Akroorka. We have a couple other white slag/swirls with strong UV reaction. White and vaseline color.

This is a hard one. White swirls and white slags can be hard to get a good image of--even harder to try to get a better idea of with my image editor. This is a guess--oooopps no idea from me. I do like the glow but I have not seen an akro white slag with any glow to it. Swirl??--I think that it is a slag--nuf said. I appreciate all opinions and hope to see some more. Marble--On!!

Both sides or both seams can help in any ID for sure. The one that I will question is the middle row on the left—the blue and white. It reminds me of a Master Glass marble from WV. The one to the lower right—brown and white also may be from the USA. It is very hard to tell with the one image. The rest I can agree are foreign. I appreciate all opinions and look forward to some more. Marble—On!!

This is the thing Al, I love researching pouches, you love the bags full of marbles and others like other things but we all seem to connect in a common pursuit. I just love this stuff! Marble--On!!

Interesting stuff for sure shiroaiko. My wife collects seashells even though we are land-locked in Wisconsin. She just loves them and will be happy to hear what you have provided here. Your images and research are a great thing to share here amongst the community of collectors and I for one cannot wait to see and hear some more of what you have to offer in the future. As always--- Marble—On!!

Linda and I are from same area. Eastern Kentucky. Tri-state area

Hi Aiko! You may know me from AAM (I'm Elias) Glad to see you here as well. The ones in the last pics are so nice!

They look awesome, I have a liking for the "mushroom" types. Their colours are often cool!

The biggest red and white one is 0.75" by the way. I've found most of these guys in big lots of Japanese transitionals/figure 8's from the UK.

Just thought I'd post these. I think they are probably Japanese. A lot of them look like they are trying to be Peltiers or Marble Kings, but the glass is not quite right. I was wondering if anybody else has seen these, or if they've ended up in anybody's "what the heck is that" jar.

Those look AWESOME! I think this is a great way to bring damaged mibs back to life...

The rest of the green + purple group (16.5mm, 17.5mm, 17.2mm). Two are regular stripeys. All has visible cut lines at the poles. The jelly vaned cat's eye has dark gray-brown tinted base. Talking about the tint, the green shooter also had strong blue? green? tint, as you noticed. Blue/white stripeys will be up tomorrow🦋✨

Very nice for sure. You know I love the glowies. 😍😉

The shooter (25.5mm) got dark green bits in the vanes. The vanes are thin and not developed. A darker background for a better look of the vanes. On the opposite side are fractures caused from short annealing time. The players (16.5mm, 16.9mm, 17.0mm). The green stripeys got streaks in purple-brown shades. Similar kind of purple in these 3?

Some might wonder why shells are included in the lot. The snails were used as ohajiki (flat marbles) in older time, especially before the glass made counterpart was invented. A glass ohajiki boom in winter of 1902 was recorded in a magazine article. One ohajiki book says they were popular among girls throughout 1920s and 1930s. Shells were often dyed in bright colors like pink and purple and sold at shops in a netted cotton bag or a labeled paper box. All the cat's eyes in the lot. Most of them are Stripeys. 4 exceptions. Greens and a purple. The shooter measures 25.5mm, and the players range from 16.5 to 17.5mm. Pictures continue to the next post.

Thank you, I am so grateful for being here. We scarcely see old marbles in packages in the country. It is probably they meant for export, and marbles were often sold loose. One exception is Camel (Matsuno). They used the same paper boxes and plastic bags for both foreign and domestic markets.

I got the meaning! Thank you😃