Name Game

[Steph]

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Acme Realers

Maybe you knew this, maybe you didn't ...

Before Acme was comedy

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it meant the very best, the highest point, perfection!

. . (ads from 1902 and WWII)

So what do you name an "extra high quality" glass orb with "genuine onyx color with cloud effects in contrasting colors" and a "real" marbled base?

What better than Acme?

(Love that ad! The realer is from PeltierMarbles.com.)

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Moss Agates

How many types of Moss Agate have there been? (officially or otherwise)

Kids played with 'em in 1883. Benningtons with shades of brown and green. These have some blue, but they'll do until I find a closer example.

. . (murmelwelt.de)

MFC made them. This statement was on Marblealan's M. F. Christensen page:

.... There was one additional type of slag marble produced by M.F. Christensen. These are oxblood slags (possibly called "moss agates" by the company), which have a very dark transparent green base and an oxblood swirl. These are uncommon.

Here is Bill Tow's moss agate avatar:

And of course there's Akro:

Any others?

Oh yes, there are rocks:

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Any more?

[Steph]

Tiger eyes:

. . (Fiber optic marbles)

. . (Mineral sphere)

One of Al's bags, from Vitro Tiger Eyes?.

Galen's quintessential Master specimen, from Master Tiger Eyes??

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Submarines:

Circa 1911

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Handmade

Would You Polish This One????

CAC

Vitro & Cac Questions

(posts #2 and #12)

Shamrock Rocks

(post #17)

Peltier

Could This Be A Peltier Sub?

Any more kinds?

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7-ups:

(pelt rainbos)

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Supermen:

(pelt and akro)

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Spidermen:

(from the USPS, one of Alan's recent auctions, and Alan's old site, resp.)

(pelt and MK)

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Green Hornets ... and Katos:

(The first Green Hornet is from Alan's old site. The next is is from a Bob Block auction. The Kato is Ron Shaw's.)

For more about the Kato:

the elusive Kato, (sorry about the fingers!)

(all MK)

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Lifesavers:

(akro)

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Indian blankets:








Some only consider the black/red/yellow version an Indian Blanket. And some only consider the ones with the yellow in the middle of the red to be Indian Blankets. [Edit: did I mean red in the middle of the yellow? ... Can't remember what is correcct. I wrote this too long ago. ]

Here is a pair of Patry's. Some would only consider the larger to be an Indian Blanket.



source and discussion:
Marblelairium: known as, Indian blankets , no?






(akro)

Edited July 24, 2015 by Steph

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Ketchup and Mustard:

(pelt)

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Girl Scouts:

(the marble is from Alan's old site)

(MK)

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Cub Scouts:

(the Marble King is from Alan's old site, the Peltier is from PeltierMarbles.com)

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Dragonflies:

(MK)

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Watermelons:

(MK)

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Hercules:

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And here is a rare opaque hercules from the 1950's, complements of Bluerbird:

Hercules Theme Music . . (3)

The lyrics so you can sing along :

Hercules, hero of song and story. Hercules, winner of ancient glory.

Fighting for the right, fighting with his might,

With the strength of ten, ordinary men.

Hercules, people are safe when near him.

Hercules, only the evil fear him.

Softness in his eyes, iron in his thighs,

Virtue in his heart, fire in every part,

Of the Mighty Hercules. . . (4)

(all MK)

[Steph]

John Deeres:

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(pelt)

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Christmas Trees:

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(pelt)

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Clambroths:

Here's a thread at Marble Mental I'm sort of proud of, Clambroth. One of my first marble name games.

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edit: pictures are missing. I need to fix that.

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Bullet Molds:

Revolutionary War era bullet mold, from the Morristown National Historical Park:

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Description:

18th Century

This mold was used to cast for musket and pistol caliber balls. Marked "IM," probably John Miller who also made molds for pewter cutlery such as spoons.

Brass. H 15.2, 2.5 cm

Morristown National Historical Park, MORR 1345

A British war re-enactor casting musket balls in another handheld mold:

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The consensus is that the orb here, Bullet Mold? is an old musket ball. It appears to have been made in a three part mold.

And here you'll find some bullet mold marbles, in both the two-piece and three-piece styles:

Has Anyone Heard Of....

Bulletmold??, anybody know for sure?

Claw And Ball, I finally got one

Czech marbles also appear to have been made in the bullet mold style:

An unseamly question....or two.... (See Post #7)

[Steph]

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Cornelian vs. Carnelian?

As a mineral, the carnelian is the same as the cornelian. Here's a page describing the stone, Cornelian or carnelian. Here are sample pictures from that page:

And here's a carnelian bracelet showing some of the brighter variations in color, from Earthen Vessel Designs.

But Akro appears to have thought the stone was nice enough to name two different kinds of marbles after it!

Here are examples from the Akro section of the ID Guide at Land of Marbles, along with the descriptions:

Akro Agate Co. - Akro Agate 'Cornelian'

Origin: Clarksburg WV

Opaque red swirled with opaque white. Superficially resembles a 'Brick,' but it is not oxblood red.

Akro Agate Co. - Akro Agate 'Carnelian'

Origin: Clarksburg WV

One of the 'Ades.' Orange/Brown and opaque white swirls in a translucent fluorescent base.

[update/edit/addendum: I don't think fluorescence is necessary]

Here's another Carnelian, this one with oxblood, from a Block auction.

And then there's the M. F. Christensen American Cornelian. This is an old auction photo. I don't know who the seller was:

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Baseballs:

The pelt rainbo is mine. Don't know whose the ball is.

And here are some Bruce Troeh baseballs, 1" and 3/8", from the 2006 season, as presented by Marble Bert on eBay.

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Peppermint?

Not sure how blue came to be needed to qualify a marble as a "Peppermint Swirl", but otherwise the similarities in appearance between the marble and the candy are fairly strong. imho :-)

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Gooseberry:

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This idea "borrowed" directly and entirely from 1DanS here. I didn't know until today that a gooseberry was a fruit! lol

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Corn Husk:

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