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That is funny!

A well loved melted pontil beauty from Barberton, Ohio. It's amber, amethyst, and white.

Thanks Hansel. There is nothing written on the back side of yours at all?

Ahhhhh - upon studying my documents more. It would appear Kuhnert states that German machine made marble production started in 1918 - it doesn't give a actual date for the Geis poster. Those are probably pages from a Der Universal Spielwaren Katalog.

Correction...the posters were sent from H. Kuhnert to Roger Miller in August of 1966...not to Fred Wright. I believe the Bob Geis poster is form 1918 and shows marbles from the Frabglas Hutte. Hansel's poster os from the G Kuhnert company. Hansel - was there a number one wrtitten on the back of your poster?

Some more nuggets-o-fun...

You gave me some good info as well Mike :-)

lol....it's just sometimes hard to get excited about marbles. Lately I am more interested in tall, thin, well educated, long haired females...hahaha There is no big mystery as to what MFC manufactured. The archaeological record supports the sales literature beautifully. I'm not glossing myself...but I easily have over a thousand hours of unique marble related research under my belt - none of which involved reading an existing marble book in print or collecting the damn things. The history, story, and technology behind the subject is what interest me the most....I can actually care less about the marbles themselves....lol My largest example of PT coloured glass was excavated at Navarre....this is where Leighton showed MFC certain colours of glass and also where the MFC machine was first tested. We have all seen dug football rejects right? Here's one from Navarre along with a very rare orange machine made marble....the earliest documented machine made marble in existence :-) Peter had a large opaque orange example just like this. This color is the same recipe as oxblood...I have made it before. BTW....MFC did not make red slags...lol This is one cuppy cake I am sick of telling. The MFC book has been rewritten, but we keep finding new information! Last year I acquired two new images of Harry Heintzelman and other workers at the MFC plant. Thank you Hansel for everything you have shared with me - I have been lucky enough to see all of your wonderful artifacts with my own eyes. I would love to be locked in your marble library room!

Left - white. Middle - mystery color..lol Right - PT

The pic that I showed was a random group of artifacts that were soaking in water. I am sure there was a PT frag in there somewhere. I have examples of PT marble frags, glass gather lumps, and other random pieces.

Ditto on the MFC statement by Galen. It's beer:30 :-)

These posters came from Herbert Kühnert and were sent to Fred Wright in the 1960's - somewhere I have a copy of the letter that describes these items.

Those are pretty...you can drop them off any time :-)

Nice thing about this ad is that it correctly calls the oxblood marbles "Cornelian" as apposed to just red - the term 'red' in other similar ads gave the impression that MF Christensen made red onyx marbles....this of course is not true. MFC did not make red slags. I have another ad like this from 1911 that also uses the term Cornelian. When space is at a premium - would you rather use a 9 letter word or a 3 letter word to get the job done?

yes...lol

sold..lol Thanks for the heads up.

Those are nice....I never get tired of slags :-)

They both look Akron to me. I sent ya a PM....hope you feel better.

Jasper's are kind of common if you ask me...it's the Akron made examples that are extremely hard to find. Hansel is about the only other collector that I know who can identify them. They look very close but are definitely discernible if you know what to look for.

Nice one Ric - That is definitely German IMHO. Flanco - your red example is a painted clay, not glazed. Identical marbles made in the states and abroad.

OOOH...is the second one for sale? I like it!

Road...that one looks German to me..Ric - yours may be Akron...would need to see it in hand. The Akron blue is copper based....there are examples with lots of eyes, but most examples from Akron were fired in a flat tray and were not touching the marbles next to them. There are examples with complete coverage as well. I can still tell them apart though.

Distinctive Akron blue glaze color. Not seen on German made ceramic marbles.

American Majolica - very rare. This one is about 2". This was made by the American Marble and Toy Manufacturing Company.