akronmarbles

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They have replicated the process quite well. It isn’t rocket science though. You can tell they are trying to mimic oxblood with their new product.

Cane pieces look like 104 glass...

It makes sense that the 39 row is Chinese Checkers for size - probably contained all colors except solid white?

MIlton Bradley Co. sold one just like that called "The Down and Out Marble Game". It can be found in old catalog advertisements.

Interesting. The opaque yellow in 'old' handmades is a Naples Yellow or lead antimonate yellow. Other possible opacifiers include lead arsenate and calcium phosphate / bone ash. The transparent red used in 'old' handmades is gold ruby. Think red stripes on peppermint swirls. The gold based color pallet is so distinct compared to selenium and copper.

Could be a chord used to hold the child in the chair. They are quite squirmy at this age...lol Here's my fave vintage marble photo....

Not sure why the pic went away...here it is again :-)

The Greiner page was one of my better pieces of marble scholarship..... Duplicating the process in the glass shop is just as fun in my mind. Here is my current colour in the furnace. I am not making marbles but am instead blowing some killer vases and bowls out of this oxblood.

One more.... http://books.google.com/books?id=5YfXAAAAMAAJ&q=marble+%22doll+head%22&dq=marble+%22doll+head%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MWbFUrvxK-WU2gWD24DAAw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwADgK

This describes your doll perfectly..... http://books.google.com/books?id=Hu4BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA113&dq=marble+%22doll+head%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iWXFUqnkA-fr2QXHg4BA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=marble%20%22doll%20head%22&f=false

I found a tiny non-seamed marble at MFC that was smaller than 1cm.

Reminds me of some other marbles on ebay currently...... http://stores.ebay.com/sMullers-Stuff/Marbles-Glass-Clay-Alike-/_i.html?_fsub=5892595015&_lns=1&_sid=749090465&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

Those are nice. The pink colored ones are extra hard to find.

Made a few 2" oxbloods...enjoy.

Nice American Cornelian marble. Red slags (Akro red slags, Cerise agates, etc) were colored with selenium - true 'oxblood' glass as known from MFC and Akro is made from copper - there is no continuum between the two. Copper ruby requires very specific heat treatment to develop the color on a predictable basis.

Just sold one on ebay and it was signed.

Nice marble Dan!

I listed a few of my most recent creations. http://www.ebay.com/sch/canal-fulton-glassworks/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Looks torch boiled to my eyes. Probably when the punty rod was removed to smooth the pontil down. This area also exhibits further 'striking' or a differing level of opalescence development / opacifier particle size / concentration.

....this is one of my new creations. I was just looking for an unbiased opinion of my work. It was indeed cane-cut. That's the rest of the story :-)

I have some just like this from the Navarre plant as well as Barberton.

Looks like a normal Ohio made melted pontil marble to me.

Here's what I found at J.E. Albright....

Not one of mine.