winnie

The marbles in the first pic- are all about 7/8,except for the bottom left,it's 5/8. The second pic- are all about 7/8,except for the purple,left under. Third pic- are about 7/8. fourth pic-are about 7/8. fifth pic- are all 5/8,except for the blue/white one on top. Your blue one fits in type#1. The green and I think the red one also in type#2. the purple one is tricky,it looks as if it's a colored base,but that may have been caused by the purple ribbon. I'm not sure about the red one,type#1 or type#2??

Thats also a possibility.

Al,the blue one on top,could be in type #1,but it's a little different,the light blue ribbon is bordered on both sides with dark blue. The one on bottom left has a goldish stripe on top of the white ribbon,so has the one on top left. The only one I'm not sure about is the one on top right,it fits in type #1,but with all the funky crystals,I think it's an odd variant.

I don't know who she is,is she a comedienne? I just had to laugh when I read it.

when I saw this,now thats humor.

Thanks Brian,for digging,I will follow a course in Japanese LOL. I have always believed that they are older than 1950,it may be that they have been made over a long time periode.

Type #3--is a clear base with a white or yellow ribbon,I've not seen this type with other colors. It's a Wirepull thar occurs frequently. And at last a picture of some uncommon Wirepulls which don't fit into the above-mentioned types.

After a small study,I finally was able to divide the Wirepulls in different type's. As I see it there are three different type's,and then there are also the various wirepulls that do not fit into these three types,they are uncommon. Type #1--has a clear glass base with a colored ribbon followed by a white ribbon. This picture shows the nine different colors I've seen sofar. Yellow--purple--green--blue--orange--peach--brown--red--olive green. Type #2--is a colored transparant base with a white ribbon. Sofar I've seen eight different colors. Pink--apple green--blue--amber--dark green--yellow--purple--light blue.

I don't think so,on facebook you can see the reproductions,if you scroll down there're marbles,Ha Ha they look so new. https://www.facebook.com/rhyneandson

If I send a parcel to an other country,I find it always a minor miracle that it arrives at the right place. Although I have no reason for it,I guess I do not really have much confidence in the post office,I mean think about it so many things could be wrong,but sofar it always seems to go well.

thanks Ann, At this moment I'm studying the wirepull's a bit,in the hope that I can put the different type's in a row.

patch.av Veiligglas wirepull's Ger.str/tr

here's a Dutch marble run machien.

There is a lot of variation in these German 2 seams.

In Amsterdam we called them "uppie",the Vitro Victory. I think Vitro has sent hundreds of thousands Victory's to Holland,together with the cat's eye,it was the most common marble in the 50s.

Very nice Bernie!! Some where in Japan

It looks very nice Ann,you going to wear it,and how old do you think it is? The Last time I'm not so lucky in finding marbles,I almost got crotchety LOL(or is it not a good use of the word?) anyway it's a funny word. A few days ago I found this cat's eye type,it has very small lines on the surface,it's the only one I've seen sofar.

Hey Steph,the longer I look at it the more I see Peltier Rainbo.

That's what I see aswell,a damaged game marble.

sorry,posted the same marble twice

I like to know more about Akro patches.

Thank you all. This has nothing to do with the marble in question but when I was looking for contemporary glass marbles,I came across this site,maybe you've seen it before,I did but was forgotten it. http://www.glas-lauscha.de/

how about Vitro? The pattern of the ribbon (patch) of the first post right picture,looks Vitroish to me??