winnie

Hope it's a good one and let us see those marbles that were given you today. winnie

They're real square,the 6 sides are the same,and than there are round marbles with the same kind of glass in the batch. I'm increasingly beginning to think that they're made this way for a sort of game. winnie

My first pic- is I think,the right pic- of the book. I have found here an incredible number of different Sparkler types,also with one fat core,although I think that you can find them more easely in England. It's quite possible that you can find other types in England than I can find here.Do you think they're all made in Germany? winnie

A tumbler,it might be,but for what purpose,to make marbles,could be. The question remains why some round and others square,oh I think I,ll never know why LOL. thanks,winnie

Jacks game that was my first thought aswell,we call it bikkelen,it's a very old game,i've nowhere read that square objects have been used,but who knows I didn't read everything. Plan B,it's not a bad guess at all,square could that happen? This is the batch they were found in. Washed and cleaned LOL. winnie

Found these square formed (marbles?)glass objects together with round marbles of the same glass,in an old marble batch from about the 50s-60s. What do you think they are used for, a sort of game,or made accidetally,a mistake? winnie

Thanks Al,i've the one on the right,of which I've always thought it was kind of an error marble. winnie

The way you describe it ,the German or Euro sparkler comes in mij mind. Some of them have one colorful fat vane and stripes on the surface,like these 2. Maybe someone have the book with a picture?? winnie

Is it hand-made or machine-made? I've read about some solid core swirs with very bright colors that are sometimes called English style hand-mades but they're made in Germany. winnie

It's not a snake and I wouldn't call it ox-and it hardly looks a bit that way but I couldn't resist LOL winnie

Thanks guys,i'm glad you liked it,for me it's fun to do it. Sometimes i'm afraid that folks get tired or bored from all my foreign marbles.I think thats just me,they all are little round glass balls. BJ I can imagine why you like that pic- with all those greenish marbles. I know who you mean with Fire+++,he is crazy with his beautiful Pelts. winnie

Let see some of your's please,if you have them. winnie

Sorry for my confusing post,what I mean to say is that there is hardly anything known about not in the US made marbles. I wish i could express myself a bit more clear in English LOL. winnie

Oh yes,it's an incredibly large group of marbles LOL. winnie

What about ID-ing foreign marbles. It's groping in the dark,It's a pity that there is hardly anything known about foreign marbles. Usually we can guess when and where and by who the foreigns are made,so speaking of experts.... I now realize that no longer all marbles are foreign marbles to me,LOL only have to find out which marbles have been made here. winnie

I've translated some more of the article of which i think is interesting. Although the director of the company wants to keep the working of the machine a secret. We can tell that there are 2 molten glass streams,and rapidly rotating blades cut the streams into little pieces. The pieces end up in cup-shaped forms,and then the marbles roll over a long iron machine. Every day one fabricated an other(different) color. When for example it's time for blue then every 5 minutes there is added a number shovels of glass with cobalt oxide. In the beginning one supplied the marbles in large bags,but these days there is demand for small boxes with 6 or 12 marbles or little plastic bags. winnie

What funny in the article is:They immediately attracted the attention of an US importer,who asked of marbles with an animal in it,but it was not possible to make 2 different materials well together. winnie

Galen,who knows,I was thinking of it myself. winnie

Thanks all, The company's name was "veiligglas"what means safe glass. Who knows how many examples i do have in my collection. If I look closely at the pic- i think they have made swirls. Here in this post is more info about it.I first didn't believe it myself. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/14750-speaking-of-flames/ winnie

Here is a brief translation of the contents of the article. Dutch marbles roll over the globe. Born in Amsterdam in glowing colored glass flow. The marbles roll over into English,French,German,Ethiopian,Australian and Cuban children. The large German manufacturing has disappeared since the war. Netherlands has only one marble factory in the Realengracht. France also has a marble factory. The Dutch marble factory made each year 50 million marbles in different colors (15mm 17mm),those obtained by mixing metal oxides with glass mass. 10 years ago they started production. In the beginning,they experimented a lot and the production process amounted to much handwork. Finally they succeeded with the help of engineers to design their own marble machine. How is that? i think they have made swirls.... winnie

It's true there was a marble company in Amsterdam. Agood freind,Hans Bartels has looked in his fathers archief and found this newspaper article written by Jaap Stigter in 1959. In my post "speaking of flames"i already mentioned the possible existence of a factory. Then I also talked to a fellow who was born and raised in that neighborhood. He told me he remembered the factory very wel,he picked up marbles as a child.

oh I didn't noticed that the size is 1 inch,is it? Yes than it could be German. I think it's this German sparkler type all are 1 inch. winnie

Does yours looks like this type? they're foreign but till now I'm not sure where they are made. winnie

can't see thats it's German,maybe foreign. winnie

yeah,I see also CAC in *2 and a very nice one. I think almost everyone can be fooled into. Good lesson. winnie