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Yeah, that's a nice one. The neon green is pretty unusual.

I like everything about this little china - the quality of the porcelain, the unusual design, the colors, the symmetry, the condition, just a beautiful example IMO.

I have seen several - the "Temple of Heaven" graphic is great, and so are the black cat's eyes.

Very nice group, Melissa. I know you like the uranium glass - you need to find one of those PPPs now. 🙂

That's a great display, Chad - I really like the assortment!

A less common two color Marble King P&R (Rainbow) is what I see.

I would say that it could be a Marble King but I am not sure how you would know for sure. It seems like the seller has multiples and is offering them up together with Wee Glows in another listing so . . . maybe? But I don't think who made this one will have any real effect on it's collectible or monetary value. Especially if there is no way to verify its ID.

Well, Pam is pretty cool - love the belly button. She reminds me of a Nordic troll. Any ideas about her origins?

I spoke with Sue at the Amana show after Les passed, she had a large "interment marble" with Les's remains with her. I seem to recall her telling me that the marble was made by a company in California. But this was a long time ago and I am not 100% sure I am recalling it correctly.

That's where I would have them.

Again, it's your marble. You have it in hand. You can call it whatever you like.

All I know about your marble is what I see in the photos. I don't think your marble is a classic Bennington. If you do, that's okay by me.

Yup. 😀

It appears to be a sort of graduated cylinder, and since the units are milliliters, I would guess it had a laboratory/pharmaceutical use.

Your marble looks like it is glazed to me. Common clay marbles (commies) are not glazed.

I do not think the marks on your marble come from marbles contacting one another. They are unlike the eyes you can see on the three Bennington marbles that Chad posted. I do not think your marble comes from a batch-loaded kiln, I think your marble was made using a kiln tripod. That is why I do not think it is a classic Bennington type marble.

I consider commies to be low fired unglazed earthenware (clay) marbles. Some were dyed and other were not . . . Their color can vary greatly depending on the type of clay used.

And it's a killer - I like them with lots of clear.

The eyes are where the marbles touched one another when they were bulk loaded into the kiln. As I understand it, the reason the eyes sometimes have spacing that resembles a stand is just because of the way the marbles would stack. Imagine a four marble pyramid, the top marble would wind up with three eyes where it contacted the marbles below it, and this would be a common arrangement in bulk-loaded marbles. But the number and position of the eyes (touch marks) is dependent on where in the batch the marble was, on the top, bottom, middle or outer edge of the batch. (Look at marbles "stacked" in a jar - the eyes on one marble would be found where it was contacted by those surrounding it. There were also different types of stands. The type like you showed and another later type that were more pointed and left smaller marks - like the OP marble IMO.

I think JABO.

Yes, Amber swirls.

I believe the right one would be a Neon Conqueror.

AFAIK, Bennington's have eyes because they did not use kiln stands. That's why I suggested it was not a Bennington.

It says No. 0 on the 100 ct. box lid so 5/8" for those, I guess.

At that size, I am thinking Peltier.