Ric

Me too.

Sorry about the stitches - bummer. The left cork in the last pics is pretty cool - it's got a corked loop/split ribbon sorta thing going on. 🙂

Nice example - I like it! It's really busy, and the color looks unusual, at least on my monitor. Are the lines sort of bronze colored? What size is it?

If the marble on the right fluoresces it is a weak lemonade variant. As Alan said, there is lots of variation in machine made marble production - that is the rule, not an exception. In other words, there are good examples and bad examples of any particular marble type. And the right marble is definitely not a blueberryade or any type of "ade" other than a Lemonade, if you even want to call it that. These are collector's names and some marbles fit the ideal better than others.

In your photo (below) the marble on the left is an Akro Superman (like the four that Chad showed, above) and the one on the right is a Peltier Cubscout. Saying your marble is "bigger than a superma(n)" is not helpful, since Supeman marbles come in a variety of sizes, as Chad mentioned. And while the yellow on your Peltier Cubscout may have a hint of orange it is still yellow in my book.

I agree this one looks like a Silver Oxblood. Similar marbles with an opaque white base are called Milky Oxbloods. Any sort of an Akro "Ade" will glow under UV, Lemonade, Limeade, Blueberryade, Orangeade, etc. If it doesn't glow, it's not an an "ade". And the Ade base can vary a bit too.

Welcome to the Marble Connection - looking forward to seeing some of your collection!

@Joe2 Pretty cool hybrid Tiger Eyes there, Joe.

It looks a lot like a Tootsie Roll. Let's see what others say.

Mid Atlantic

It's a nice one too - congratulations!

When you show us photos, be sure to include straight on shots of any ribbon ends. In other words, any spots where the white or orange color terminates.

My first thought is MFC.

A little hard to tell from these views but if there is a spiral pattern on the pole I'm going to guess it's a Navarre.

Nice job - looks good!

Interesting questions. As a collector and not a glass chemist, I just refer to it as an Ade base. I would also consider the white to be part of the base and not an additional color, since I don't think it came from a striping pot. In my mind, a Silver Oxblood is pretty much the same marble with an Ace base instead of the Ade base.

They are good marbles and they all came from the Akro factory, that's for sure. Did you find them together in an Imperial box or something?

It's a good thought, Art, but I'd bet those fractures occurred well after the marble cleared quality control.

I think the one you highlighted is a Fancy Bennington from Germany. Bennington is an American potter. I think these types are called Benningtons simply because they look sorta like Bennington pottery and they were named before we knew they were made in Germany. American pottery marbles don't usually show the "fish eyes" that are characteristic of these German types.

Yeah, it's a pretty Trilite - bummer about the fractures. The dark color looks about as close as Vitro gets to oxblood.

It looks like an impurity to me. Hard to tell if it's metal, or if it's from the tank or the rollers. Either way, it was not intentional, IMO.

I see what Art sees too but I am leaning Master on this one. Orange/green/white is a known Master color combo, the seams on this marble are not as refined as the Vacors i have seen, and I would expect more yellow on a Vacor Sunset - just my 2 cents.

That's a nice score!

It's a good marble, for sure - thanks for showing it!

Nice 6-ribbon Rainbo, earlier (I think) and way less common than the similar 4-ribbon ones.