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No, it did not come with marbles, if I remember correctly. I can put one or two marbles in the chamber of mine and an equal number will be ejected from a stack of playing marbles in the chute - interesting demonstration of basic physics.

I must be the brown/yellow combo and nice lattice that initally saved it. And it was probably the pink on these . . . Kind of a shame they're "underwater marbles". 😄

So here's the story on these recently posted marbles photographed in water . . . Quite a few years ago I went through a few gallons of old German marbles I had accumulated over the years. Many sold, I kept a few and the rest were destined for landscaping. Anyway, there were several that were pretty much beat beyond any monetary value but interested me enough to be spared from my landscaping. I recently found them in bag out in the garage and figured I'd photograph them before they wind up joining their brethren outside. 😄 This one is about 1 1/2"

Nice wee ones!

Yeah, it'd be even crazier if it was intended to be patch. 😄

I'd guess it's from Parkersburg but it might be earlier. Not a Conqeuror variant, IMO.

Colorful one, It gives me an Akro vibe too, like the spinner cup was wobbling and not really spinning or something.

Glass looks newer to me. My guess would be JABO contract, DAS and SMM, probably in that order. I have not seen AV in Ravenswood marbles. My guess is that it would be extremely rare. I do not think this marble is Ravenswood.

Looks Vitro, not so much Anacortes to me. Nice colors, it's a pretty one!

@Tommy Is there a place on yours to put a shooting marble in the chamber or is there a marble built into the chamber?

Yes, it is! It has a really nice pattern and the striping color is very unusual. It's a great marble!

Interesting, not a common color, for sure.

That's a nice marble!

I see your's also has a rounded top with metal edges everywhere but the bottom. Mine is wood all around with a metal insert to produce the rounded top of the playing surface.

That's another good example, Steph. I'm convinced they never got the red ones looking too much like the others. Sure, the structure/seams can be very similar but the glass is really quite different.

Wow, those are pretty surprising for Champion. Thanks a lot for showing them! Although, I do think the OP is an old Master or maybe, Akro. The glass is quite different than the Champs, I think. I am interested to know if you have ever seen a red Cloudie where the base glass looks like what you'd expect after seeing the other colors? I'm sure you get my drift, the base glass on Cloudies is pretty distinctive.

@Tommy It's kind of cool being able to compare the two games. They are obviously different, your's being a 3-in-1 game - the layouts are different, and the ball release levers are different. Your's also needs a "book or similar object" to prop it up on to make it slant. Mine has little wooden "leg" attached to the top. And I have never seen a box or the "Mortimer Glass Company" name before either, so thanks a lot for sharing! I think the shooting mechanism on these games is too cool!

Nice game - the first time I've seen a box. Here is a post that shows mine and some patent info.

@davesnothere The middle one in the second pic (top in the 5th pic) is especially nice!

Happy WV Wednesday!

@akroorka It's just that the base glass of this marble reminds me a lot of the base in these no-oxblood Akro "bricks", not that I necessarily think the OP is an Akro, even though I was leaning that way slightly.

Yes, that's a pretty good reference. I have been looking for a red Cloudie for a long time but the closest thing I can find that is similar in translucency to the other colors isn't really that similar at all, it looks far more opaque and filamentous - a bit more like a solid game marble. In fact, if this marble didn't have that red on it, I might think this was one. Having said all that, if anyone has a nice photo of a red Master Cloudie, I'd really like to see it. Maybe they're not as elusive as I think?

@cheese This one is a shade over 5/8" and I think the glass is old, but it is kinda odd, for sure. Have you ever seen a good red Cloudie or any Master with transparent red?

@akroorka I could easily see Master but it's unlike any other I've seen. The base glass is very cool.