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I wonder if you're just a little too close to the marble. It looks like the camera is focusing more on the background than the marble.

It looks foreign to me.

I don't think this one is MK - maybe foreign.

I have never heard the term "Turkey Swirl" in reference to particular marble either. I think the confusion comes because the term "Turkey" or "Turkey Head" is commonly associated with a certain "Turkey" pattern on CAC marbles, as your reference says, but there is no marble referred to as a "Turkey Swirl". Regardless, your marble is not a CAC, it's an Alley, and Alley can display their own pattern often referred to as a "bird head", although the pattern in your first photo does sort of resemble the "Turkey Head" often seen on CACs. I think the author of your reference is referring to the "turkey swirl" pattern in the last sentence and not to a particular type of marble. CAC swirls are random and those with identical color combinations can vary - some might show the "turkey head" pattern while others do not, and a CAC swirl with a turkey head pattern is not usually referred to as a "Turkey Swirl". I hope this helps clarify the terminology.

I think it's even odd for Vacor so getting thrown of track is pretty understandable. 🙂

If this is Vitro, it's a very odd one. My guess is foreign, maybe Vacor.

Not Asian, maybe JABO, but JABO didn't make a lot of peewees, especially fully opaque ones. Unfortunately, the pics are a little out of focus and I can't really see enough detail to say much more.

Here are some Ravenswoods with the batch glass white - it's really noticeable, like CAC white. Ron always says that batch glass is white like whole milk and cullet is more like 2% or skim milk, and it's a pretty good analogy. And here are a few more Heatons to ponder . . .

I think it's as pretty tough call, Alley or Ravenswood for sure, but which one I am not confident about - might be one of each. lol

The bright white is batch-made glass from a formula and is found on the earliest Ravenswoods. Later, because of increasing production costs and price competition they started using more cullet glass that they acquired from a variety of sources. And yes, as far as I know, they made RW&B marbles over a period of many years and the changes are noticeable from early mesh bags to later poly bags.

Nice group of Ravenswoods, Bill. Thanks for the comparative photos, Ron!

A very nice Alley, I'd say.

I agree, a nice Vacor.

I think both could be Alley but another view or two of the second would help - especially the ends of any stripes.

it does look a little off for Vitro.

There is a good bit of "orange peel" texture too, which is another indicator for me.

Most marbles made by both companies were 5/8". I lean Imperial because of the bright green color, which would be very uncommon for Master and quite common for Imperial - that and the way both halves of the marble merge to a pretty tight point in the last pic.

I agree.

I agree.

That is a very odd color combo to have green AV in it - it makes me think it might be from a JABO investor run, but . . .?

That is Tiger's Eye but it's a mineral (stone) sphere, not glass, so not a Christensen Agate. The smaller poly Tom Sawyer bags contain Vitro Tiger Eye marbles. The Master marble company also made a marble called a Tiger Eye. And yes, it can all be a bit confusing. 🙂

I could see Alley too, but Alley or Heaton or Champion or . . .? It's a single color WVS and it has minimal value, regardless of who made it.

It could well be a Champion with more than its fair share of yellow.

Yes, I see the light purple.

That's right. The smaller poly bags are mostly, if not all, Tiger Eyes. But there aren't any in the mesh or older poly bags.