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Just to make sure I get this . . . Is it the thickness of the shear blade or the width of the bevel?

Excellent description/explanation - I totally get how that happens now! Thanks!

I've got all kinds of neat smooth cullet shapes from Alley but the closest thing I've ever seen to a "Loop" is a closed ring made by a molten glass stream just happening to land right. Did Craig make that Loop intentionally or was it just luck?

Yeah, "marbles" was not the right word to use here - my bad.

@Shamrock Marbles It's a point well made, John - a pretty common occurrence on Vitros. And now I know what to call it - a "Shadow Line", which is great. So thanks for that!

Tommy's got it!

I agree with JABO Jorkscrew.

I'd have that one with my Ravenswoods.

JABO 2004 Fall Classics* - pretty ones, IMO. *To the best of my knowledge. Please correct me if I am wrong.

This one looks a lot like a Vacor Sunset to me.

I think that one is Another Vacor Sunset. And that purple color you see in the base glass under UV is just a reflected visible light from the UV source. I don't see any significant fluorescence in the marble. Lots of yellows will glow orange under UV, which doesn't usually mean anything significant to marble ID, although there are specific instances where it might be more useful.

I really don't know for sure, but I thought the transparent red ones were "Roosters" and the opaque ones were "Firefighters".

I think it was 1945 when they moved from Vienna to Parkersburg so I think there is a very good chance it was made at Vienna but they may have continued Conqueror production early at the Parkersburg location too so it's sort of hard to tell for sure, at least for me. One thing I do know for sure is that a true peewee Conqueror is a rare bird, indeed! I have probably gone through 6-8 gallons of conquerors since I started collecting and I have never found one.

The center, bottom and 11 o'clock marbles look Alley to me. The others may be Heaton.

It's a happy new Thuringen Thursday and I am re-posting a marble from 54 pages ago. 🙂 I gave it to a friend at the Ft. Wayne show last year - he likes the oddities even more than I do and it was totally worth it just to get a peek in his keeper box - jumpin' jimminy, man! That's all I've got to say. 🙂

I do think there are small spots of fluorescent material on these marbles, and those spots are actually fluorescing. Otherwise, I would expect the whole marble to look the same. Although, I suppose it is possible that there is just some highly reflective material on those particular spots too. But imagine walking under a "blacklight" with a white shirt on. The shirt looks purple because of reflected light from the UV source - it does not fluoresce. I think this is what Alan is saying.

It looks like a Vitro - Trilite, I think.

At this point, I still lean Akro but it could be Master. The seam in pic 4 should tell the tale but it's tough to make out, at least for me.

It's hard to believe that marble would be identified as Peltier. I sure hope it wasn't me. 🙂 Ron Shepherd pointed out the offset seams to me the first time we sat down and sorted marbles together. As I recall, it was during the second Sistersville Marble Festival. I don't exactly remember when that was but it's been a good long while.

Note: I am speaking only about marbles made at Vienna and Parkersburg locations. I am not sure about post-1987 production. Any true Vitro Peewee is VHTF and any that are not game marbles (clearies or one-color opaques) are RARE. AFAIK, Vitro never intentionally made marbles in the No. 000 size (1/2" or less), and the only No. 00 (over 1/2" to 9/16") they intentionally made were transparent or one-color opaque game marbles. So any Vitros with an intentional pattern that are 9/16" or less are uncommon. The vast majority of their patterned marbles were No. 0 (over 9/16" to 5/8") and larger. This is just my understanding. I hope someone will correct me if any of this is wrong.

I'm leaning Akro. The base sorta looks like it might react to UV - does it glow?

Dave's 1991 Experimental pre-Classic Run* *To the best of my knowledge. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Oh yeah, and this is a wirepull. There is one single filament of color that wanders around inside the marble - it is thicker in some places than others. But it's a busy one so you may not be able to spot both ends of the filament.

They appear to be common vintage marbles - I do not see anything particularly valuable.

Here is a quick tutorial for whoever left the confused emoji in my earlier post . . . All of the Cat's Eyes below are Vitros. These first marbles are regular run of the mill Cat's Eyes. They are called hybrids because they have more than one color on a single vane. The left one has very little extra color but it's full of AV so I put it in the group. Note the vanes on these are wide and appear to fill the marble. In addition, the vanes meet up lengthwise in the center of the marble, where there is little or no space separating them. The next group are called Caged Cat's Eyes. Notice how the vanes are much narrower. These vanes do not meet up lengthwise in the center of the marble - there is a lot of space separating them. The vanes come closest to one another at the seams on opposite sides of the marble to form a cage-like structure. This final example is a type of Caged Cat's Eye called a Horseshoe because of the way the vanes form a "U". Notice how they are still widely separated like other Caged Cat's Eyes. The difference is that these marbles are folded and the seams have been pinched together on one side of the marble. You can see what I am talking about clearly in the opaque Akro marble that follows. Of course, there are significant differences between the Cat's Eyes from different companies. It is also important to remember that marbles were not made to fit our naming conventions and there can be considerable variation in any given type. I hope this helps clear up some confusion.