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Naturally colored yellow limestone marble, likely from Sonneberg-Coburg area, early 19th century. Described by Gartley and Carskadden in 'Colonial Period and Early 19th-Century Toy Marbles', p. 105.
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It's intriquing . . . If it was a factory box, I would expect to see the company name & address on it, somewhere, either on the top or side of the lid, or at least "made in the USA" along with the logo stamp. It also seems a bit too fancy for a stock box and not quite fancy enough for a gift box so . . . ? Having said this, it's important to realize that I am near clueless about Akro boxes.
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Your Treasured Foreign Machine Made Marbles, Anyone?
Ric replied to Marbleized's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
Water-driven stone polishing mills are machines, right?😁 a couple of close-ups. And here it is with some non-machine-made stoneware. I'm betting the stone is older. lol -
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Thanks for everything, Ron. I like the prospects on that one. Some more of my favorites - black cherry striping on a peanut butter brown base - mmm mmm!
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I should have said it's 9/16" too, which is another reason I am hopeful and leaning Ravenswood.
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I never actually sampled them, and I stand corrected. The 5% for error seems entirely reasonable too.
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Your Treasured Foreign Machine Made Marbles, Anyone?
Ric replied to Marbleized's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
These are my most treasured because I got them in trade from a dearly departed Dutch marble friend, Winnie. -
Killer marble, is the base translucent/smoky? Really nice!
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Brent Marshall You will not see many marbles from this glass artist. The biggest here is about 1 13/16"
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You're right, AkroOrka, Alibaba is a great place to scout new marbles, especially of Chinese origin.
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I really want this marble to be Ravenswood too but . . . might be Alley. Any ideas, anybody, @wvrons?
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Nice Jackson marble, Tommy! That creamy white will glow like nuts.
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These are the 1" marbles that came with my Babe the Blue Ox (Paul Bunyan) Toy. A couple have a little AV in the green.
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I have not seen one like it - my guess is newer. It almost looks ceramic.
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Great marbles, I have never found one of those baby blue ones that is not fractured.