Ric

Very nice board and marbles - I've probably seen the boards but never associated them with Nine Men's Morris, so thanks for that!

Nice set and very interesting. I have seen marbles used in legs on a variety of different furniture pieces but I am not sure I've seen them with a large flat spot like these. I wonder if the flat part was in contact with the floor or the leg?

Welcome to the Marble Connection Edie. A green glow under UV doesn't necessarily mean it is "uranium glass". There can be a variety of compounds in glass that react with UV. The front and middle marbles that you are showing appear to be newer Marble King Rainbows. They tend to have two polar patches of the same color. It's a little harder to tell from these photos but the back marble may also be a newer Marble King.

I am no gemologist but I think it's going to be hard to ID the first one from photos since a variety of different stones look very similar to this. My guess for the second would be white opal.

Cool marble, Chad, seems pretty different to me. What would you call it?

A couple of Alleys for my Sunday Best . . .

When you say "shooter size", do you mean a regulation 3/4" marble or is this one larger?

I think that is a not so old bag of marbles from the Technisches Glas Werk, Ilmenau, Germany.

Congratulations! I agree this is a very nice find and that the marbles are likely original to the box. Although, I do have a couple of questions. What are the dimensions of the box? I'm thinking it was originally mailed in some external packaging but Is there printing anywhere else on the box or the lid? The only thing I can imagine that would make this find even better is if one those marbles had "Cracker Jack" printed on it. 🙂

Sincere thanks to all who have or are serving! When my son Jake (RIP) was about 4 or 5 years old he decided that he wanted to call his grandparents, aunts and uncles who served every Veterans Day to thank them. He was 25 years old when he made his last Veterans Day calls and he never missed a single year. After he passed, they all called us on Veterans Day to say how much the calls had meant to them and how much much they missed hearing from him. Small gestures really can mean a lot. Edna's (@sissydear) marble by David Salazar - one of my favorites.

Thanks for posting this, Al. They're a bugger to photograph. There is super fine flow in the base glass. Can you imagine how thin the stream must've been to make these?

We were just talking about this the other day . . .

It's a good collectible box Tommy. Most I've seen contain Pennsboro Alleys but I think Pressman may have packaged other marbles in them too. Nice thing about the Big Dime Special is they often have a shooter in them. The Big Nickel Special box that looks identical but is half as thick doesn't usually have one. There is also a box with the same graphics and cut-outs labeled Big Shot Marbles. I think the price is a bit high but they are getting harder and harder to find too and it looks to be in decent shape. Of course, one of the problems with boxes is that there's often no way to tell if all (or any) of the marbles are original to the box - one of the reasons I have many more bags than boxes. 🙂

If the base is translucent that's where I would put them.

Bingo!

I think they are part of the "Muddy Family", so yes, cousins to the Chocolat Mints, IMO.

I think it's a PPP. Does it glow under UV?

An original 9/16" Champion Agate Backlash (1983?). Any "fuzziness" that appears to be in the striping glass is just a photographic artifact produced by the hyper-crazy glass action in this marble.

Must've been playing with a Red Ryder . . .

Are you talking about the JABO "Peltiers"? I'm not familiar with any vintage Pelt that has frit on it.

There may be more than one run there, Charlie, but I'm not sure which.

With so many surface issues it's hard to tell, Milky or Silver?

There were some frit-covered marbles made in JABO contract runs but I don't think this is one of them - looks more like torch-work to me, maybe Chinese or maybe someone just fooling around.

Those are interesting and pretty little marbles, Rick. I wouldn't think John made them, especially if they have two seams (I can't really tell from the pics) - definitely cool little marbles though.