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Nice collection Don. I like the crockery/stoneware marbles and I sure would like to learn more about them. Could anyone show some American Majolicas, or perhaps provide some thoughts on this? Is it just an odd greenish Bennington? Thanks.

Hi Howie, I'm glad to see you here. I had a snow day a few weeks ago and all I did the whole day was hang around and play with marbles. I hope to meet you and your Dad in Kokomo next fall, and I have a feeling that if you show up, you are going to head back home with a pocket full of cool marbles.

Your boredom is our gain. I like these a lot, especially the Jasper-ish looking ones. And like Derrick, I don't get to see them very often. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for showing those, Mike. They are cool. I have this in a format that should make a nice 8" X 10" print. The stamps will likely turn out bigger than actual size, and the resolution should be fine. PM me your email address if you're interested. It's a pretty big file.

Winnie, I pulled these from a couple of hundred I found in a collection about a year ago. Most of them were beat beyond help. Among the ones that only had surface abrasions and hazing, and some minor dings, I thought these were interesting enough to have polished - even though they are standard size, many have nice cores and colors. They weren't collectible when I found them, and they aren't collectible now, but they sure look nice in a little glass vase in the window. As for the pontils that were saved on a few, the polisher apparently knew what they were doing, and I'm very please with the results.

Moons on the moon, very creative. I like it!

More color . . .

I think it looks related to this one . . .

Nice Alley, It looks like white in a colored-trans base, a middlings example of the Calligraphy style I'd say . . .

Another colorful one . . .

Nice Multicolor Swirls . . . here's one with extra color.

Great thread . . . A Flaming Red Zebra . . . or a cool Rainbo. lol

Rainbos are so cool - endless variety. Here's one of my oddballs.

Crazy cool marble, Chuck!

Really, Craig . . . what a sweet assortment of marbles - nice find!

Happy Birthday, Edna! I hope you had a great one.

If you are, Winnie, you won't be going alone. lol

I don't know about yours, Winnie. But based on some CACs I've seen, I think it's possible to be both . . . handgathered and "seamed".

Wow! What a fantastic piece of glass - probably one of the most interesting I've seen. Thanks a lot for showing it!

FWIW, they look like American Agates to me. Although, I do find it interesting how much variation there is in those described as such. I've seen handgatherd, swirled, seamed, and a pretty wide range of colors/hues and base glasses called American Agates. Was there really that much variation in what CAC called AAs? It makes me wonder if it was more of a brand name to CAC, rather than a specific type of marble.

Thanks folks.

I didn't know there were such beasts . . . sorta just called it like I saw it. I've never seen another so I'm guessing they're not real common. Anyone else have examples?

I was thinking Navarre too, before I picked it up and found two pontils. But I think Navarre are hand gathered, with a single pontil. I think this one is cane cut . . . maybe it's just a "Jaw Breaker", and the uncommon purple color distracted me from that possibility.