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@davesnothere It looks like some of those in the box might qualify as German (or Euro) slags or striped transparents. What do you think?

@davesnothere As for Akro . . . plenty of sparklers were sold outright and most dug ones probably wouldn't pass QC.

@davesnothere I don't really think of the marbles from TGI as thin and dull.

I agree with Euro Sparkler but I often wonder if this type was actually made there. I would not call them "whispler" types. I'm pretty sure they're not Veiligglas. And they look different than the "sparklers" made at the Technische Glaswerke in Ilmenau, Germany. Could they have been imported to Europe from elsewhere, perhaps Asia? I imagine there must have been other factories producing machine-made "sparkler" types in Europe. But what do we really know about the origin of marbles like this one?

@disco005 Nice ones, Jess - I like that old-school-looking spiral the most!

@Tommy It's remarkable - that cane had tight pin-stripes!

I think that's a machine-made marble that got spun - hard to tell who made it though. It happened from time to time.

Wow, those are some great examples, Melissa - beautiful!

I think #1 (Lazy Cork/Patch), #4 (Auger Corkscrew), #5 (Patch) are Akro, I don't see mica in #2. I agree #3 is Master (Brushed Patch). #6 is hard to tell without more views. #7 looks like a Ravenswood and #8 looks like a weak Alley Chalky to me.

Sometimes less is better - light mint green and purple - nice!

Here's a nice little score that I had totally forgotten about - one of the few benefits of getting older, kinda like two scores in one!

I will add, since Harry was born in 1918 we could safely date this bag from mid-1920s to mid-1930s - near a century now, older than one might expect. It's also interesting how enduring the American Indian motif is on vintage marble pouches and packaging. It likely persisted into the 1970s. This is all very interesting to me, for some reason. 🙂

@akroorka Here's a peek into the maw of Harry's bag so you can see the 2-layer leather construction . . . The inner layer is still in good shape too. 🙂

This one is nuts, Tommy - is that 16-18 outer bands? I'm having a hard time keeping track. 🙂

Here's a neat marble, a sloppy, choppy and drizzly version of a favorite Ravenswood - found it at the Pride of the Prairie show last weekend.

@akroorka Happy Thuringen Thursday, Art! The transparent color of that last one sure is pretty. Here is a recent acquisition - a 11/16" blue and white latticino with purple/lavender blends. "English colors", AFAIK. Excellent condition and color - I couldn't pass on it.

I think there is consensus that these marbles were made by Veiligglas in the Netherlands. I also think that this very packaging may be the basis for some historical anecdotes about "German wire-pulls" and German swirls". I do not really know what the thinking is about German machine-made marbles today, but I think that many, if not all, of the swirls once thought to be German are now attributed to the Dutch Veiligglas company. I believe these marbles were made in the Netherlands, packaged in Germany, and shipped to the USA from there.

As I recall, she used to show off some gorgeous Cat's Eyes on the Marble Mental site back in the day - dang, that was a long time ago!

That is the challenge, Aiko - I do not think any of the marbles I show are Vitro, or even American, necessarily. I showed them to very experienced Vitro collectors here and they agreed the marbles were not Vitro. When did Seike stop making marbles?

First, in my experience, purple is not one of the most common striping colors on vintage marbles. It's far more common as base glass (think slags), and seeing purple trend lighter and redder toward lavender and pink is even less common, in either case. So I think the purple-pink color range just wasn't that common, most likely because few girls were buying and playing marbles. Green was a more common color and there are plenty of marbles with green and purple-pink (think Vitro) - not so many swirls though. I'd be surprised if CAC didn't make one. Veiligglas and Ravenswood certainly did, and a few variations were produced at Lawrence Glass & Novelty (Alley) in Sistersville and Alley Agate in Pennsboro too. I think Cairo, Champion, Davis, Heaton, Jackson and Jabo all had variations, but no more than a few variations at any one company (excluding modern JABO, DAS and SMM). In my experience, green and purple-pink combinations were just far less common on vintage marbles, in general.

Thanks again for the help and added photos, Art. Harry's bag has the same leather liner as yours. Fortunately, the interior of this one is nice too, although perhaps a different type of hide, as you said. I'll try too get a pic at some point.

It's a good one, Tommy!

Here's an oldie but a goodie . . . maybe not the best background for this one. 🤔

Bummer, Jess, I'm not seeing them and I'm betting they're great.

I think the Ebay example might be (more?) opaque and purple but it's hard to see the base well on yours for comparison.