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A nice pink stripe on this 11/16" . . . The second one I've found.

At least a few look like MK Bumble Bees to me.

It might just be me and I really don't want to get into this discussion again but I don't think any of those marbles are Vitros. 🙂 Here's the MK Ron posted . . .

That is a King's Rose China. They are very collectible. A mint one might go well over $1200.00, although Morphy's sold one for over $2500 in 1921.

Marble King . . .

This is a long debated topic. I am not sure there is a difference, since I am not convinced there is a Vitro that looks all that much like a Marble King Lucky Seven (which I learned as a Seven-up). I think MK Lucky Sevens were (and are) often misidentified as Vitros though. And since I have never been quite sure what Vitro people call a Peacock I don't call any of them that.

Well, "peewee" . . . it is pretty funny! 🙂

@Tommy I agree, it looks like one of Leghton's melted pontil marbles from Ohio - nice one too!

I'm not used to seeing that light blue on old ones - much more common on the newer ones, I think.

Looks like an old Marble King hybrid, kind of like a Seven-up that's missing a (orange?) ribbon - price seems about right to me but I'm not entirely sure about that.

MFCs are hand gathered and machine rounded (transitionals). I think this one is wholly machine made - might be a JABO Classic.

A desk set - why not? You should see the organized stacks of paper on my desk. 😀 I don't think they were for feet. What would be the point of grinding them flat? I have seen all kinds of feet on all kinds of things and I have never seen any that were ground flat. Regardless, I think it's safe to say they did not want them to roll. 🙂

Pretty neat, it's hard to tell which is more challenging, building it or solving it. 🙂

@cheese That's really pretty and very unusual, at least to me. Is it some sort of a Champion Furnace marble?

Is there any reason to think these aren't just a nice set of paperweights?

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. 🙂