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I agree with, Chad. It looks like a purple slag with way more than it's fair share of white - so much, in fact, that it's apparently opaque.

I think Brad has the stopper right - pretty generic. It belongs with some sort of ground glassware receptacle - maybe a piece of lab glass, an apothecary or a decanter, like Brad said.

These remind me of the neon green oxbloods that Ed Parsons (RIP) made at JABO but those that I have seen had way more white. I have to say they are pretty attractive marbles, regardless.

I thought this was pretty funny . . . Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Just to be clear, the examples that Chad and Jeff posted are from the digs at Akro and not from digs at the Sistersville Alley site, like the OP marble.

Good Ravenswood flames are hard to find . . .

A couple of more Ravenswoods . . .

Nice Ravenswoods, Bill - I especially like the second one!

It's really hard to see the designs, since the photo is so small. The reproductions I have seen are usually made of resin and they can look remarkably similar to old original designs. In hand, it is much easier to tell, of course. I do know that scrimshaw boards anything like this are exceedingly rare and very pricey. I am not even sure I have seen one outside of a museum collection. So the bottom line is that I would exercise extreme caution purchasing something like this without giving it a thorough inspection in-hand. Is there any sort of description posted with it?

Superman colors would be blue, red and yellow. I think this is probably a JABO Classic that has a little "spin" on it.

This is the simplest type of West Virginia Swirl (WVS; a swirl made by one of several WV companies including, Alley, Bogard, Cairo, Champion, Davis, Heaton, Jackson, MidAtlantic, Playrite, and Ravenswood), and they all made many of these simple types. It is essentially a "slag" (white striping glass in a clear or colored transparent base - marbles don't get much simpler unless you're talking about one color opaque or transparent game marbles). But this is not what most collectors would normally call a slag, although some old-timers might still refer to them as such. All of this makes these types of WVSs notoriously difficult to ID with high confidence, although certain ones are definitely easier than others. Your marble could have been made by several different companies. Based on what I see here, my top guess would be Heaton, although Champion and others are also possibilities. Sometimes knowing whether the marble reacts to UV light can help narrow it down, but not always.

Akro X2

That is a handmade German Laticcino (named for the lattice core). It was cut from a cane (a handmade rod of glass with the decorations in and on it) and was probably made in the mid-later part of 19th century. The rough marks on each pole where the ribbons come together are called pontils - that is where it was cut from the cane. There were probably other marbles that came off the (same) cane before and after it.

A few Multicolors . . .

Nice, looks like a pretty good sized marble. It doesn't look too bad to me, especially considering its age - bit of surface wear but at least it's not missing any serious amount of glass or anything. Be sure you aren't mistaking the original regular pontils for damage.

It may well be Alley but it would be nice to see any ends of the striping glass since it looks a little unusual.

It does look MK to me. They did a series of blue-based patch and ribbons (I think around 2003) but there is usually more of the blue base showing to produce the typical patch and ribbon structure. This one looks like it wound up with pretty much complete coverage of the yellow.

I think most, if not all, of those are JABOs.

That's a nice gift, and even more special since you put the display box together yourself. 🙂

No lutz, but I've got this one with mica, although it may be even a little later than yours.

I agree with Steph. It doesn't impress me as European either, and I'm thinking it may be Asian too. I think those gnarly cut-offs resulted because the glass was too cool and viscous when it was sheared and they remind me a little of the single cut-off you see on some Japanese transitionals, so I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it is an early Japanese Cat's Eye.

@Jeff54 I like the weirdos too, and you've posted up some interesting ones, for sure. Just because a marble didn't meet the company standard and got pitched doesn't mean you can't learn anything from it, and it doesn't mean they aren't attractive in their own way either.

These are cool marbles, RAR. I have not seen them before (except when you posted them earlier). The construction reminds me most of modern Marble Kings, but the two different-colored transparent patches make them pretty unusual, I think. They sure are pretty though.

That's a dandy in your avatar!

I agree with DAS, as it says.