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Any German marble is a good looking marble, in my opinion. You're not using a Zeiss lens on your camera are you? I like the dice too...

Literally. Was moving some dirt around a jobsite to install a small section of fence, and this popped out. I also found the neck of an old busted bottle among all kinds of busted glass and pottery Anyhow, measures 9/16 and when I got home and cleaned it up, noticed there is metallic along the edges of the blue swirls. Surprisingly good shape, there is a bit of a coldroll crease. But small things like this make my day go better.

Can't tell if that's a pepper shaker or flashlight (backlit) it's sitting on? Definitely new pics could help

Did you check those Pelts for Aventurine before packing them away?

Vitro was my first thought

This one here looks like it could especially be interesting. What's the red and white to it's 10 o'clock? Shrunken core onionskin?

How about the mib @ 1 o'clock in the second pic? Kinda looks like a pearlized patch?

Nice tight patterns on those. How small are they? Any evidence of pontils (on the opposite side of the 9's? The 3 other mibs you might want to take closer pics of and post in a new thread as well.

Nice, but odd that the polished mineral spheres and (presumably) newer Asian ones on the left got mixed in. I get it, people sort things if it's round it goes in the marble bin etc. I once got a gumball in a lot of vintage marbles, lol

To me, first looks like a Pelt (that may have been polished, looks a bit wonky) 2nd is a common Pelt

Pretty sure it needs to be on a Peltier Peerless Patch, and a certain size (among other things) to be legit.

I attempted to do this with an old window but it would have only fit pee-wee's. As long as the glass (or plastic) is thick enough you should be fine. I've heard stories of things going "smash" in the night

These are pics previously posted (none of the marbles are mine) but might be referred to as what's requested in the thread title. No idea who coined the name. Please feel free to post your marbles Jessieproulx

And they may even wince when you tell them you cracked it in half lol

Interesting. With those views I'd go with "concretion". But yeah, someone with archeology background should be able to make the call

That's a nice collection of boards (and marbles)! Thanks for sharing your photo's.

The shine is throwing me off. Usually the glaze is on the outside and the innards are chalky/matte white (from what I've seen). Probably not valuable in that condition unless it turns out to be a petrified dinosaur egg or (or world's oldest gobstopper) or something

wow, I don't particularly collect these but Kudos for some very nice examples

Looks Pelt to me

Might be worthwhile to start a new thread with pics of your "possible CAC's" ....This particular thread is at least 6 years old, there is some good info, but a some of these members don't post anymore. Might be interesting to see what you've got...

I believe Steph helped find this, explains a bit about the patent of my set of four. Still curious who made the marbles....Not aware of any US manufacturer that was making marbles 2"+ at the time

look great together. I had a bunch of 1"+ (25mm+) green Micas that I could only believe belonged together on a solitaire board. Nice to see your examples

Good size on the last one

Good topic. It's come up before but I don't recall anything definitive other than the patent. What's the "nub" coming down from the claw on yours? Claw feet were often on piano stools in that era. My understanding is the earlier ones spun freely (like casters). Not "bullet mold" or tight like yours but the principle is the same (minimal contact area makes it easier to move) . 2-1/4" was a good size for back then and makes me wonder where those glass spheres were produced and/or imported from. I've seen some examples that look very much like German marbles,

Pretty sure there was a modern artist in Europe making these out of clay and using similar techniques to vintage end covers in books.