I was sorting through a few "newer-looking" marbles and there were a couple that reminded me of this I set aside to take pictures of, but then never did.
I used to to to McD's somewhat regularly. Then there was the health kick and 'super-size me' movie so stopped going for maybe 8 years. Picked it up again recently. The sausage and egg McMuffin in the morning, yum.
1/4 pounder with cheese or else big mac for anything else. Never really got into their trendy specials
A 500 count marble box is huge! The pieces of wood (would) need to be seasoned/have the same moisture content/grain to not warp slightly and even then it would be a bit of a challenge.
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Nice marble. 1 vote for a German cane-cut slag.
"Greiners" are the hand-gathered ones (usually with a nine pattern) and a faceted pontil.
Close to 1 inch is a big one
Nice collection. Thanks for describing some of the items ie: hair comb, never would have guessed.
Looks to also be some button hooks, letter openers (blades), book marks (or are those also letter openers), wax seals great display.
looks like whatever it was intended to be didn't quite come together in the first pic (might be close to an end of cane or thereabouts at that pole) what's the size?. Nice odd-ball. I'd prefer to see a bit more definition or symmetry to the pattern before trying to categorize much more than that. Cheers