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I think I see what you mean by illumination in your first pic. 2"+ marble is going to have some weight for sure. I wouldn't have considered part of a lamp or candlestick but who knows? The pattern is nice. 35+ years gives it a bit of history. The precision of the pattern would have been very difficult to achieve in a marble pre-dating the time when most of the handmade German marbles were made 100+ years ago

Red, White and blue

The part about losing his legs in a hand grenade attack and the molotov cocktail attack a year later, wow.

Welcome! Cool pattern on that marble. It might be old(er), but might not be from the same era when the cane cut marbles were made in Germany (which is probably what most people on this site would consider in the 'old' category)

Didn't something similar come up a while back? Can't recall what the consensus was back then. Seems like it was purposefully built for something... any markings on the zipper?

7/8ths on this one (blurry pic), found two like this and one @ 1" that I have with my Alleys Closer to 11/16 on this one, coloring looks a bit closer Hope it helps

Alley would be my first guess, I think I've got a couple like it around somewhere (that I've been grouping with my Alleys)

Once I sprained my wrist and had to use my left more. Although I haven't driven a right hand car, and if it's a manual right hand drive (with the shifter on the left) you'd best get off the road. Wasn't there a guy that could write with both hands in two different languages at the same time?

2nd pic in post 3 made me scratch my head, but either way it's not a color combo/size I've come across before. Did Marble King make any like this?

Nice pattern in pic #3. between that and the color combo it's a good question. So, looks like we have -1 vote for non-Euro (maybe) -2 votes for Euro -2 votes for German

Interesting marble, trying to think if I've seen another banded transparent with a shrunken core. Not to say there couldn't be one just trying to wrack my memory

Can't vouch for all of them but here are a couple. Middle bottom could be Master. Sorry about the reflections. Nothing wrong with Orange in my books

Haven't seen the "spaghetti" surface from the original post (pic 3) in a non-machine rounded marble before, so yes the second rough spot is probably just a fluke. Good for bringing it up though, nice topic for discussion. Unusual size/color as well

Not the pic I was looking for but reminded me enough of #50, so thar she be

one of my favorite not-quite-round shooters. Apparently got stuck and cooled on the rollers?

In the original post the second and fourth pic look to be same angle but with the glare is hard to tell The last pics I agree show a Japanese-style cutoff, but appear to be on a different pole than what's shown in the original post?? Are there two cutoffs (or rough spots) on opposite poles of this marble?

I'd say the second group of pics makes things a bit more interesting.

although it doesn't really look like a Peltier on the right that's the first thought I had

What's the size? Most angles look like "Japanese" construction but expected more of the spidery pontil traits if this were the case. The only thing that would potentially make me think otherwise is the size or actual color. Pictures look yellow but described as green which could be a trick of the light

With the way Pelt patterns got wonky, that could look to some as the same marble from two views

Both Cilantro and Spinach are good with Citrus (for me anyways). Something to do with releasing iron in raw spinach, and a homemade salsa/Pico de gallo with squeeze of lime. Cooked spinach in a homemade Lasagna or spaghetti sauce I like too.

Just curious if there was anything specific to make you think 'most likely contemporary' and not vintage German marbles? My money is on vintage German marbles but thought I'd ask

Congrats on the brick. Without a bit of damage they probably wouldn't have garnered the name to begin with, just adds character

yes, it shows a handgathered pattern if that's what you mean

I'll see If I can get some outside pics in the next couple days. Winnie, are all the one's pictured around shooter size?