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These are about close as I'd suppose are from the same run. Based on pattern and the faint strands that turn into a more obvious oxblood. Sure odds are against them being consecutive but...? Now, when it comes to handmades I'd agree there are a few more nuances that be identified. Came across a situation earlier this year where a fellow member had (2) and I had (1) all over 2" that are bang on unusual pattern handmades that I'd wager lunch as being 'same run'

9 and tail pattern? Check. Possibility that 9 and tail pattern marbles were made somewhere other than USA? Check. Could be Europe, Canada, or Japan? Unknown at this time. Similar glass/construction quality? maybe (appear so in pics). Two of the marbles in the middle are a bit different? Check. Origin can be directly determined by cutline or pontil? Unknown at this time. Era? Unknown at this time How about known sizes? If hand gathered marbles were rounded by machine, manufacturer (A) needed a larger set of rollers to make the larger marbles. Manufacturer B may (or may not) have had the same capability. Which manufacturers from the estimated era had the rollers to make a marble in the larger sizes in the combination most commonly found? That's the process of elimination I'd run through anyway. Other things to consider is where they pop up. From what I've heard/seen they show up a lot more in Canada or Europe. Not to say they aren't common in other places. Could be lower production or tariffs. Anyhow, those are my thoughts

The part that stands out to me is a higher percentage of the red & white combo. If these fall into the 'slag' category- wasn't it once said that red slags were less common, comparatively speaking? Compared to purple, amber, blue, green, etc? So, the branch in the road could dictate that the red & white combo were made in a place that red glass was more available, or a time where red glass was more available. Plus, the quality of the red & white combo's seem to be a bit higher. That's my opinion

Still a bit cold here, but looking forward to getting in the water soon

If the shear device was mechanically driven, a thinner longer stream would be cycled/sheared either way based on timing and not mass... So it was probably based more on a (somewhat crude) volumetric flow more than a mass flow. I like the results either way

Some chips and scratches remind me of the schoolyard where we played for keeps as kids. This was pre-eBay (lol) so the 'aquisition' usually ended up with chips/damage on one or both marbles anyways.

Could be redundant, but I'd question if the glass temperature plays a big part in the 'spidery' cutoffs vs 'line' cutoffs (rather than guesses like where they were made or the sharpness of the shears?) It's an open general question

If nothing else, The red/white "transitionals' POP bold color, stand out in a crowd and outnumber the other opaque marbles of this type by a huge margin, from what I've seen. Wonder why? Red apparently wasn't common on North American hand gathered marbles (during the era hand gathered marbles were being made in North America)

I heard they came from outer space. discuss

Yikes, I'd say. Only seen a couple others. Nice deliberate looking construction though (one of the others I'd seen was probably accidental)

Not sure if it was mentioned in the auction listing or not, have to check

Thought this looked pretty cool

The knack of identifying WV swirls is something I'll probably never be good at, but clever idea to number the columns and alphabet-ize(?) the rows.

From what I understand, true 'Agates' (slanged as Aggies) were prized by players since they were more dense and not as fragile as glass. Higher density = better chance of knocking an opponents marble out of the ring. Plus they were prettier than most clays although labor intensive to make by hand. Along came the industrial revolution and companies started to make marbles more efficiently out of glass, trying to simulate the look (of these prized Agate marbles) hence the names ___ Agate Co. etc. I wasn't around back then so this is purely my opinion. Orange you glad you asked?

From my marbles 101 study book: upper right is an Akro and on it's left is an Agate.

Some of these turned out orange-ish

ooo...a removed photo sounds very mysterious

I see a couple there that I would like (which probably aren't on your radar, just my personal preference) . Nice marbles

would have been a fun storyboard to lay out

Casters, approx 2" stamped PAT 78 (?) Set of 4. I just need some grand table or something to put these suckers on

Red something or other with seams and a fold

It would be a tough arguement to say those aren't some of the nicest looking marbles

Some of my favorite balls o' Barton

Now we're talking, nice ones