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Nice wirepulls in this thread, A blue/white in clear glass shooter was my fav when I was a kid. Still looking for it. Nancy, the circle you see might be from the marbles being wet or underground at some point, likely a "rust stain". It makes sense if you get a marble wet, the moisture or drop will go to the lowest point multiply that by a few decades and you'd get a stain similar to what you're seeing there.

When backlit, if the stretched bubbles seem to be elongated in the direction of one "pole" to the opposite "pole" in a slightly twisted pattern that says handmade to me also. Nice color.

Cool, I took some pics of one a while back but they just don't do it justice. Similar in the sense it's green, white (w/ sparkles in the green only though) and some type of 9 and tail pattern. I'll see if I can get a better pic. It was just green and white if I recall, no blue or purple. *edit* Well, I might have to wait for a sunny day, or a better camera. lol. Winnie, I'm envious of your marble and photography. There is some incidental aventurine in this marble which I'm not quite able to capture, but if you squint you can see a couple "streaks" between 2 and 4, and some sparkles between 7 and 12

This gets more interesting as time goes on.

Wow, a molten glob of glass is what I'd expect from Roman era, not a pattern with precise spacing/banding like that? Another interesting part of this thread...do the "scale balancing" marbles weigh in at anything close to a current (or old) unit of measuring weight? Cool topic,

So is it a really deep transparent purple then? I always wondered if they were opaque "black" cased with a clear glass. Either way I'd say fairly uncommon, I've been looking for a while.

Nice, how do you think that pontil in that second pic came about? Looks kind of odd from the pic?

Nice

Sounds like a good start to me!

lol, that would have been a tough challenge. Back in the day some kid probably spent a lot of time busting it up, just trying to get to the animal inside

two pontils is a pretty good indication of a cane cut marble. You see less "slags" than the more traditional handmade "core" swirls, but they are out there. I've posted some pics before if I can find them

bumping for curiousity sake

Grinding a pontil is an extra step. Other extra steps could be roundness or quality of construction etc. Ton's were made, but as far as availability I'd say less common. I agree w/ Ann

I agree, that's a tougher color to really get a pic of. Darker than aqua, but lighter than navy blue right? or somewhere in between I think I know what you mean

Is Running Rabbit auction #52 idem #225 an auction with pictures? I'm itching to learn more about these

Those are some cool marbles Bill. These are the biggest (and smallest) I've got. That box is killer

Couple other thoughts: the glass on the vintage ones is usually prone to moons or chipping (some people might call it soft glass) mostly seen on the Clambroth styles. The white that looks overlaid on the 2nd marble can sometimes have blow holes or a rough texture compared to the base glass. I suppose you seeing them in hand would be the easiest way to know for sure since it's sometimes a tough detail to photo.

The colors do look brighter but could be from the flash. My initial thought was newer - last pic of the "butterfly" almost looks like the looping you sometimes see on those contemporary "egg" type pieces of glass that sometimes end up with marble collections. A Faceted pontil on the "butterfly" pattern is surprising, (most I've seen have rougher than normal pontils, and 1-1/4" would be the largest by far). I haven't seen them all, and of course now I'm really wanting to see other examples

I like seeing these types, my other thread seemed to die on the vine. Anyhow, any related info I find interesting - there is much to learn. Thanks *edit* two in this photo for the cane-cut fans, not intended to cause confusion (just because I think they look nice together and I don't have a big yellow handgathered).

The construction looks like they should have a more noticeable pontil. Flip them over and it's more of a bump, no evidence of grinding or even very fine facets. Just a raised portion that looks like it might have been polished with heat. No "wrinkles" on or around the point Maybe they are machine rounded?? I figured a machine would make them more spherical? Thanks for those pics and quick response, I can see the grinding on yours.

Wow, nice close up! Are those scuffs (horizontal) or a trick of the light? Here's the best detail I could get of the type. Almost looks flame polished or something, smooth The pontils on these are all similar but the blue one showed the most detail close up. They don't look ground from what I see, but they're not pronounced either. smooth Added second pic since the blue marble may have seemed out of context (compared to the green one from my first post!). Green one is bottom right. All around 7/8" or so

Had a recent question about pontils and am throwing this one out for the broader knowledge base! What do you think?

I don't think you could go wrong for $10, nice!

Awesome pattern. I like those colors. Does the surface look original?