Steph

I would have been leaning toward MFC because of the size. I know Akro did make some marbles over an inch. But did they do slags that large? This will be new information for me.

It really is a pretty item. Too bad the seller was such a jerk.

Even though it has more colors than needed to get into the box, I think Akro would have sold it under the name Tri-Color Agate.

I hesitated over #1 and 2 because of the base Then because of the seams I went ahead and said Vitro. But I don't feel strongly enough about it to dig in.

#7 could be "rare". Eagerly awaiting other opinions.

# 8 is Japanese. I'm not sure about #7. It's very interesting. The ribbons do look Vitro but I'm unfamiliar with that color base with cat's eye vanes. The rest look Vitro to me.

Alleys and Jabos .... hmmmm ... no help there! That can do it.

(what other marbles did it come with?)

Also consider Vacor Sunset.

Lovely. They look like the Vacor Rustic. So I won't quickly jump to assuming such marbles are Swedish when I see them in ordinary people's collections. I'm just happy knowing more about them. With the ingredients you described above, it sounds like they would be heavy marbles like the Rustics are. Maybe Vacor learned the chocolate method somehow ... or maybe the Rustic marbles were imported by Vacor.

In general we have no issues with posting to other websites. Go for it. Benningtons were made in the 1800's and into the early 1900s. Imported to the U.S. from Germany.

If the clear is glass, then it appears to be a fried marble. Glass cracked by extreme cold and heat applied alternately. But that's very large for the typical fried marble. That's why I'm wondering if might actually be plastic, not glass at all. The blue marble is two inches??!! It could be a slag or transitional. At that size, I'm thinking of only two choice. MFC made large slags, but I don't know of they made one in that light of a shade of blue, and I don't know if they ever would have had a pontil like that. So I am not leaning toward MFC. I'm actually leaning toward contemporary because I just don't recognize such a large handgathered marble as being vintage if it doesn't fall into the MFC zone.

Does anyone know what they are? I remember seeing the name on some Vitro item from the 1930's. Maybe it was an ad. Maybe it was a sample box. But I don't remember seeing accompanying marbles. Pretty sure the Du-Lites were mentioned alongside Tri-Lites. Possibly the item was photographed in the Vitro book. But my guest is using my office and I wasn't able to lay my hands on the book quickly when he nicely stepped out for me to have a look around. So I'll have to do a deeper search later. Does anyone here have their book handy? About 15 years ago Tri-LIte wasn't a name in common usage. Now "everybody knows" what they are. Du-Lite remains a secret from me.

Uh oh ... *inches toward couch to peek and see if that's a pod or just a lump*

A family friend has arrived for a two week visit. He brought his two cats. They have been housed in my office -- to help keep them from getting the poop scared out of them by our three cats. My computer access is therefore severely limited for the duration.

I wouldn't expect it to have been intentional, but it is not surprising. I have come to expect more variation with the Vacor version than with the similar Asian style.

99.99% sure that's Vacor. The general pattern for the Vacors is for them to have three pairs of colors, in the way made famous by Asian marbles. But I'm not surprised by three vanes of one color, two of another and one of the third. A key Vacor feature is how thick and wavy the vanes are.

Let's try this:

I was thinking that also, but cautious that I was being too quick to want to start seeing Swedish marbles everywhere. The British spelling wouldn't necessarily mean made in England. Could just be packaged for sale in England. So who knows?

I see the picture. Congrats, Kerry. Interesting look to them. Are they a dense clay? Are they metal? Salco – Lilliput World Ltd

Fascinating. Completely new to me. Thank you!

I've heard the song before. But I forgot I had until I followed your link. mmmmmm, peaches

Vitro. How about a Bullseye?

Sharing here is fine. Your marble! Your discussion! Same topic. Thanks for asking though. Often is good to start a fresh thread.

I say yours is an exceptional one! Very nice.