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that's crazy! What do they do when the road isn't covered with water? Do they have some other path to the same destination? Or are these on that path to those sad hay fields?

I just took pix of four of my five Black Widows for someone. I might as well post them here. The front right one was dug by Jill Spencer at her 1960's era Marble King dumpsite. I don't have the back story on how the other three were acquired, but they came with some nice vintage marbles. I'm confident they're all old. The fifth one has a slight more brown patch, but it didn't show up on time for picture day, so maybe another time. A patch on either side. So they do resemble newer MK's.

I'm getting a Pelty vibe.

I don't actually have an opinion on whether this is handmade or not. The cutlines look machine-made to me though the glass makes me hope it is handmade. My answer was purely about areas from which I know handmade marbles to come.

Boyd Miller passed away on the 9th. He was part of a glass artist dynasty. His brother is John Hamon-Miller. I got the news today from Scott Patrick. I know that Boyd was a great favorite of Edna Eaton. She has shared his glass art many times. He will be missed by many. Condolences to his family and friends. Boyd Allen Miller | Obituaries | wvgazettemail.com

aventurine and oxblood? crazy!

Wait? What? The top one glows orange? Maybe not a lemonade. Hmmmm .....

Akro on both. "Lemonade" on the top.

Handmade could be American or Asian as well as German. Edit: Handmade could also be Bulgarian. Maybe others. I don't know what this one is. Just adding my 1.5 cents while waiting for That1.

WV swirl. I once tried really hard to pin down black and white WV swirls by ribbon texture and base color. I collected all the identified examples I could find and laid them out side by side to try to pin down distinctive features. I got nowhere.

Any chance of Vitro cage style cat's eye on the right?

Yeah, the listing was pretty straightforward.

(Bloody Mary is not the marble type I was thinking of earlier, when I spoke of "an abundance of irregularly distributed ribbons". The one I had in mind which I owned was NLR glass ... but yours does look like Rainbo base ... so maybe a really true tweener.)

Maybe it's a true tweener. I'm comparing the pattern to the wildness of some bloody marys Bloodies | peltiermarblesinfo

Laser saw?

The flamage looks pretty clean, so I could see it as CAC. But if you told me Alley, I could believe that also.

I'm inclined toward Pelt. Looks rather dark for Vitro. And I've had/seen some Pelts with an abundance of irregularly distributed ribbons.

Transparent swirls rarely get pinned down by maker. I wondered if someone might find the texture and bright whiteness of the ribbon distinct enough that they might claim it as CAC, but when I compare it to the transparent swirls in this thread for instance, it's not seeming as if it would necessarily fit in. https://marbleconnection.com/topic/7815-cac-trans-swirls Most of those swirls have a bubbly base, but the blue base ones look clear. Maybe someone will think the yellow base belongs also.

Akro cork. I think it was probably part of a Prizename Run. The extra color doesn't seem like it was intentional. But it does add something special ... (pun intended )

Cool!

Now the question is "black patch on blue base" or "blue patch on black base"? The black does look like some light ought to be able to get through it, so maybe the blue is blocking it. The furnace brick visible in the black in this view is why I say that.

Regular size? Could be Alley. Or Champion?

Maybe a little off center as far as the cutlines being at "top" and "bottom", but I think Akro is a safe call.

Haha. I guess I've Waldo-ed a couple of times, but not much. I do like to Magic Eye. Magic Eye Image of the Week