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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

I'm with Bruce.

My thought was "this is the kind that some say is Kokomo, so I'm pleased to see no one saying it so far." I don't know what to think about how many marbles are now getting called Koko by people whose ID-ing ability I greatly respect.

Ric, are you thinking older than transitional? Purely handmade? Tommy, a close-up of the cutline could be helpful. The same shot even, just all by itself, not in the collage.

My first thought was transitional. Then I saw Ric's doubt and so my second thought was ......... dramatic pause ......... still transitional.

New pix could be very illuminating.

For me the road and tunnel. I knew yellow was within the realm of possibility, but it was the road and tunnel.

I think yes to CAC on top. No to turkeyhead on bottom, but just because I think the bottom is not a CAC and the turkeyhead name is reserved for CAC's.

I think Vitro or Peltier on the right. The left is a puzzle. Are you saying it's a corkscrew?

Hmm, no nickname that I know of. Is it Anacortes?

What the heck, is right. That's some kinda cold roll. I suppose this one will also be in consideration as a Jabo. Not common for such a small Jabo to be so busy, but it can happen. I'm intrigued by the square end on that ribbon in the last view. Seems like it could be a clue but ???

I was sure the left one looked vintage. The well-defined ribbon plus a vibe I got from the texture of the slightly translucent base glass was why I picked Heaton. But Ron is the man when it comes to swirls so I defer to him.

Slags were a different method in an earlier period. Slags were discontinued and corks were introduced at the tail end of 1929 or the beginning of 1930. In the 1930's though, there were lots of marbles which weren't corks. There were patches, sparklers, moonies, flinties and as you say, game marbles. I'd guess they had different set ups for those which didn't have a spinner cup attached at all.

Dani posted this page from Roger and Claudia Hardy's Akro guide. Has a lot of info in it, though it doesn't all make sense to me. (I'm getting hung up on the probably trivial point of it looking like the glass was dropped halfway down the rollers.) Big version at Dani's site: spinnercup.jpg (2550×3300) (inthenet.net) (might need to give the picture an extra click to get to full size) Little version for preview