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Hmmm ?? Maybe a Marble King on the big one? Or maybe a Peltier Rainbo. The smaller one to the right of it is a Peltier Rainbo.

I see you already saw this thread: Named Heaton types - General Marble & Glass Chat - Marble Connection I'm not aware of many if any Heatons having been named before the recent digs. Chuck? @cheese

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So much for "obvious", huh. Learn something new every day.

Nice pix. Good question. I haven't thought to saved polished pix in many years so I wouldn't even know which back-up drive to look for examples on. This very obvious example caught my eye once upon a time and I just found it again in a search:

How fun. Nice item for a marble room.

Akro Tri-Color Agate 1930's or 1940's.

It's a handgathered slag. I think Akro is most likely the manufacturer. If Akro, then 1920 give or take on the date.

What size is the egg? If large enough, it could be a darning egg. Or it could be art glass, as you say. The blue and whites are a mixture. Many appear to be modern marbles -- Vacor. But some look vintage. The ones with the brightest white swirls are the ones most likely to be Vacor. Looks like a lot of vintage West Virginia swirls in the red and whites. Maybe a Master after that. The greens are a mixture, some patches, some swirls, different makers. Maybe Akro on the largest one.

Reflections happen. For ID purposes they're fine as long as they're not so excessive as to blot out marble details.

The larger Vitro is more valuable than the small ones and it's a "hybrid" so that's good. The size adds some to the value.

These green swirls could be Alley or Champion.

The splotchy ones at top are Vacor Galaxies. The red and yellow ones are Vacor Red Devils. Modern marbles from Mexico. Many of your cat's eyes are Vitro cage style cat's eyes which are relatively popular but also usually considered common. Does the yellow one have 8 vanes? If it has 8 vanes and it's a Vitro, then that is special. However the cutlines on the marble look smallish and U-shaped or V-shaped ... which might mean that we're looking at an Asian marble on that one.

Actually I like that

A quiet Christmas here too which I am used to. I made a couple of phone calls. Got a care package from England ... with treats the family thought I might not have seen here. I wish I had let them know that I was curious to try "spotted dick". They did send me some "mushy peas", which I had earlier expressed curiosity about. (In case you were unaware, there are marbles called spotted dicks ... but it's also an English pudding.) I haven't had tried the mushy peas yet. I had some teas and some jelly babies and other treats. Here are the spotted dicks I got in the heartwarming Advent present which a small army of marble collectors sent me last year.

The lounge is our secret hideout. No one else knows it's here.

Merry Christmas!

Clam displays nicely. Well done! Congrats.

Welcome.

Hi. Welcome. I split this off into a topic of its own. While waiting for the bag experts to come along, a photograph could help.