Steph

Wow! That's a humdinger.

I'm not seeing it as metallic. From this angle it looks like fractures.

So what device are you using? I asked earlier because if you're on a phone, I have no idea what to say. I don't have a cellphone. My husband does, but I don't know how to use it. I have a Windows computer. And I use the very basic Paint program on Windows to resize pictures.

Yes, they should be clearly identified. I'm not aware of how well they would sell. Most sentiment that I know of is against polishing except for one's personal collection, and even then many times people are against polishing. Most of the positive feedback about polishing that I've been aware of in the past has been because there was one much-loved man who was doing polishing and people wouldn't want to hurt his feelings. That was Leroy. But Leroy has passed away, and that brings up the question of who might still be available to polish? And would they be anywhere near as affordable as Leroy was? So that's one other thing to consider -- if you were polishing marbles in order to sell them, would the cost of polishing be more than the marble could bring at market? As you can see, I have more questions than answers. But I think I've given a pretty good summary of issues involved, if not resolutions of the issues.

Pretty sure those would be near an inch.

The tiny one is adorable.

Click on your name to the side of your post. Look for the little bitty picture icon by your current avatar. Click on that. Then you get the option to "choose single file" and for me that let me choose a picture from my computer. I picked a kitten. (Are you on a computer? I don't know how to access things on phones. Only my own computer.) Then I chose the "continue" option and I moved the sides of the box around to contain the part of the picture I liked best.

I think Master or maybe Akro for maker. Leaning Master now but a view of the opposite end could change things.

Probably need more views. The light is doing a fine job showing color but it's obscuring structure (such as seam shape). Do you have a flash feature on your camera. That might illuminate the structure.

I see why you could think oxblood. In the last photo though, I think I see a glow in the thread meaning that light is passing through it. That would rule out oxblood.

Sounds like you guys had a blast. I've said it before, but I'm so glad Heaton now has you as a chronicler. You do a great job.

razzel dazzel is right!

You get some nice detail

Vitro's probably right. I know if I had it in hand I would want to count ribbons and trace the pattern very carefully to assure myself it wasn't Pelt or Akro. I don't know that I would have considered CAC. Vitro could get ultra-twisty. Here's one of mine which is unmistakably Vitro which yours made me think of.

the japanese pinchers show the clearie size maybe best of all since I know how small those are. happy-making group Sorry I took so long to find this post. Keep getting pulled in new directions and don't always find my way back. I'm making some progress in my attic though, opening up spaces that I can use for when I pull my marbles out of the cramped, dark corners where I've stashed them. And installed a bright light so that the corners aren't quite as dark as they were.

I think probably yes to kids with smaller hands. I don't have a feeling about target marbles. And I don't know about the boardgame situation in the 1800's. I know of "mosaic" games from the early 1900's, which was like an early lite-brite. I don't know if that game went back to the 1800's.

I don't know about quantities. I'm pretty sure they've long been popular. The "peawee" name was around at least by the late 1800's. (Another name for them was "pony alley" at that time.) For what it's worth! LOL

Neat.

I'll go with sweet Peltier. If you hold it up to a light, does the white turn into a watery-looking orange? If so, then Acme Realer.

Standard size? I'll stick with WV swirl. The colors are distinctive enough that someone else might be able to hone in on the actual company.

I also considered Japanese on the left, but with the crisp opaque glass it's not the typical Japanese transitional. I think it might e the kind most often found in Canada. That doesn't mean it's not Japanese but I think there's still some mystery around the ones associated with Canada.

That might be a Navarre, Barberton or some other Leighton product on the right.

Hi. Welcome. I don't know what to say other than stone marble. These marbles are supposedly actually marble: I don't know how mine might relate to "alabaster". But that's one of the white stone names I have heard of being used to make marbles. Another is limestone. I don't know enough to make a guess as to what exact stone yours might be. But that range: 12th to 18th century all sounds reasonable for these non-glass marbles. 19th century also. Maybe early 20th.

Let me say, I'm sure they are not MFC. And I'm pretty sure not Japanese transitional, because those pontils seem to make them seem fully handmade. But I'm not familiar enough with handmade marbles. For you I hope they're Leightons, but I don't know enough to rule out them being remelts or some other contemporary marble.

I think much more interesting than Japanese transitionals. I don't see MFC. With those pontils, I think 1800's. Maybe from one of Leighton's companies. But this type of marble is outside my comfort zone so do wait for others to weigh in.