Steph

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. 

5 minutes ago, Berryb said:

How about using "Spotted Richard".   Thanks

Bruce

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.  




 

1 hour ago, Chad G. said:

 I was hoping everyone would catch on, but in any case Have a "VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS"

 

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. 

Problem addressed.   Thanks to everyone who kept it civil.   Glad I saw the name-calling when I did.   If I miss something like that and you don't see where the report button is, please send me a message.    (Do you see three dots at the top right corner of posts?  Hopefully you can get to the report option there.)   

1 hour ago, chocobogreens said:

Unfollowed, but commenting on every post I made. Sure. You are just a dick. I hope not all marble collectors are like you. 

We have a problem.    Once you call another member a dick you have crossed a line.    I'll be discussing this situation with the site administrator.    

2 hours ago, nick1425420 said:

"Hi, I have come into some awesome dense fired clay glazed multi- color and hand painted that I think they where made in the 1800s very rare  3/4 + I have some of them listed on ebay, I listed them for 50.00 each and made 4 sales so far, Maybe I am selling to low priced do you know any marble collectors that would be will to pay more. It think some marble collectors would want them, you can go look on my ebay sight, my screen name is nick1425420, or just look up stoneware glazed clay marbles you cant miss them, if you would like you to see them I would like to see what you think, you can email me of ebay, TY

The ones you currently have listed as glazed stoneware are relatively new.  Made within the last 30 years.   Common mistake.   

Some of them are industrial ball mill balls which have been decorated with magic marker style pen.  

Others appear to have an enamel finish -- I'm not sure how those are made but I know they only started appearing relatively recently.  About ten years ago if I recall correctly. 

 

2 hours ago, Chad G. said:

Welcome to the land of confusion, without the av. would you still say pelt ?? I can't say if I would or wouldn't. In hand a 2 second I.D. but yes the dimpled av. riddled ribbons also point to pelt for me as well, what an odd ribbon construct !! I know pelt made pink glass, I had a pink based NLR, but not a half and half maybe a change in color stream or tanks created this one off. A washed out tiger for sure, if all pink what a killer then, still a great mib in my book.

Without the AV, Pelt wouldn't have crossed my mind.   Perhaps because of the pattern, I should still have thought of Pelt, but I've been down that road a few times and no longer get bothered by an MK having a more pelty pattern and less "patch and ribbon".  So without the AV, the colors would have said MK to me. 

I guess Pelt.   

My first and second thought were MK.  But with the thick aventurine seems probably Pelt.