Steph

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.

Chuck's combos:

I don't see a barcode. You'll surely find one. I'll put you on my list in case I decide I don't need mine.

Golden!

What feature are you referring to? I'm not sure how you managed to duplicate the glitch, Jason. Who is adding the img and /img tags to your address? Are those tags connected with the malfunction?

P.s., super nice find

I knew I should have opened this post sooner. I had planned to. But *brain numb* The pix:

I don't see a price. I have a copyright date of 2014. The pictures are nice -- large and detailed. If I studied it more, it could help get me past my mental block on style names of antique handmades.

I have one. I got it as a gift.

Maybe it will be easy for an experienced slag collector. Maybe the shade on the red will be a giveaway to someone not named Steph.

Easy guess? Not for me. I see why the contrast with the smaller marble would make one think "not-CAC". And you could be right. The shade is different and the kinda sorta road and tunnel on the bigger one could just be a coincidence. But the swirling is not quite "indistinct" enough for me to feel confident making a guess.