Steph

I'll vote Akro slag.

What a nice marble. And I don't know. I don't associate that kind of deep clear red with Akro. I'll toss Master and Vitro in for consideration. How unhelpful is that?

Bruce, yours looks like a legit old marble, but I don't know whose.

I'm stuck between Akro and CAC.

Yeah, that's right in the middle. Seams curved but longish. I'm currently leaning Akro.

Row 1: Vitro (Definitely on left, feeling good about it on right) Row 3: Vitro on left, Akro on right. Row 2: WV swirls. First thought Ravenswood, but I'm really not good with Ravenswood so wait for someone else.

Nice bump! We have a date! P.s., I couldn't remember where I had stashed that 1902 clipping. So double bonus points for bumping this thread!

I don't know. I'm considering Vitro possibilities but I don't know.

Not Vitro. A slag. Christensen Agate or European.

I"m going to say contemporary torchmade marble. It certainly has something odd going on.

Oh. Good question. I am leaning yes, but I am not 100%.

P.s., I just found out that MFC only made the purple slags for a short time, but we're talking about amber so moving right along.

A lot of people would say MFC, as a catch-all handgathered slags in the basic colors of amber, blue, green, purple and white. CAC, Akro and Peltier also made handgathered slags though, and I wouldn't know how to tell them apart. MFC is a possibility. So is CAC and Akro. (So probably is Peltier.)

It might qualify to be one of the "milk" variations. Not a buttermilk though. Here's Chuck B's description: "Buttermilks have a red band on one side, a parallel red/blue band on the other side and a translucent buttermilk yellow base, sometimes with white." http://joemarbles.com/3Marble Articles/Chuck Brandstetter/0002 Older Vitro Marbles (Tri-Lites).htm

Akro wouldn't be my first guess. It seems to have both a tail and a long seam. I don't think of those two things being together on a marble. But either one opens the door up to other possibilities than Akro. More pics?

The $1500 Alley that they're calling a Peltier Galaxy? I don't recognize the seller. Looks like they could really think they have a galaxy and have priced it accordingly.

Bumping this for Bonnie! Let's show her some blacklight photos and note the marble maker. Bonnie, Bruce's pistachios up there are Alley. Probably? Unless someone comes by and says maybe Ravenswood, assume Alley.

I'm still confused about what kind of light you're using, Bonnie. Could you go into a dark area and shine it on those lavender Jabos and take a picture of the result?

CAC

was quite edible

Gonna have a dandelion omelet and gonna pretend to like it whether I do or not. Actually have tried it a couple of times, about 5 years ago. The first time I sauted the dandelions and it was okay. The second time I forgot and it made a negative difference. At least I hope that's what made the difference. I hope it wasn't that I made the dandelions too soggy by rinsing them off, because after I took this picture I thoroughly rinsed them. Draining now. Well ... here goes .... let's try this.

First impression was Marble King, but then I saw the little bit of tunnel action at the seams. So now I'm on board with either CAC or European. If European, that's still old.

That's beautiful. And clever. It has to be contemporary.

heya Interesting question ...