Steph

These are Modern Asian. The type often called Imperial because many were distributed in the U.S. by the Imperial Toy Company. The turquoise one has threads of oxblood. That's a popular thing to find, not uncommon. This family of marbles can be very pretty. And there are variations you might never see more than once. I _might_ have seen this combo one other time. For awhile I hoped it was something other than "Imperial" but I can't think of anything else it could be.

I think you got it. Not seeing all the seams I'd like to see. (There is a Japanese marble which could be mistaken for a Vitro Conqueror if you weren't looking at the seams.) But basically I think you have it.

Yes, Master on #1. Probably n #12. (I don't feel I'm getting a good look at it, but I can't think of anything else it could be.) Not getting a good view of structure on #3. Whoever made it, I'd put it in with the "game marbles". I don't see an Akro. I was about to say, "could be WV swirl on all the rest, but ... on #7 am I seeing seams ? If so maybe we should go in the Peltier direction.

1. Vitro 2. Peltier 3. Peltier 4. Alley or Ravenswood 5. Could be Master 6. Vitro 7. Alley, I think 8. Could be Master 9. Peltier 10. WV swirl, I suppose, but not sure what to make of the sparse ribbons 11. One view looks a little wobbly, but mostly looks like an Akro cork 12. I think I'm seeing another Peltier

Pretty. I'll try to get in touch with Bill.

Bill might like to hear from you about that. If you send him photos, I bet he would add them.

The name which came to my mind was "Woody", but that's a name I've always been fuzzy on. And my hunch was this wasn't "woody" enough so I didn't say. I'll mention it now in full disclosure.

I have this one in my Pelt patch box and I'm not sure why. The ends of the patches seem squared off enough for it to be an Akro. I don't know what made me put it in with the Pelts -- possibly it was a gift from a Pelt digger. I don't recall now. I'll leave it in the box for now. And I do want to mention that while Pelt patches are famous for wild shapes, if you look at photos of the Pelt comic marbles, you can see that some Peerless Patches could indeed have squared off edges and look pretty much like Akros. [Space reserved for a Pelt comic marble to illustrate]

Some more Peltiers. Patches this time. With Pelt patches, sometimes you won't focus on finding a seam, per se, as much as just trying to find the end of the patch, which can be a little wild. Also, with the Pelt Patches with a translucent white base, you may want a shot which shows the "fire" inside the base glass, to get an Acme Realer ID confirmed. The two marbles on the left are Acme Realers. The top one shows glow without even trying. The bottom does glow but it would need a special shot. Also on the top row is a Pearlized Patch. (The others would generally be called Peerless Patches, though I think some of mine may have been a little later than the official Peerless Patches, but I don't have a better name for them.)

Any reason to think vintage? My solid guess is modern. Jabo.

Ooh, tiny. Okay. I'll join you in the Master thoughts. But wait for more opinions.

Glad to hear. And glad I finally did it. The colors are saying Akro to me. Hmm. Is it a larger marble? Larger marbles often break rules.

I've tried to figure out black(ish) and white. Made a big chart with all the photo examples I'd ever seen. Spent hours on it. .... I don't know.

Peltier Rainbo

Left to right Possibly Alley Modern Asian No idea Likely Alley Definitely Jabo, the glowing comes from the Fenton Burmese glass cullet they used Other than WV swirl, no specific guess

Here are some of the Vitros from the Anacortes, Washington plant, from around 1990. Just because they don't get as much camera time. I'll have to try again later to get less reflection. That thready blue on the left really needs more love.

Often with Vitros other features than the seams will be of interest, so more or other pictures may be wanted for ID. A Bull's Eye, Sweet Pea, Conqueror, Opal and Victory: The opalescent part of the Opal is nice to capture. But when in doubt, start with the seams.

Next some Vitro seams. Vitro spanned many decades. These marbles are from the 1930's through the 1960's. I may add some Anacortes pictures (circa 1990) later.

Yes, Peltier. Not aware of any other name than Rainbo.

Maybe Vitro, Marble King Akro, Peltier, Peltier Maybe

Finally for this Akro run is an example which might be Akro ... or might be Master. It can be hard to tell between Akro and Master patches. This is a larger marble. Close to 3/4", a tournament-approved "shooter" size. My first thought was Akro. It has the "eyelashes" some consider to mean Akro (though other companies did make marbles with eyelashes). But on closer inspection, to me it seemed the seams were relatively short and the second seam could even be considered V-shaped. This could point to Master. The lines get blurred, and so sometimes people attempting to ID might sit on the fence and say, "Akro or Master," and leave it at that. Imgur also decided this view needed to be rotated:

Here's one bonus Akro, which for a time was thought to be an Alley because it was among the patch styles dug at the Sistersville Alley site. But the consensus ID opinion is Akro.

Now for Akro Moonies. Solid-colored marbles aren't generally considered to be special. There are exceptions. One of the exceptions is the Akro Moonie. They went through different styles. The most easily identifiable ones have what is called "fisheyes" at the poles. Bud captured a couple of nice fisheyes on his fairly early Moonies so I'm borrowing his picture. @budwas The Moonie I was trying to photograph was a later version, more opaque and the fisheye was almost closed. Bud's version is much more desirable. Here's my barely visible fisheye after many attempts.