Steph
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Hmmmm. I was hoping I might see something I would clearly recognize as a pontil (which would indicate it was handmade). But no, my best guess is that it is an error marble. A machine-made marble which got twisted on a piece of machinery and then was a little too cool to get completely rounded as it went down the rollers.
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Hi ... I'm not sure ... but seems likely that's a cold roll of some sort. What does the opposite end look like?
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Could all be Asian. That tan color is found on Imperials. A closer view of the cutlines could decide on the tan. Certainly all modern.
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Well, of course it is!
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My first thought was ???? what ???? Then I quickly considered Vitro and Jabo. But just as quickly moved on to Akro. That's where I'm sticking for now. Akro.
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(yes, a nice bag to have )
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That's an interesting question. I'm going to guess the answer to the Clarksburg address on the Master Glass label has something to do with where offices were. I say with some confidence that the cat's eye bags weren't introduced until the 1950's.
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I really like that Alley.
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Any chance of it being a modern marble? A Jabo or DAS?
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The texture on the yellow tells me Imperial.
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Yes to "swirl". I don't know which company. Will have to leave that for others.
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Hi. I was thinking of you yesterday. I don't think Vitro would ever have occurred to me on the left. Alley or Akro on that one? On the right ... I don't have guess.
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Hi. Those were made by Jabo. While I do know a champion marble player who loves to play with Jabos, the Jabo Classics (which these are) were more of a side run by a company which specialized in industrial marbles. It wasn't a mass playing marble operation so they didn't worry so much about the marbles being perfectly round.
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Good bet those are plastic. The rest make a nice vintage group.
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Nice bump. Does that odd skin have a name?
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Greetings! WV is a pretty good place to be indeed!
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Welcome!
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Thanks, Ron!
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It's a West Virginia swirl, from the 1940's or thereabouts, I think. But which WV company? @wvrons .... jmglenn has some browns .....
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Not seeing enough of the internal structure to judge.
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This is a game marble. Considered "solid color" thought it might have some variations in shade. It is almost impossible to ID who made a game marble unless you have the actual package in which it was originally sold. Game marbles was a big industry which many manufacturers took part in.
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This is a modern Asian cage-style cat's eye.
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@StéphaneFrance posted this on Facebook. 3.93 inches. This inspires me! I keep saying I want to make a very small run ... and I honestly keep thinking about it ... thought about it this past week ... am saving micropeewees for the purpose. But I guess I could also try to find one of these to buy because it looks so fun.
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I agree with your original verdict. I'm curious though as to whether its UV reactive.
