Steph

I just stumbled across a lovely and sadly serious book. https://www.amazon.com/Idriss-His-Marble-Rene-Gouichoux/dp/1635921325 Preview: Idriss and His Marble - Google Books

I just rechecked Google Books to see if they would give me a better look at Volume 26. They didn't. But they give us Volume 27, 1911. And there's some good MFC stuff in there. Bookseller & Stationer and Office Equipment Journal - Google Books So, yeah, that's one way that Canadians got some American marbles. Maybe we could find some Argentinian marbles in such ads as well. But my brain is full so I will save the search for another day or let someone else have the fun.

Found what I was looking for. Not an ad exactly, but something to drum up business in Canada. Back when Google would give you "snippets" of books that they couldn't give you the full text of, I assembled these snippets into a mostly complete article about MFC in a Canadian trade journal.

There are also those transitionals which are most often seen in Canadian lots. I'm not aware of Canadian marbles makers so they had to do a lot of importing to meet the needs of the kids. Some came from the U.S. but not all. The earliest Canadian import ad I remember was from MFC. I just went down a rabbit hole trying to find it. Will try to stay focused and find it after I finish fixing up that last bit of rabbit hole I found myself in.

Agreed

What is the size? If it's near an inch, I am going with Jabo. The coloring seems too soft and and shaded for Christensen. Edit: Ric and I were posting at the same time! So you see that size really matters!

Thank you so much for cracking the code of Japanese marble making for us.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

It looks like oxblood to me. Since Josh has weighed in and isn't seeing Jabo, I have high hopes for it being vintage. I can't think of anything else for it other than Akro. Beautiful marble.

Nice find. Lucky buyer. Thanks for sharing.

Jabo to me. From the 1991 to 2007 period. (Not 1991, because I don't think large marbles were made that year, but that era.)

I am feeling good about CAC on the blue.

Agree with Akro cork.

What a fun trip back into time. A special find. Thank you for sharing it with us. Would be neat to see his marbles also.

A brick will be a swirl. See Rick's link: ANTIQUE M.F. CHRISTENSEN and Son Transitional Brick Marble -- Excellent Specimen $39.00 - PicClick Your marble is not a swirl. I agree that it has a Master look to it, or some other maker with Master-like seams. With the small size, I also agree with Melissa's assessment that it is a game marble.

Not particularly. Some people successfully sell them for a few dollars. But they can also be found for pennies.

Noice!

Yes, first clay. I'll go with a highly damaged ball bearing on the second. Of course kids did play marbles with ball bearings, and called them steelies.

Sharp

My google image search is coming up with it being a Brunswick Pharmacal pill bottle. I am seeing this particular BP as eventually having been taken over by Johnson & Johnson.

Gorgeous! That one blue marble feels very appreciated, let me tell you.

Thanks for looking that up for us!

My first thought is Jabo. More views might help.

Good question. I don't know. It doesn't look very early to me. But the MarbleAlan page at Buymarbles.com is calling it a Miller Swirl. ??!! Now wondering what the Peltier book says.

The Honey Onyx. It is treated as one of the holy grails of Peltiers. Someone will post a glorious multi-shaded translucent-based Peltier and will be hoping it is a honey onyx, because everyone wants to find one, right? The response will be, "No, that's not one, keep trying." Then that marble which is so much prettier than an actual honey onyx will be brushed under the rug without any of the oohing and aahing that it deserves. Here's mine. Another of the forgotten treasures I have found in my attic while searching for marbles to give away to the neighbor child. You have many many "just rainbos" which are prettier, don't you! (Yes, it is one. 11/16+. Has the expected green line, though faint. It has a frosty face, so it's only a place holder, but it is Gino-Biffany-Approved. )