Steph

Tri-Lite.

Hello. Welcome. More photos could help. The orange and black one near the top could be from the 1930's. The cat's eye underneath it is quite a bit later. The clearies and the small solid-colored marble at the top (that's called a game marble) could be oldish or could be newer. They've been made by many companies for many decades, so it is practically impossible to pin those down.

Yes, I am under the impression that there are different rules for the big ones.

Based on the packaging I've seen them in, I would think of the pinchers/Wales style as being from the 1960's. As to which ones might not be Japanese, the first I feel strongly about is the middle marble on the left side. Also I'm not sure what to think about the red-based ones with white surface color.

I'm leaning Akro on both

Wow, Ric. #keeperthread ^^ #keeprthread is my way of telling myself that a thread needs to go into the archives after it has run its course. It gives me something unusual to put in the search engine.

Many are Japanese, of the Wales or Pincher variety. I don't think all though.

Could the first one be a Vitro Conqueror that got hung up in the machinery?

Trying to remember if that's Akro or Master. Now it's coming to me. They were sold by Ravenswood under the label Paul Bunyans, but bought from Master I think. Some Paul Bunyan bags were given an extra tag post-production saying the marbles came from Akro, but I am pretty sure it's Master.

It sure is trying ... the blue and red wanna be there .... Chuck Brandstetter's:

My first Bogard Halloween is in the mail ....

After catching up with this thread, somehow this thing I thought I wanted to post seems completely off-topic but here it is anyway. lol

Pelt

(((hug))) Take care of yourself. I hope tomorrow has good news for you.

Very well-disciplined for a 1-incher. How many vanes?

asian and modern (and that color is my favorite from the modern asians)

Pretty. Maybe Alley. One of those WV swirl makers.

Marble King. I see how you count six colors. Oddly, I would have thought of it as a two color marble. Just the red and "brown". I often count white as a color, but I wouldn't have thought of it here because I was only seeing what I thought Marble King _meant_ to have -- which was two veneered colors covering a white base.

Sounds like a good choice to me. Big 'uns get crazy.

❤️ For what it's worth, I would bet that one was from about 1930 ... from the first Sunburst days. About 25 years before the official cat's eyes.

"marblehistorian" for the record ... for future keyword searches

The second is definitely Jabo. What size is the first?

This question is prompted specifically by a pair of "marine crystals" mesh bags and I can't remember who made them. But could be interesting to gather together the names each company used.

Marble King would not have my guess. But I can't swear it isn't. Patch on only one side and what looks like a transparent base. These are things that make me want to leave the conversation open awhile.