Steph

The state of Michigan is composed of two peninsulas. The Upper Peninsula is above Wisconsin ... and is a lot bigger than I realized. The lower part ... I didn't realize that was also a peninsula, but sure enough that "piece of land" is almost surrounded by water -- by Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and even some of Lake Erie, and Lake St. Clair.

Nice find! Thanks for sharing. And thanks for the size estimate. I'm so used to seeing nice big pictures that I forget how cute and little the boxes must look in hand. Japanese glassworkers never imagined that almost 100 years later people around the world would enjoy their little toys so much.

Nice detail!

Conquering army!

Tiptoeing in to mention that Fire1990 is Rick who has been here since 2005 as Fire81. Tiptoeing back out.

A for effort. I'll go with "Transparent Swirl". If older then possibly Champion Agate. If from the last 30 years, then possibly Jabo. (Wow ... hard to believe there are Jabo Classics which are almost 30 years old already.) Since you have a lot of older marbles, I'm leaning Champion.

I still can't tell if I'm seeing one continuous Akro corkscrew ribbon, or a looser swirlier structure. Can you tell what the white ribbon is doing? A flash photo or an underwater photo might reduce reflections and help see what's inside.

Doh. I see that now.

Tri-Lites!

Hmmm ... need more views on the blue and white. One view looks like it could turn into an Akro corkscrew. Another view says it might stay a swirl. Yet the colors are sort of Pelty. Not sure on the other either. Vitro or Master? (We're really only seeing one view on that, just at two different angles.)

The first two look like WV swirls. I think Alley. Need more views on the third. It might be an Akro corkscrew.

Two Masters and maybe a WV swirl.

Lots of people might have made it. As far as I know there were lots of small operations making marbles. We wouldn't be able to pin down a name.

Might need another view on the first. In that view I think it's a Peltier Rainbo. Second is an Akro corkscrew. You have some Peltiers and Vitros in the group shot. At least.

Sulphide appears in an English-language estate sale ad in 1954. One of these days I need to actually read one of the history books on this subject. Might be time for a trip to the library to check out interlibrary loan. Democrat and Chronicle, September 13, 1954

Dave ( @LindPW ) made them.

West Virginia swirl. Possibly made by Alley. Vitro Whitie Peltier Rainbo

inorite!

In the meantime ... https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/02/remembering-japanese-internment-camps-75-years-170213095548604.html

I do not know that box. But now I have a new favorite way to explain the range of variation of "bananas".

Yes. And

A little breath of springtime

Good morning. The solids are known as "game marbles". Especially the smaller ones. Used with Chinese Checkers and other board games. They went into mass production for this purpose in the 1930s and have continued to this day. Most marble companies made some version of those so it's usually not possible to figure out who made them. And usually they're not considered valuable. The exceptions are tough to explain, but also few and far between. Big picture please for the top group. Don't worry about resizing ... we got a recent change and the board software will resize for you. So far in the top picture I think I'm seeing Akro corkscrews, Peltier Rainbos, one or more slags and possibly a Vitro Tri-Lite.

Hi. I'll say Alley.

That is so cool. That could be Japan OR China. And we have tantalizing marbles from both areas that it could be.