Steph

That third view is trying to be a flame.  

I probably wouldn't call three tips a flame ... but I don't know what the current standard is. 

AV is unexpected.

 She was a very good friend to me.  Such a surprise.  I know she was Dani's friend.  Glad to hear she was yours too.  

I don't have a lot in the way of NLR's but I like my patch collection.  


 

Congratulations!  I saw you were close just before Christmas.   Way to go!  

Here's to many great adventures in the new year! 

Christmas lights reflecting in rain on the street. The point-and-shoot camera made it more fiery than in person. Nice either way.

I see it mentioned in Marblealan's Christensen section ... but no picture.  So many names listed there.  I didn't know that much naming had happened with Chrissies.

http://www.buymarbles.com/marblealan/cac.html

I got to see a little of Torchwood.  We watch in DVD and haven't added Torchwood to the collection yet.  Captain Jack sure is a cutie.  

I liked that first episode of Jodie Whittaker's run.  She seemed very Doctor-y.  Look forward to seeing more. 

And a happy and hopeful New Year for everyone. 

Testing ... I tried to post ... I thought I did post.  But now I don't see the post.

Edit: okay, that did post.  But I don't see the Santa sulphide I tried to post.  

Well, Merry Christmas everyone! 

very nice case

  Not sure about "electric".  Electric is something I think of with a more slaglike marble.  Someone else may know better.

I'm thinking Christensen Agate.

It also looked Pelty to me.  But if Pelt, I figured it would have seams.  And if it had seams, I figured you would have shown them to us.

I really really need to redo that thread about seams and cutlines which I accidentally deleted.

What size is it?  If it's Vitro then I might think game marble.  (I wouldn't have known what it was.) 

Ouch!  

You really did get lucky. 

I'll go with Master.

Loving all the Christmas.  

Other views could help.  Does it have ribbons like a cat's eye? Or is it more of a swirl?

Modern on the right.  For sure.

On the left?  The structure looks a little vintage but I see why you're unsure.  I'm leaning modern myself.  

Goodness.  The coloring and the ribbon ends look modern to me.   Mostly.

I was thinking maybe Akro or Anacortes Vitro on the third.  Which could mean anywhere from the 1930's to 1990 on that one!  

But since the grouping is mostly older, I guess lean away from the Anacortes idea and more to the Akro idea (or what Richard said).  

You're right about these being Benningtons.

As to how modern marbles get into older collections ... it almost always manages to happen.  Someone knows where the marble jar is and slips some newer ones in there.  Maybe.  

And as to how to tell ... oh, that is a long story.  Sometimes colors or textures.  Often structure.  This one doesn't look too very new.  Could be from an intermediate period. Vintage is usually considered before 1970.  Maybe this is from around then.   But the colors and structure look _more_ like a modern Mexican or Asian marble than they do like the closest American marbles they resemble.  The way the ribbons join at the short seam in your picture here makes this one look closest to being a Master marble, if it were American.  That is a "seam" or a "cutline", by the way, not a pontil in this photo.  Pontil would be for a handmade or handgathered marble.  This is machinemade.  

Hello, Chad.

Welcome.  

I don't see pictures.

P.s. when posting a lot of ID threads, it would be helpful not to name them all the same thing.  A title such as "Bennington?" would help a lot.