Steph

I wrote to Stéphane but he was not able to log on. He said I could share his facebook address, in case you would like to make contact with him. So, here that is. https://www.facebook.com/stephane.balasa But don't be a stranger! I would still like to see your marbles when you find them, and I am always curious about marble history in Europe that we might not yet know here.

Oooooh ... very pretty Pelt.

Welcome! I look forward to learning about marbles available in your area. Stéphane shared some of his with us once, and I see them on facebook, but I would still love to see yours. @StéphaneFrance

It's definitely possible it was part of an Ace run. But let's just say Akro cork. We can be sure of that. I don't think the true Aces lasted long as part of Akro's offerings. I suspect part of the reason was that they seem to have had trouble getting the base glass to be consistent. Sometimes so thin that there wasn't much fire-y glass. Sometimes so dense, that light could hardly get through to light up any fire.

I understand your Alley impulse. With the lack of a clearly defined ribbon and the large size, I vote Jabo.

Exciting!

Another of my bored google searches for marbles turned up this bit of news from April. Meanwhile in ... Gambia, voters will vote using glass marbles for the last time "Gambia, voters will head to the polls this spring to elect local officials as expected, but it will be the last time they will vote using glass marbles. For the past 60 years, each Gambian has cast a vote by dropping a glass marble into a barrel painted in party colors. (Election officials listen to make sure each voter drops only one marble into the barrel.) When the barrels are full, the marbles are counted by pouring them into wooden trays with 200 or 500 holes. The system works well, discourages fraud, and allows illiterate voters to participate, Gambian officials have said in the past. But they will now be switching to paper ballots to meet international standards."

Not a Christensen Agate turkey head marbles. From here I'm thinking Akro cork. (What does it look like backlit? Does it have fire inside which looks like it's coming from the white ... not just from the orange ribbon? It looks like it might. In which case I think Akro called it an Ace.)

Oy. The long seams and your ability to make those ribbons mostly horizontal, make me think not Master. But the seams have a bit of a scoop, which makes me not so sure about my first guess of Vitro. So, that's my answer: a tentative Vitro guess. Hopefully someone else will add their thoughts.

Jabo is still running as far as I know. I don't think Peltier is. (They hadn't made marbles in awhile but they were still producing other glass. I think they're gone now.) Dave McCullough was supervising the contract runs at Jabo 10 years ago but now he has his own operation: Dave's Appalachian Swirls. Here's how Mike described the Peltier Mansion story over on facebook. "Ten years ago, some of my glass freak friends and I went to Jabo Glass Company in Reno, Ohio, to make marbles. Boyce Lundstrom was one of the owners of Peltier Glass Company and the Peltier mansion next to the factory. James Armstrong was the former manager of Peltier, and his family owned the factory before Boyce. John Triggs was the owner of Youghiogheny Glass Company. I had been a stained glass artist for 35 years. We all hung out at the mansion, so we called ourselves the Peltier Mansion Group for this endeavor. John made most of the glass for our marble run to Boyce's specifications. I was in charge of adding all the side colors to the three crucibles above the furnace throughout our two day run. James brought a good attitude, enthusiasm, and plenty of beer. Over the last few weeks, I made some little boxes to commemorate the tenth anniversary of our experience."

I think probably lighter. I don't capture the shade right here, but since it looks like it may be awhile before I reunite these with their brothers, here's a shot of the ones already in the box. Including a Monarch, a Folded Rainbow and a Copperhead Nottmiller Exotic.

Japanese marble. It's called a Wales style sometimes, because Wales is one of the brand names it was distributed under. The small game marbles with single colors and the same style are called Japanese Pincers (or Pinchers) I'll estimate 1960's ... but that's a rough guess.

My first, second and third guess would be Vitro.

Sure thing. p.s. It might not be a modern Marble King. It _could_ be an older patch and ribbon style. My first thought was the two brown ribbons near one end were meant to have come together into a single patch in the modern way. But on second thought maybe they actually were meant to form a circle around the white patch on the end. If so, then older style. (Things can get sort of strange in the larger sizes.) I can't remember right now if black (brown) and white was a vintage Rainbow combination. Hopefully someone else will give input here.

When I saw the preview of your post, I thought we might have a double ingot. With those there is a seam all the way around the marble. Here, I think you're looking at modern Marble King. The long seam-like appearance all the way around shows the symmetric way in which the color is added to these marbles. What often looks like one patch on the end is two streams of the same color joining together. So, it's a seam on top and bottom, and two streams of color joining on the sides.

Thanks, guys.

*mindblown*

I think onion skin .... but I don't know these types well. If you add something like "Josephs coat or onion" to your thread title, it could catch the eyes of people who do know. I'll go make that title change now ....

Fun what we can see in different lights. Are all those diagonal strips in the bottom half indicative of facets, or are we mainly looking at the sudden change in the top half?

Did I really not even mention foreign as a 2nd guess? I was thinking Master or foreign.

Bodacious Bogard

I saw it! I saw it!

I think I see it.

Haha! Thanks to google, I get that.

Here is the classic picture of the Peltier Citrus family that we keep pulling up from past posts as needed. Photo by Smitty? Al will know for sure.