Steph

Ron has been that for all of us.

A green or blue background might make the pink pop.

The top view on that black and white looked completely Akro. Might benefit from more views. Alley seems a good guess on the swirl. I don't see a clear flame pattern. Need several flame tips showing in the same view.

That's what I call it .... never was clear whether it was okay to call a rainbo that ... but that's what I call it anyway.

I'm going with it being a swirl, so I might only expect small cutlines, if they're even visible. I'm thinking it's more that the glass folded onto itself than a seam with most of those lines. I want it to be Alley. I don't always get what I want.

One of these things is not like the other one .... Sorry for the small pic .... that was back when I just figured out that one of my Rainbow Reds was really ...... a 7-up

I have a few rainbos I've been enjoying again recently.

Maybe a Vacor Red Devil on your peewee?

Hmmmmm ... normal size? Did it come with vintage or modern? I'd keep Alley as a possible candidate for now.

(To me the top view shows two seams with the marble folded so that they are close to each other.)

Welll ... if vintage then I'll go with Akro Milky Oxblood. And I am assuming vintage.

When I see that oily iridescent finish, I think Vacor or Asian. There are some dark iridescent ones here: https://www.billes-en-tete.com/liste_billes.php Possibly the Steely Torpedo? I don't have any so I can't check to see if they have anything hidden under the finish.

oh my!

It's pretty.

I'd say really good chance of being foreign. Not Vacor though, in my opinion. Not a style I'm familiar with anyway. Possibly Asian? I so very much look forward to learning more about what kinds of marbles are available in South Africa. You can't know how exciting that is for me. Whether it tells us about how other known manufacturers imported into your country, or possibly reveals the existence of manufacturers we did not know about yet ...

Pelts seem the most likely to go wonky among the vintage marble set.

Tiny little seams don't say Akro, yet Akro was still my first thought. With the tiny little seams, I guess it could be Master. I suppose the glass would fit with Master also. But with the condition of it, maybe it was a dug marble ... which puts me back to Akro.

Hi Alta. Welcome. I'm not sure just from that angle. The pattern on the one with yellow doesn't really look Vacor to me. More views could help. Also .... what size is it? One inch wide?

I'll guess fold. Looks like more than one error went into the making of that one. Have you see definite swirls with that color combo?

Much better on the exposure. Now it is looking vintage. More angles with that exposure might help someone see a different maker. For me, I just go with the rule of thumb that if there are no readily identifiable structural distinguishing features, then it is probably an Akro. Brad, are you around? Does lime-ish green say anything in particular about a maker. @slagmarble

I'm getting a modern feel from it. Some of the base glass looks clear. I do see transparent green areas also. So that's a strange mix. The white has a foreign look.

Some people go to marble shows. I spent a lot of time looking at marbles online at forums such as this. I do have books, but with a book and without a trained eye, it's not easy to figure out what you have.

Mostly it's experience. Patterns, colors, textures, sizes. For example, if a marble has small v-shaped cutlines, it might be a Master from the 1930's ... if the colors are right ... or it could be a modern marble from Asia. Super large marbles are mostly likely to be modern.

Basic Rainbo. Well, actually Pelt might have sold it as a Bloodie. I see the area which seems pink to you, but the overall impression I get is white. And I presume that's what it was meant to be. I have nothing intelligent to add about the color variations.