Steph

Thank you. I like them all. That wood grain one stands out.

I"m going with Imperial.

I'm not sure if it's one we have a name for. That late 40's and early 50's period doesn't seem to have been one for catchy names on the Vitro packaging.

Peltalicious. Sunset sounds good.

Gotta be Vitro. But I'm having trouble thinking of which decade or style name it would be. At first I thought later -- like 70's. Then you turn it around and show me the insides on that purple end, and that makes it seem older. Somewhere between Conqueror and Tiger Eye time? 40's or 50's?

I'm a pretty firm Akro vote here. Akro Tri-Color Agate

Oooops. I said Rainbo when I should have said Rainbow. Please don't take my mibologist card away from me.

Modern Marble King Rainbo. The 1960's "patch and ribbon" version with those colors would be called a Watermelon.

My only guess is Vacor Butterfly. Not seeing a perfect match, but the colors look Vacor to me. https://www.billes-en-tete.com/detail.php?id=79

What a great way to pass a day, prospecting for treasure. The itty bitty green ones are pretty.

I''m thinking Vacor. Modern. But which style? How close to orange is that red? Could they be Seahorses? https://www.billes-en-tete.com/detail.php?id=246

Ha! That's great.

P.s. looks like it might light up under blacklight.

The first one looks like it could be Peltier. It has lots of moons ... maybe it was from kids playing in the area. The 2nd one looks like a Rainbo. I know Pelt did make peewees. Don't know about 5/16".

Supposedly these are for real marble marbles: The ones with the red vanes are called "blood allies". Back in the 1800's those were prized. I don't think a company can be pinned down for actual marble marbles. Other stones have been used for playing marbles. The California Agate Company made marbles from Mexican onyx in the 1920's and 1930's.

Short answer: yes If they were made for playing -- and many were -- then they're marbles. The farther we get away from them being used as toys, the closer we get to calling them "mineral spheres".

It's good here.

I can't remember if Pelt did clearies for play. I need to figure out where I put my copy of American Machine-Made Marbles. It could tell us. If they didn't do clearies for play, maybe they did them as decorative gems like you sometimes find at craft stores.

HI George. That's what I wondered ... if they were glass, I thought at least two of them might be Master Cloudies.

At that size, not Nova. Could it possibly be a Vitro? I lean MK or Vitro. Not Pelt.

Yep, folks, he has the bug. And when you start feeling frustrated about something not clicking with marbles, think how many hours you put into studying meteorites before you were able to know them like the back of your hand. But you'll get there.

West Virginia swirl ... . Looks like cold rolls. Maybe the marble got hung up in the machinery somewhere between the furnace and the end of the rollers.

I'm going with Vacor Rooster on this one.

Hi. Welcome. I'm gonna ballpark common marbles at ten cents apiece.