Steph

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Could be Akro with those colors. You might have gotten hold of some dug marbles.

Very important step accomplished -- I found my stash of marbles that I'm willing to send down a marble run. That can be difficult for a marble collector to do -- send little glass orbs into a situation where they're going to get knocked into each other. But I've found my marble run marbles.

I don't know ... I'll put this in the main chat area to let more people see the question.

Yes!

Aw, we need more people to play so I don't look silly for making this into its own thread.

How about some classic Sunburts?

This one made me think of you, Hoody: It was prompted by the news of the upcoming christening of Prince Louis of England. "Louis" has a silent 'e'. Lou-ee. But since "Louis" ends in 's', we don't put a new 's' after the apostrophe. So now we have "Prince Louis' christening" and how to do we pronounce it? The 's' before the apostrophe is still silent, but now we pronounce a nonexistent 's' after the apostrophe.

Just for fun, here's a picture of the marbles I'm taking (actually these are owned by Doug Mitchell, grandson of the company's founder)

Well, there's a Budweiser Jabo. As to actual alcohol ... the only one I know is Mexican ... Tequila Canicas ... so it doesn't qualify.

New to me. I like.

weeeeeeerd

The colors are right for Akro. That's my vote.

My first thought was Marble King -- with a lot of bumblebees. But then I got practical. I'd have to go for the California Onyx Company ... because stone would last longer. This is a fun question. As much as I like having my random conversation thread bumped, this deserves its own thread. I know someone who can make that happen.

Those are some Vitro historical pictures I had never seen before. Yesterday I got some Akro historical pictures in the mail.

Hi Jen. Welcome. Thanks, Ron.

Hello, Martin. I agree with Al. They look like Veiligglas to me. (Also I agree on the Vitro cage style cat's eye.) http://marbleconnection.com/topic/15635-dutch-marbles-roll-over-the-globe/ http://marbleconnection.com/topic/20865-veiligglas-wirepulls/

got it in one

(I knew he would like that.)

Here's a gofundme account for Heather and Clementine, along with information about Heather, her life, and her memorial services. https://www.gofundme.com/heather-amp-clementine-patrick

wicked

Hmmm. Well, it looks old to me.

I don't see Jabo either. Not even a little bit. What was the logic? The U-shape in the 2nd view?

I don't know. The pattern seems more slag than swirl. The glass seems more swirl than slag at least in Photo #2. So I don't know. Hopefully someone else can be more helpful.