Steph
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Most WV swirls were made from the 30's to the 50's. At least one company, Champion, stuck it out longer though.
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Waves at Nancy! Long time no see. How ya been? I'm thinking Cosmic Rainbows. Vitro. Parkersburg. 1980's, I think. Popular. Not all that easy to find. Here are some pics. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/15140-vitro-cosmic-rainbow/
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a lot going on
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fantastic
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Ouch! Don't do that!
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Neat story, Jason. I asked about marbles at some of the sales and one of the sellers did have marbles at home -- but not selling -- she had some sulphides, so I got to talk about 'em a little and share some factoids even if I didn't get to see 'em. Cool, John! (Is she ebaying the watch? Or happy to now have a $1000 watch of her own?)
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Built a new keeper/display showbox
Steph replied to jeeperman's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
just think how great corks would look turning around in that -
Built a new keeper/display showbox
Steph replied to jeeperman's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
genius -
Beautiful orbs.
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no idea!
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I haven't found any marbles yet. I got this pretty pair of vaseline glass plates though.
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Really need to know the size. If it's a large marble, my answer above will change.
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More clear version of the above answer: This is a West Virginia swirl. That means it's made by one of the dozen or more marble companies operating in West Virginia in the 1930's through 1950's. It's hard to narrow down which of the swirl companies could have made it.
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Standard size? I once collected all the black-ish base with white-ish ribbon WV swirl images I could find. Hoping I'd learn to tell which is which based on the subtle tints or the ribbons shapes. I never got a good handle on it. But with the purple tint maybe someone else can narrow it down.
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Agree. Glass in spite of the appearance -- it was once smooth and shiny. From roughly 1930.
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I understand the doubt. I'd say good chance not American.
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D.A.S. Memorial Day Run May 23rd 2017
Steph replied to BIBLEfreak's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
That's a lot of variety of lusciousness. Wide variety of color combos. -
*happy sigh*
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Well, that's spiffy!
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Beautiful. Do you live near there? Will you be able to go back in the heat of the summer? What a great escape.
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accidental backyard art -- digging the tomato cages -- the view from my kitchen window
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I can't see the box.