Steph

Folder #14 "Unrelated quadruplet - rust and white; blue and clear; rainbow" #1 Vitro Conqueror, 1940's #4 Asian cat's eye ... this could be one of your newer marbles. There _were_ Asian cat's eyes in the 1950s, but they've been making 'em nonstop since then until the present time. Hard to date Asian cat's eyes. But the very earliest ones tended to be neatly made and had clearer base glass. #5 and #46 Marble King Tri-Color Rainbow, late 1950's to early 1960's. Well, I'm off to do some heavy-duty gardening ... digging up sod ... hauling in dirt. Happy Saturday.

a lot of honeys

Love!

Well, I've been out most of the day, so that was my quick peek this evening. Be back later.

"Unrelated pair - blue, green, yellow and white; bloo… black and white" I think Vitro on both of these. The question is age. I'm not quite sure I'm making out the structure of the first one, #66. Is the blue color on the surface in this one? Could be we're looking at a Tiger Eye from the 1950's. The 2nd one, #69, appears to be a Vitro Tri-Lite, from the 1930's.

"UM small creamy, swirly with clear center" #31 ... in one view looks like an Akro corkscrew. But I think it's likely a WV swirl. #32 and 54 are probably "game marbles", since your title suggests the size is on the small side. They can have some subtle variations in color but they're thought of as "single color" and are for things like Chinese Checkers. Probably the same for #35, 16, 50 and 28.

"UM red, yellow and white" Also Vitro All Reds. Circa 1960's. I see you commented on different shades. For #64: "deeper red, mustard yellow, more complex." Variations are to be expected. I don't think they mean anything we could draw clear conclusions from.

"UM MK or Vitro red, white and blue" These are Vitro All Reds. These came later than the blackline All Reds in the earlier folder. Circa 1960's. Possibly some from later but with the strong colors I feel good about 1960's for these.

Welcome! I too have an affinity for Cairo Novelty.

Chuck, the larger ones didn't jump out at me before. I think I forgot which company I was looking at. I don't think of Cairos being that big. Neat that you have those.

"UM mauve, green, blue, yellow and white" #3, 36, 45, 55 I think Vitro Tiger Eye on all. Pretty sure at least Vitro on all. And I think all would be Tiger Eyes.

"UM green and white swirls opaque" #43 and 44. These might be Peltier Rainbos. More views could help.

What a nice story. Attractive orbs, too.

From newspaperarchive.com, I see they were available between 1959 and 1966.

COOL!

Well, I'm going through the folders, one by one. This is the 7th folder: "UM green and white swirls clear center" I'll just say West Virginia swirls here and leave it at that for now. I'll keep popping in and doing a folder or two until the end.

Oh, definitely not! Not even gonna say jmo!

I think of the moody blues as having a more brown shade

Anytime anyone else wants to hop in, I wouldn't mind! I'm looking at the folders in order at Emma's link.

"UM cat's eyes (not sure)" The first and third (#2 and 6) are Vitro cat's eyes. Because they have more than one color, they're called hybrid. (Usually hybrid applies to something which isn't intentionally made that way. These cat's eyes were intentional, but we still call them hybrid.) This style is from 1960 give or take. The middle one, #26, is also a cat's eye but looks like a different maker. Possibly Marble King. I could tell better if I saw the ends of the marble.

"UM brown, orange and white (and one with blue)" The first two (#62 and 63) are blackline All Reds from Vitro. Circa late 1950's. The third, #74, may also be a Vitro. From the 1930's if I'm seeing it correctly. We would call it a Tri-Lite. IF it's what I think it is. Need more views to confirm. Would be helpful to see the seams aka cutlines head-on.

Interesting .... name? Is it an inky?

"UM blue and white swirls clear center" The first one here, #42, is a West Virginia swirl. WV swirl for short. Around 10 companies in West Virginia made similar marbles, so we often lump them together under that name. Sometimes we'll try to narrow down the company. It's an inexact science though. #42 could be from the Ravenswood or Alley company. I was having trouble getting a vibe from the next two. But now I think the middle one, #18, might be a Peltier. The last one, #10, is still not speaking to me.

Goodness ... look how fuzzy those letters are. Like a mohair sweater.

nice colors