Steph
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Good job! It takes all kinds. The toys let people play who can't quite picture themselves setting up their own. Something for everyone. Elimination was a fun idea, but the point accumulation races tell you the most about the marbles' "skill" level.
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Rather meaty. Wouldn't guess a later Alley. Could be earlier. Wouldn't be surprised if someone came in and said the broad ribbons pointed to someone else.
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The white doesn't seem quite white enough for a slag. So I'm leaning "West Virginia swirl". With a twist you wonder if it will turn out to be a Japanese transitional -- or maybe a funky Peltier even -- but I'm not seeing that in the extra views.
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Again, normal lighting needed -- from here I'd guess we're looking at more Clearies. However, I don't want to say too much until I get a better view: -
Is this the Clearie with the foreign material? Or ?? For most marbles, it's important to show us pictures taken in normal lighting.
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This one would probably fall into the category known as Game Marbles:
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This one is a Clearie with some foreign matter in it:
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More views are needed. With that structure, it's possible that it could be a Master Glass marble -- from the middle of the 1900's. More views in ordinary light are a must before I say anything definitive.
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Split off from the yellow slag thread at Bud's request. Bud ... I'm not sure what the question is. The way this particular marble twists, more views might be helpful if we're gonna make an ID. At the moment, I'm actually not getting a slag feel on it.
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Not "transitionals". That refers to another type of marble. As noted in the other thread, the marks on the ends would be called "cutlines" as opposed to pontils. With the four vanes, they could be Japanese marbles from the 1950's. Or could possibly be American marbles from a little later. With the turquoise I lean toward Japanese.
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That's a nice observation. And the single is very refreshing on a hot summer day.
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Hi Adrian, welcome. I think what you are seeing as a pontil is really a machine-made cutline. So they actually have two cutlines but probably the other one got rounded in so well on the rollers that it's harder for you to see. Not astoundingly rare.
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This? That's fun! LOL @ the pup.
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Okay ... I got my boxes out and I am now holding a Pennsboro Alley which has some strong similarities.
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Gosh, you guys, I can't shake the feeling that I oughta recognize this. Ric, are you out there?
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Were we supposed to see something in particular? Or just enjoy all the variety?
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I will use Google translate. Thank you for thinking of us.
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Could be. At 1", I'm gonna think Alley. And the little one is indeed very similar. Looks like you're on the right track.
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Linda Simmons posted some confetti-like marbles which she said her Dad made at Vitro in West Virginia. Said he called them "Sprinkles". There was more variety than the classics we saw from Anacortes. They included some with colored transparent bases. But I'm gonna guess that they were even more limited in number than the Anacortes version of the Confetti.
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Here are a couple of pix Patry posted: Scanned by Patry from the Vitro book -
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It's still lovely. Fun group of marbles. Mary had a little lamb, little lamb ....
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *happy sigh*