Steph

Coolness.

Oh gosh you're getting some nice packaging. The standard answer on clays is German. But now that we've gotten a reminder about French billes, I wouldn't try to narrow it down. (There were American clays also but I doubt they made it to the time of your box.)

Coming with some good names there. Subscout ... I love it. Wonder if I have any Tanks.

Ooooh. Purple and red ... and white and faint tan?

Are we thinking about Pelt slags, by any chance?

I don't know! ... drawing a blank What is the context?

I recently learned about the Indian Blanket flower -- my stepmom and I got to talk to each other about both our hobbies at once. Her and her flowers, me and my marbles.

I've been familiar with the box for a long time, but the connection with Veiligglas is a relatively new discovery, so it's good to be reminded of it.

Like! (I actually love clearies. And they were a big seller for Vitro back in the day.)

Oooh, hi Darla, that's a sweet one.

I'll defer to Ann here. P.s., it's very lovely. Like a ball of honey.

Wonderful action in the ribbon. Hard to pick a best view for that one, huh?

Good call! I think the translucent on the green might be a clue ... but basically ... good call. Definitely better together.

Neat! You don't see those often. Well, I don't anyway.

Oooops, someone forgot something. Don't have many yellow jackets at all. Mine are all normals.

Beautiful sculptures. LOL at the end. Nice place to put on a marble tour itinerary. Thanks for sharing. .... and congrats on 75,000 subs!

Here's the Google translate link ... at least the one they gave me ... it case it works for you. The "Mr. roll your ball blog". https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Froule-ta-bille.over-blog.com%2F&edit-text=&act=url

It's not loading right for me. I get a blank area where I'm probably supposed to be seeing the game.

*high five*

If the rest of this one looks about like this -- no clear 9 and no obvious seams, then I'll vote Akro slag here. The 1920's version. (That would be the gobfed version -- not handgathered.)

That is a handgathered slag. Could be one of the earliest American machine-made marbles. Quite possible M.F. Christensen. The little indented crease is called a "cutline". The other side has what we call a "nine and tail". (I see you mentioned the nine.) What you're seeing as a pontil might be a chip or an airbubble. The 9 and tail is where a little extra bit of glass was quickly whirled around the end of the marble before the person snipped at the cutline and dropped the molten ball onto the marble rollers. So in the general course of things no punty would have been touching the marble at that particular spot on the end. If it's MFC, it dates back to between 1903 and 1917. Other companies also made handgathered marbles, but no one will call the marble cops if you assume MFC here.

Only one semester of French for me. Wonder if there is some government official who might know that kind of thing. (Was trying to remember what we did in the Long Ago before The Time of Google. It's so distant now but I remember asking librarians and government clerks. Or my mother. She was a librarian. :D)

How hard should it be to find the name of the French company ... since we know there was one?