Steph

Bless your heart, Chuck! (There were broken image links and he quietly fixed them. ) This isn't that close of a comparison, not marbles that people are likely to confuse with each other, but the similarity in the motion of the swirling on these large marbles made decades apart has always intrigued me:

This marble needs some more love.

Just a reminder. If anyone sees a thread that they think is turning into one which ought to be saved in the archives, add "keeperthread" to one of your posts in the thread. One word. That will let me find the thread when I do a search later for threads which need to be archived.

Bump ... this came up in a search. Thought it might be fun to see if anyone had anything to add before I send it to the archives. keeperthread

The texture of the white, the lavender shade, and the cutline I'm seeing at the top left of the top photo is making me wonder if it might be a Vacor. At 7/10 of an inch, I'm also still considering double ingot as a possibility. While leaving open the possibility of the crease merely being a deep fold.

Is that shade accurate? I don't know the maker but maybe someone else will recognize the shade. P.s., what size is it? A couple of the views are making me wonder if it is a double ingot.

That's definitely cool! Big ol' bubble. As to ID ... I don't know if it can be done. Can be nigh unto impossible to pin down a maker on a Transparent Swirl.

*desperately seeking adjectives*

"Fun" no longer is the right word for You, Me & the Apocalypse. I will say no more. Except if you haven't been watching it, don't start now. Just two episodes left out of ten, and you don't want to see the end before you see the beginning. I give the series a 10 so far.

I think we can allow it.

lol ... I'll never look at muffins ... or chihuahuas ... the same

Pretty sure this is a Scott Patrick

Springtime in Maryland? Gosh darnit, I was thinking I hadn't heard from Bob recently. Then I looked down the page to see if there were unanswered threads and OMG, we had heard from Bob. I'm so discombobbled, I started to say I wouldn't know a George Williams if I stumbled across it in the garden ... but I have a George Williams ... don't I.

To, the first two marbles would be in the "game marble" category. More views needed on the second two. If swirly, the they'll be more West Virginia Swirls (possibly more Alleys). The one on the right though looks like it could turn out to be a Peltier. More views needed though to see which way that one will go.

I think West Virginia swirl on #1 -- likley Alley. #2 would be a Peltier Rainbo. I would also call it a Peltier Sunset. #3 Peltier Rainbo And on #4, more views. If swirly, then West Virginia Swirl and possibly Alley. If it has two seams, then likely will turn out to be a Peltier.

More views of the second marble, please. If it's a swirl, I'd likely guess alley. But if it has two seams, then it could turn out to be a Peltier Rainbo. With the green one just being single color it's hard to say who would have made it. It's larger than an average "game marble". Probably made by one of the West Virginia Swirl companies. And the last two marbles also look like West Virginia Swirls. If you show more pix of it, one of our swirl people might think they're distinctive enough to guess a particular company.

Okay, it might be good to see more views on these. I'm intrigued by the large one. The yellow and white might be an Akro but I'm not sure. More views could help. The blue and white is a West Virginia Swirl. The far right one has an interesting little loop in it, which could possibly turn out to be a "nine". Odds are that's a game marble though.

Hello there. Welcome. Better to start a new thread for each group of marbles. I'll go ahead and break these into four threads. I know that I'll be asking for a second view on at least one of the marbles. Things start getting confusing at that point if there are very many marbles in one thread.

What would they be for? Yeah, I know they don't have to be for anything ... but .... would they have been like for jewelry?

Wowzer.

Whitney is in England to study for 6 months on break from Mount Holyoke. She's squeezing in as many memories as she can.

I think I got a bag from you. ... just need to find where I put it. Been pulling together all my different marble caches from around the house.

Well, hi there Rick! Some nice range there. Some surprises.