Steph

Maybe an Alley Tater or Tater kin: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/9467-alley-taters

I think we may be looking at more nice Alleys.

What Winnie said. Both of the names she said apply.

Ann, do you mean the one on the front left here as looking like an Akro cork? http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-MP97F46 Yes, more pics of that one would be good. Caroline, that could turn out to be an Akro cork with a nice number of loops, or it could turn out to be a Peltier Broken Cork.

hehe no problem! The more the merrier!

When I first saw them, I thought they stood out among all the other distinctly old marbles in the group. Then when I saw a second photo, I could see them being old, and I really hoped they would click with someone. But now ??? If none of the Alley or CAC people recognize them, I guess maybe we need to move past them for awhile and concentrate on some of your easier to ID ones.

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh ........

Stunts seem like a good idea for drawing attention.

Ohhhhhh .... those are stalactites ...... ! I thought they were tree tops. The mouth of the cave I saw as a farmhouse in the distance.

This says for Steph but I won't be stingy with it! (Help!) http://marbleconnection.com/topic/21654-black-and-orange-for-steph/

The big one is the one I'd most likely think of as modern if I saw it standing alone. For that one and the others which look like a matched set, I'm going to wait for some of the Alley and Christensen Agate people to see if they recognize them as one of their own. *entering lurk mode*

Gotta love purple. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks. I get an Akro feel from this view of the lower left one. The larger one also stands out as different -- more views could be helpful for that one. I'm going to wait for some of the others to comment on the main group of swirls. They look older than I first thought .... but I can't quite place them. Seems like something someone else might quickly pin down though.

That's pretty funny. It's meant to be.

I'm about to run out the door so I posted that answer quickly. I'd usually like to ponder more over a swirl ID, but I feel pretty good about that one. Really nice to have so many of those.

I think these are special Alleys. Alley is one of the companies who made what we call West Virginia Swirls. I think I can comfortably say yours belong in the Blush Line. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/13019-alleys-blue-skies-and-blush-lines/ "Lady Taters"

Hi Caroline. Welcome aboard. You're correct about the dating of the marbles. Turn of the century (with maybe some from the 1800's) into the 1950's. Plus one probably from the 1960's and one group I can't place at all -- might have thought modern if they were standing alone but since they're in such an old group, I'll be very interested in seeing more views of them. (Those are the black and oranges which come up as lot #2 for me.) Those stone aggies have seen some marble battles! A very nice inheritance. One group per thread in the ID forum would be the way to go for us to give you more specifics about your treasures.

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Thanks.

Thank you very much. I really love the colorful language.