Steph

Can you trace a complete join line around the marble to prove to yourself that it is separate globs of glass which were joined together?

Good question. Possibly Vitro and therefore American. But I can't be sure with the views shown. Would be helpful to focus on the ends of the vanes to see if we have an American cutline or an Asian cutline.

Nice to hear. Welcome.

1930's Vitro. Company name: Tri-Lite Collector name: Helmet

There _ARE_ paperweight marbles -- looking like paperweight construction spherical and not flat. But I'm guessing that was supposed to be a paperweight. And I can't remember right now what the paperweight marbles look like. And I gotta run to work now. Could be a fun topic.

It rests flat on the surface?

Not sure of the question. That looks like an actual paperweight. Not a marble.

The glass looks modern to me. Marble King seems a good candidate.

I haven't watched the videos yet. Just bumping the thread to mention that I have the book entitled A Stone's Throw: The History of Marbles in the Upper Cumblerland Region of Tennessee and Kentucky, by Darren Shell. I'm so bad, I got it years ago yet I haven't even removed the cellophane wrapper. So now I have it on top of my to-do stack to remind me to watch the videos and read the book.

That's what I was thinking, but didn't know how to say it. Makes it that much more special.

Neat!

The leather might in theory be too textured. The theory is that the camera needs to not think it's the background texture that it needs to focus on, so that it's more willing to focus on the marble. But really, your enlarged views show very nice detail. Don't worry about me sitting over here being late to the show.

A nonreflective minimally textured gray ...

After remembering to click and enlarge, and after seeing your Jabos in other threads this morning, I'm going with all Jabo here.

Arranging them in a 2 x 2 square or 3 x 2 rectangle, and using a less reflective background surface would both be good for getting more marble in better detail in the photos. However, I jjust remembered to click on these and englarge and the detail is pretty good. I think Akro on bottom. And because of the seams and general patch shape, Akro on top. The middle three look more generic. Looking athe enlarge version, I'm leaning Vitro on those but wouldn't be surprised if the top two of the three turned out to be Marble King.

Pretty sure some Jabo in there.

Here is one of our nonmarble glass threads. https://marbleconnection.com/topic/26983-slag-glass-scores/

Either general chat forum or the lounge can work for non-marble glass. It's all good.

My neighbors are trying to get me interested in non-food gardening. It's a tough sell. But now I have a hosta and an elephant ear. I just learned of the existence of a perennial sweetpea which can stand up to the Wisconsin climate. That piqued my fancy.

We don't have lights or other decorations because our one-year-old cat would eat them. But we have two frisky cats, which I'll gladly trade for decorations.

Not TOO much snow. I'm guessing around 10 inches spread out over a few days. But I've never seen this much snow when it was so very cold. And the wind. KRAZZZY! I am cozy at home though and happy. Stay warm everybody!

I think Marble King on the one with the purple. Possibly Akro on the red and green.

I used to have a wishlist, and it all got filled, but I can come up with something to play along. Dear Santa, I hope you are well. Please pet Rudolph for me. I would like to have a green aventurine Japanese 4-vane cat's eye boulder. Or a 4-color St. Marys boulder. xxoo, Stephanie