Steph

ahdorable! Do they come from a time period with a famous style whose name I should know?

I like butter on a roll or a potato. Don't eat margarine anymore. But no connoisseur. (Ha! It only took me three tries to come up with a spell-check-approved version of that word!)

I don't quite follow. It seems some could be older than 1920 but still could be in that range. Is that a cat's eye up top?

That would be a clue. Not grounds for an assumption though. However, in my opinion 1930's is a good guess for the age of transitionals.

Not sure I would say all pre-1930 based on what I'm seeing in the photo. The yellow on the lower left edge, the purply flamey in the upper right quadrant, the red and white in the very center [edit: that's a transitional, isn't it], and the aqua and white on the bottom left, make me consider pushing this into the 30's. Or at least I'd like to look more closely at them. The "less old-looking corkscrews" are a wild-card. They need to be considered.

I'm gonna guess it could be Christensen Agate. But do NOT take my word. Do NOT. Galen?

That IS interesting. And what a nice combo of colors.

Ahdorable! She looks so proud of herself!

This is starting to look like an Akro corkscrew. And a nice one. With three colors this is what some would call a Special. Some might have another name for it based on it being red, white and blue.

Looking even more like a corkscrew. However, since I'm still not seeing the view which would nail it for me, I'll simply ask. Is it a corkscrew? Does the yellow ribbon start at one cutline and wrap around the marble until it hits a cutline on the opposite end?

Rub it in!

The colors on this one might help someone more knowledgeable decide. I don't know. p.s., even though this background seems "smoother" than the background I commented on in two other posts, it still seems to have too much texture for the camera to handle.

More views please. (And a smooth background as noted in the other post, to help the camera focus on the marble instead of the background texture. )

First thought with that pattern is Alley.

Is this an Akro? More views would be good. Also helpful would be a smooth background. The texture on the background is what the camera is focusing on instead of the marble.

Probably Akro.

Thanks, Josh. I actually did think JABO because of how out of round it was. I shouldn't have said that part about it being impossible to guess. Being hard to guess is for regular clearies, not footballs, eh?

Akro Onyx

Thanks you guys for jumping in. Now I don't want to say this. So nobody read this part. Disagree about the company calling it "special". Two-color opaque corks were "prize names". Three-color opaque corks were "tri-color agates".

The Tar Heels made the Badgers work hard for this one.

If I were to move there, you'd never get more than an inch again. Heat waves follow me around. Is nature trying to tell me something? But seriously ... I think I hear Minnesota calling my name.

Even looks like she's trying to ask "Are you okay?" at the beginning

Kewl. Nice data.

Hello welcome. Looks like a Clearie. The terminology for the shape includes "out of round" and "football". Would be practically impossible to guess which company made it.