Steph

Sounds like fun.

It's card playing day. Someone recently posted a cool picture of cards and marbles together but now I can't even find it, much less get permission to use the picture. But when I think about cards, I sometimes think about marbles because of the Rosenthals. Didja know that the Morris Rosenthal who brought us so many boxes sets and who helped launch Berry Pink's career ... his brother was a playing card mogul?

So, this thread is for any random bit of marble knowledge folks pick up. But I haven't learned anything marbular so far today. If you wanna know about White Christmas, I may have some new information for you on that subject.

Sent her a message

Ah ... poor little bebbe

I feel so warm and Southwestern looking at that. (And looking outside my door actually -- frickin' snowless winter!)

I got the impression that they didn't have a very experimental philosophy. They had a simple line which worked for them and they had no serious competition -- until Horace Hill's betrayal -- so they didn't mess with success. Not until they had to try to come up with something new in order to compete with Akro. Haven't read the MFC book in awhile, but that's the general idea I've retained.

American Machine-Made Marbles says that Fisher of Vitro and Howdyshell of Marble King developed veneering at about the same time. (p. 95, top of right column, and p. 153, lower left column) I don't see a year given in the Vitro section but in the Marble King section it emphasizes that this was in the 50's, as it would have to be if MK was doing it at the same time. The Vitro section mentions Blaine Lemon saying "that it took four years to get the veneering process perfected ...." (p. 158, top of right column) In the Marble King section (page 95, bottom of left column), Howdyshell is quoted as saying that Marble King started veneering in 1956 or 1957. So that's more than 10 years after Conquerors were introduced.

Did you realize Vitro considered making corkscrews? Just read about that in American Machine-Made Marbles. (page 158) Lewis Moore studied John Early's design for the spinner cup but Art Fisher said they were doing just fine and didn't need to make the more expensive marble.

From American Machine-Made Marbles, p. 158: "For atom bomb tests in Nevada, the government dug holes and filled them with several truckloads of Vitro marbles. Moore, when pointedly asked, was uncertain why this strange activity occurred but recalled it clearly."

Supposedly, from what I have read, they don't quite fit into that category. But do you think of them that as being veneered?

Anyone have a copy of that? What does it say about chocolate covered marbles? Saw this entry in a bibliography when googling: Bernard, Betty (1991) Chocolate Covered Marbles. Buckeye Marble Collectors Club Newsletter (June), p. 2 http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/marble.html

https://bop.fm/s/team-stray/chocolate-covered-marbles Team Stray, 2006 "... our love is far more valuable than teeth ..."

The Leighton family was in possession of a ruby red glass recipe. But I don't believe MFC used it.

O_o @ the swirls

Since it's fruitcake day, I was googling for marble and fruitcake. lol. Found this as an illustration for bourbon balls .... (supposed to roll them into the size of 'aggie marbles' ) The artist's site: http://www.pbailey.com/ He has a section featuring marbles.

Thank you for sharing this.

Both appear to have a hole on top and a flat spot on bottom. If I'm seeing 'em correctly.

Does that say SB on the second marble? And do the other marks on the flat part form an image?

For Boxing Day

He knows natural logs! ♥ ♥ ♥

Looked for a nativity scene made from marbles. This is the closest I found. http://www.pinterest.com/inspirecreateco/glass-gem-ideas/