Steph

I think that's a quotation mark on the end. Check out the "Akro Agate" in quotes on the label. Even with no "s" it shows they liked their ".

Ain't it just

Galen?!

Also it might be hard to tell whether the red comes from the ribbon or the base. It's believable it would be in the base though.

fascinating

I think the printing underneath says "AKRO AGATES" No guess on value.

wanna see that one now

Just learned about this one on facebook. Julie Bell, 1993, "Marble Master" http://artmight.com/Artists/Bell-Julie/JB-1993-marble-master-115272p.html http://www.juliebell.com/

Slingshot target set came with a bag of Vitros (Ebay)

It's Fruitcake Toss Day .... the closest marble thing I could find was a slingshot. Box contains a bag of Vitros.

lol ... yeah Stacy gave me the key words for my search.

oooooh ..... could beeeeeee

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/229472543489285944/

Here ya go

Uncle Wiggily and Johnnie's Marbles Uncle Wiggily in the Woods BY HOWARD R. GARIS

Sure. I'll PM my email in case you don't have it yet.

20 of The Best Places To Watch The Sunset

Nice find!

Supposedly it was for cost savings. This was the period when Vitro and MK were trying to survive the invasion of Japanese cat's eye. p. 158, AMMM: "Lemon stated that it took four years to get the veneering process perfected but it helped reduce costs and kept the company competitive."

Could be. Or 6 or 8 spray guns. Maybe.

Thataway ======> http://marbleconnection.com/topic/7979-whaddaya-know-about-industrial-uses-for-marbles/?p=175828

The issue is that while some of the 1940's marbles visually match our personal concepts of having been veneered, they apparently weren't done with the process which Vitro and Marble King described as veneering. That process was developed in the mid- to late-1950's.

My first guess would be that the marble found its way into the thimble by accident. Did some googling and found someone posting about an ornate sterling silver thimble which was found with a marble inside, dug from a front yard. The poster was surprised that such a pretty thimble would be thrown away. The hypothesis of the people who responded was that a child accidentally got the marble stuck inside and decided to hide the evidence of his misdeed. No other guess. Would be cool if someone knew a reason for that.

Getting a head start since I know the New Year starts earlier for Winnie than it does for most of us here. Happy New Year! Kris Parke http://www.pinterest.com/pin/512988213779082039/ link to 2014 calendar

Happy New Year to all.