Steph

The information that Rosenthal operated out of Sistersville about has me convinced. That is a perfectly good reason for the marbles to be there even if they weren't made there. p.s., I would have guessed Sistersville on the right for the little red one here because the stringy base looks like peewees found in my Rosenthal boxes. It would be cool for that one to turn out to be Akro.

OMG, Ron. That Alley box is so sweet I almost forgot to stop and drool over the sparklers.

Who made those, Ron?

Loving all those bricks! And Clyde's marbles too. ♥

The quality of the Sistersville ones seems to be all over the place. Including a wide range in consistency of the translucent white-ish base glass. Some of the Sisterville base glass has struck me as more watery than Akro findings were. Is that just wishful thinking on my part?

Thanks for all the patch pix.

Brand new info to me! And fascinating. What did they call themselves after Alley left? If Rosenthal had control of that property for years, then yeah, them packaging marbles there would be easy to believe.

They were? I was not aware of that.

Thanks!

Yeah. Maybe they used the glass from the same sources. Or maybe whoever Jackson got cullet from was using the same formula Vitro did if Vitro wasn't using cullet yet. The time frame is similar. 1940's.

Thanks! That's a looker. What is mine? Something I picked up on the shore while looking for beach glass. Part of a real building brick, maybe.

It's a dug marble from the Jackson site. And more swirly than that one patch-like view makes it appear. "As far as the question of who made marbles with purple, might be easier to ask who didn't" lol, well, yeah, yet I still end up thinking "Alley" when I see lavender swirls. Ann, I was thinking machine-made but any and all eye candy is welcome.

Sent ... if I have the right email.

For posterity

Interesting result. I should have hung in a little longer on the better bag. Congrats to whoever won them.

Muchas gracias!

Yes, all in one. I'm not counting all in my group shots. Just not separating out the red/white/blue ones.

that too

It would be useful, interesting and possibly reassuring to see examples of marbles from Akro dirt (or wherever) which match the ones from Alley dirt. This comparison photo Browndog took was frequently used in the effort to convince everyone that patches found at Sistersville were Alleys: It would be soooo nice for someone who had the marble resources to show some comparisons of known non-Alleys to go with the patches we see from Sistersville.

Some red/white/blue amongst my last Ravenswood shot.

marble gold mine

They're working hard.

Dave, did you ever get a second opinion on these?

Love the art hanging on the wall in the splash page. And some nice marbles for display in the various categories.