Steph

Are there any catalog illustrations of Navarre marbles? ... or other Leighton marbles?

Very cool. And without Leighton's help, would Martin Christensen have been able to make marbles? Or Akro? Marble history would have looked very different without him. Do we know what made him think to get into marbles in the first place?

Thanks!

That's what they looked like to me also. .... and I wondered why a toy company would be selling them in a box of 8. *scratching my head*

I thought so, but I didn't remember for sure.

Was trying to figure out where to post a Pressman box or see if it was posted before, and I was reminded of this box. It's cool ... coz it's a box ... but who was the target audience for such a plain set and kind of rough looking set? Were they for marble games? Or some other play purpose like a target game?

Anyone have any Navarres or Barbertons or other Leightons they're pretty sure about?

Kumbaya!

I'd call it a Muddy.

That's what I meant.

Both amazing. The pink is scrumptious.

Those 1955 marbles remain a fascinating mystery.

It's lovely. I'm curious about other views.

From a Brazilian marble package:

Thanks for the link.

Is that yellow on a white base? If so, then "interesting". Gonna go with "pretty yellow marbles" at this time. (And Vitro sounds good.)

If that's green I think it's a Girl Scout with oxblood. If it's teal, then a Kato.

So would it be very surprising for National boxes to have lasted into the late 1930's?

Mike once said that Acme Realers may have stopped being made in 1936. Would that correspond with a transition time to a new style of marble? That date fits with time frames mentioned in two articles about Berry Pink. A January 28, 1941 newspaper filler article says that 4 years earlier he had the idea to recycle milk bottles and cold cream jars into marbles. A July 1939 Pic article says that he got his idea 3 years earlier. Both pieces (found in posts 1 and 12 here) have some humor in them such as the suggestion that Pink was able to melt glass at home ... but maybe they do correspond with the date when Peltier switched from batch glass to cullet. Yes?

Englishies?

best 8 minutes i've spent today

Glass beads sold as old, by seller in Sliven http://www.ebay.com/itm/171282558828 The glass industry of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Looks like they did fancy stuff before 1944 and are doing fancy stuff again. In 1944 the market was messed up. Marbles still seem too crude for what is discussed here but there still would have been a need for beads, and where there are beads, why not marbles?