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Vacor seems right for that size. Not aware of anything else it could be. I don't see it on Billes-en-Tete, but I suppose it's possible that there are varieties which didn't make it to Billes yet. Or how big do those Chinese ones get which look like Vacors? -
Today's Saturday - I'm three days late
Steph replied to hdesousa's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
Sweet box. Yes, it certainly makes sense for a Cairo company to go with an Egyptian theme. -
Here's an eye candy dish I posted in another thread in 2020. A lot of nonmarbular stuff in there.
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With so many of this unusual marble, I can't help wondering what other marbles came with them.
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Yup, that's the "vibe". When I was trying to figure out Master tiger eyes, people would talk about a potato chippy structure. Took me awhile to see what they were seeing. Now maybe I see it too much! But, yeah, that's the vibe I was picking up.
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That would be cool.
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The thing that made it looks sort of Mastery yet early than their cat's eyes was the potato-chippy structure I was seeing in places. Such as:
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Brain racing. Went from Peltier Banana to Master Cat to Master earlier-than-cat to Akro. Gonna sit on Akro for a bit.
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I think a good chance of it being Vacor. The bubble pop would be consistent with that. Here are three I have in my files, two with bubble pops. The first one has no bubble pops visible but I have a liking for it because I know it came from a Vacor assortment bag, from before the named bags started becoming a big thing.
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My first thought was also Jabo swirl.
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Here's the Tricolor Agates box which came into the discussion on Facebook. From a Morphy auction, but through a different website, so I couldn't get a bigger photo in my brief attempt. And here's a similar more patchy one that I have. And my apologies to Ben for being so late in getting to this thread. Thanks for the tag, @William
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Peltier Peerless Patch or no, and is that an Ox Hair or...?
Steph replied to NeozLilBallz's topic in Marble I.D.'s
I'm all in on it being Pelt. I think the translucent base on the patches tends to be later, but still in the 1930's. -
Such a big piece to make such tiny details in the cat's eyes. Fascinating.
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love 'em
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You are asking the question in a perceptive manner. At least part of the red seems translucent, so that would not be oxblood. But I couldn't swear that none of the red is oxblood. Hard to say. I'm leaving the door open.
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whizzer ... ha ... hope everything comes out okay
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Oh it looks Jabo to me. Just clean and sharp.
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What is the size on the second one?
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I'm still going with Vacor on that first one based on colors and texture, but this view makes it look like it could be more of a folded cat's eye than a swirl.
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I'm considering that the bottom might be vintage, but I don't know what it would be if vintage.
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Rick was posting while I was looking at the Billes site for which Vacor style the first one would be. Maybe a Sunflower. The shades seem to not be quite matching, but the Vacor Sunflower has orange, brown and yellow in clear, which is what I _think_ I'm seeing in the first marble here. DETAILED INFORMATION (billes-en-tete.com)
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That red and yellow is classically beautiful. I generally tag Josh when I want help with Jabo dates. @Nantucketdink
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My memory has gotten so bad that
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Still no sun to speak of but I won't wait any longer. Picture came out pretty well in spite of the clouds. Lutz on two. Mica on one. I uploaded a big pic, so if you click enough times on it you can get some good detail.
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Photos of my inherited collection as I go
Steph replied to BENgineer's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
I'm guessing that's one of a kind. Like something a workman might have done in spare time.
