Steph

Just for fun. Post marbles which could pass for other makers.

Modern Marble King looks like a Pelt:

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oooooooh

I just had the vapors when I opened the thumbnail.

Here's a link

http://www.ebay.com/sch/scattered/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

John Frier, Jr., the president and son of the founder of the Alox Manufacturing Company has passed away.

Hugs and love to Jack's daughter Nancy and the rest of their family.

She wants no "sorry"s. She's celebrating his wonderful full-lived life. <3 <3 <3

Sweet. I gotta take up coffee.

Fun. There was one year in my life where I got into accessorizing bigtime. I would have gone wild for those square charms then.

What a lovely menagerie.

What's inside the pinecone shaped piece in the back?

Thanks, always glad to share.

Does anyone know who made the two in post #5?

My first thought was foreign coz of the seediness of the orange but the rest of the marble doesn't look foreign so

Willie's (marbledude) favorite marble is the Master Sunburst but he hasn't seen these yet. Here's a zoom...

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No need to show Willie.

I'll handle everything. hehe

Looks like several of the earliest (cleanest and brightest) Master Sunbursts.

It's pretty.

Does it have a name?

14692 points !

Congratulations. Nice conversation pieces!

That tight is super sharp. In glass and in clay.

Good advice!

Smile and breathe.

off the hook action

I set an, ahem, shall we say "unambitious" baseline. rofl

(8586 points)

Hello Fritz. Great question.

I know that German marbles were used as casters on the bottom of furniture, like on piano benches. And smaller sized marbles were used as things like wine stoppers.

I look forward to hearing what other answers you receive.

Like, man, that was really beautiful man. Peace out.

Gotta watch that auction!

Fantastic.

And how beautifully displayed.

I'm inclined to think the mesh bags are Peltier. We know Peltier used the name Marine Crystals. We know other companies had other names for clearies. So until I get more info I'll guess the Pre-MK "Marine Crystals" were all Pelt. (Do they have a Pelt structure under blacklight?)

MK using the name later even makes some sense because of the connection between Peltier and Berry Pink.

P.s., when I say "are Peltier", I'm not ruling out jobbering -- Berry Pink jobbered Pelts.

This one makes me dance

All the Marbles

From the 2007 Mike Woolf film Life is Marbleous

Words by S.D. Lishan

Music by Andrea Perry

I just saw someone with a marble in their avi on a nonmarble forum and learned she was inspired by a Suzanne Vega song.

"Small Blue Thing"

Today I am

A small blue thing

Like a marble

Or an eye

....

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/suzannevega/smallbluething.html