Steph

It's no guinea but I thought it was pretty nice. Not mine, but I tried for it! (pic from marblealan auction)

Have a blast!

Acme Realers (click to enlarge) Source: Redcougar725, ebay auction More Realer pix here

I see the yellowish cast. I'm also seeing a possible match though with these Anacortes which Don posted. What do you guys think? Jack's again:

Definitely Jabos. Sorry Ken. Hate to be the one to break it to you. Probably should give them to cubscouts. I can help you find some boys who would like them. ;-)

Sorry you didn't get any answers. I recommend posting handmade questions in the main forum. Since most of the marbles in the ID section are machine-mades, people who specialize in handmades don't look over here as often. Does it have anything in the middle of it? Would this fall into the "maypole" category. I'm just winging it here. All I know about handmades is what I read in Paul Baumann's book, Collecting Antique Marbles. I'll move this over to the main section to get some more eyes on it. -s

Ah, found Galen's pic! Found two pics actually. Agate cutters, old and closer to "modern".

I thought I knew where Galen's pic was but couldn't find it right off. Since this is already one of the cooler threads and could be better if someone besides me played with you :-) I think I'll bump it and temporarily relocate it to see if anyone else wants to join in. Huge thanks already to Steve, and thanks in advance to anyone else who can help with this stone and ceramics primer.

Elizabeth or Paula might be able to give us insight into the colors. That bright red/green/blue combo seems as if it could be a clue. How common would that be in any size? I've had one in that combo, but I don't know if I've seen more than that one. Wonder if anyone could pin that down to an era.

Very cool about the buoys and channel markers! I've been researching the ballast idea. I've learned some things about different kinds of ballast. I still haven't talked to any experts about it but I've seen more than one reference in newspapers to marble ballast. And some more credible sources than newspapers have discussed the idea of worthless ballast items which would just be thrown overboard vs. commercially sell-able items such as salt and iron which got cheap freight rates because carrying cargo at cheap rates was better than travelling with none. [edit: I mention that because many ballast stories discuss marbles as the sell-able type of ballast, as opposed to the kind which gets shovelled into the sea.] I saw your seaglass jewelry in the i.d. section. You should post it here too. Those are great!

As to "experimental", I would avoid using that term. I've heard that Akro's true experimental runs were made on larger size marble machines. I can't remember what rationale was given for that. Whether it had to do with checking glass quality or whether the large machines were less likely to be needed for normal production, or what. But that's what I heard. if I recall correctly.

I kinda like the Akro idea on both.

Archive-worthy explanation! Thanks!

Wow. Where does she get the material she works with?! I once broke a Peggy Karr plate. I couldn't bear to throw it away so I tumbled the pieces. That turned out nicely.

I was under the impression that the term "end of day" had fallen into disfavor. Can anyone confirm or clarify?

Just in case it doesn't go without saying . . . that is SO cool.

Well, hello Bob! Welcome. That's wonderful memorabilia. Love to hear as much as I can about tournaments - - - and champs! What are your marble interests these days? I think I'll temporarily move this over to the main chat area, so more can see. The study hall is a lower traffic zone but this thread is getting some interesting contributions to it.

omg, yes! wow. it caught my eye the first time, but I only just now expanded the thumbnail! that's a joy!

So, what IS it? I tried to read the label. Apparently if they're low on volume, you can soak them and plump them up? Are they a new product?

LOL. Betcha wish you still had all the ones you were given in the 1800's.

Nice. Here's mine. I'll trade you.

Funky effect. looks like it's a bubble inside. lol. I guessed what this was about just from the title. But didn't guess what it would look like.

Those are fun! knowing who made them makes it all the better.

Yes, do! It's animated. :-)