Steph

MFC.  Not CAC.  

Akro started out as a business which purchased MFC in bulk and packaged them attractively for sale.  A nice above-board marble-selling business which lasted for about three years. 

Then Horace Hill stole MFC's machine designs and glass formulas and took them to Akro which then set itself up in competition with MFC. 

In other words, Akro had a very unsavory start in the marble-making part of the business.  



I think that yellow is just a solid-colored marble, not slag, not electric.  Yeah, most would call it a game marble now, but remember this would predate Chinese Checkers.  These would have been considered nice marbles at the time.   The greens would have been called "Oriental Jade".  I don't know what colorful name the yellow ones would have had.  

I know of some place names which are a test of whether you're familiar with the area.  Some are not pronounced like the more famous places with that name.  Some are unusual names which new people won't sound out the way longtime residents say it. 

For example, Miami, OK,  Eucha, OK,  Tahlequah, OK, Albany, GA,  Cairo, WV, Manitowoc, WI.  

No doubt about Akro on the second one!  

The company name was Moss Agate.   


Edit: actually I do see how Roberto could have gotten Alley on the second.  But my first thought was Akro, and then of course with Ron weighing in with Akro, that helps me with the "no doubt" part.

*checks bank account*

On 4/2/2022 at 9:25 AM, Jeremysvt said:

ok then is this a blackie as no red? thnaks

On 4/2/2022 at 10:57 AM, Ric said:

Not a Blackie. It looks like a odd Tiger Eye.

Agreed.

But fun idea!  

Nice illusion

O M G 

Very imaginative. 

Good luck in your enterprise.

These came to me from Paula Cole as Marble Kings.  

Maybe yours is a variation on the yellow and red one here.

I too am unable to come up with a Vitro style name for it because it's a little off somehow.  

For example, the Vitros I can think of that it looks closest to are All-Reds and Tiger Eyes, but I wouldn't call it either one of those. 


 

Yes, it was a good one, you brave man!

12 hours ago, Tommy said:

Are those patches Akro?.  So Alox would buy stock from anywhere to fill orders 🤔 

I think they're actually Alox patches.   The founder's granddaughter confidently describes how Mr. Frier tinkered around until he managed to get patches from his machines.  She thought they were the big one-inchers.    I think they are the ones in the tit-tat-toe games.  

Lucky marble collector who has that bag!

Weird to see so many of one color combination together.  I guess that was somebody's favorite combo.   Possibly Akro Tri-Color Agates.  I'm not sure. 

^^ well, MOST are slags in that compartment in the center.    The blue one near the bottom of that compartment might be what we call a transparent swirl, a little later than most slags.    And the marbles to the right are something else. 

These are called slags.   The companies would have called them "onyx" back when they were made in the early 1900's.  But the collector name for them now is "slag".

5 hours ago, Fire1981 said:

You should have PM me and see who might go next. 🤪

That's how confused you had me.  That Taz looked pretty old, but I knew it couldn't be before 1954.  But that would still be a little old.   You had my mind going every which way.  

46 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

You should have PM me and see who might go next. 🤪

I should have!  Doh!

Hi Bill!

Hi Wally!

I used to have a house panther.  ❤️  

agree with Marble King

It's a fun one though!

*tries to think of something to say about cartoon character sulphide*

*then looks at calendar*

That does look enjoyable.  The ability to draw paths is a fun-looking difference from usual games. 

Refreshing!

Interesting ... that you did it.  

And that this 79-year-old man thought it was interesting enough to study and write an article about and encourage further study of.