Steph

Yeah ... makes the head hurt, doesn't it.

Jabo Last Dance  -- guessing this combo would be hard to acquire  (edit: oh, I do see one available in a group from Bermar on ebay)

Bear Eyes   

The second is Vitro to me.

The first looks like a modern swirl.  The cutline in the first view immediately struck me as non-American.  I started to say Vacor, but I realize there are some Asian competitors in circulation now and I don't know their characteristics.  I did consider Jabo briefly, but I was leaning strongly enough Vacor that I went to check the Billes page for possible styles. The closest I could see was Bald Eagle.

DETAILS (billes-en-tete.com)

I suspect Vacor Scorpion.

DETAILS (billes-en-tete.com)

Cat Eye Love!

And I find that shade of blue particularly appealing.

Yes.  And I mostly wanted to know when he began, so thanks for that info, but any other information would be welcome.  

When was Tom Thornburgh making his ceramic marbles?  

Is he still with us? 

 

Mibology had to start somewhere.  Interesting look at an early stage of the understanding of the subject.  

We've come a long way, baby.  

The damage on that one is strangely appealing.  It looks like a really fancy hunk of mineral.   

On 4/26/2016 at 7:42 AM, hdesousa said:

Count me in. Great topic.

I've had dyed agates bisected - antique German (red-brown ones) as well as modern.  The dye only penetrates a millimeter or two into the snot colored stone.

Also destroyed an (already damaged) "gutta percha" marble - color is on the surface of a black, dense thermosoftening resin.

And of course, cracked ceramic marbles will reveal the difference between porcelain type and yelloware benningtons or mochaware (decoration on the surface) vs. agateware (colored clays throughout the body of the marble).

Will try to come up with some pics.

Well, here's an update I should have done way back when.  This is probably one of the marbles that Hansel was speaking of.  

  




Discussion: 

If Not Gutta, Then What? - Archives - Marble Connection

Here's another innard that I'll migrate here.  Dindo posted it a few years back.  A Vacor. 

  


https://marbleconnection.com/topic/23766-inside-a-vacor/
 

Nice bump!  I LOVE this topic. 

Still intriguing that the cost difference between the base glass and glass in the veneer was so great that money was saved by going to all the expense of complicated veneering machinery.  



 

For some reason, this box has always fascinated me.  

Especially when it contains patches!

Your turn!

This pic has a couple of games I first learned about when we picked them up at garage sales. 

The Brick By Brick is dated 1992.  We got it today.  I'm doing it solo.  I'm better than I thought I would be.  lol

Actually the 30 Second Mysteries could probably be done solo but I think more fun with someone else reading the clue card.  Hubby played it with me on the day we got it.  Will probably try to talk him into doing it again.  That one is from 2015 and I see it is still available on the retail market. 

a treasure!

With that pair of patches, I'm going to go against the flow and say Marble King.

Mmmmmm ..... sunnnnnnn.  

I remember sun.  Yeah, that'll be nice when it finally gets to us.

Nice of you to give the Jabos a little fresh air. 

Hmmmm.  

I'm going to say Vitro cat eye.  

 

That looks like Pelt feathering.

I'm going to say Peltier slag.  

 

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Machine-made.  

Maybe Peltier? Or else a cat's eye?

2 hours ago, Jeremysvt said:

 

the one on the bottom left in the second picture seems the most similar to me

Yep, that bottom left one is Ravenswood.  I slid the Ravenswood tray into the Alley photo for comparison.