Steph

Now, about Grandpa there ...

I don't think he's just any old man. If I read Akronmarbles.com correctly, that's supposed to be Sam Dyke on his knee in the dirt.

No... That would've been cool, though!! It's April 3, 1939... I wonder why?

If the Curtis site is correct, there was a real April 1 issue. So, they couldn't use that any more than they could use the Sept. 2? I dunno. Well, the year is right and it's a conversation piece. :-)

The brighter light on Boro glass has splashed a lot more light on soft glass, too... Especially in torch / lamp / flame work...

For the longest time, glass art that wasn't done in a furnace was sort've considered "less important" in the art glass arena... even though most of the finest detail done in glass, has always been done on a bench, I don't think the majority of people realized it... The focus has always been on "The Glassblower."

What is made in a furnace?

As far as I knew until Kevin and then Sue said some people look down on torchwork, torchwork was where it was at. Now I hear some people think it isn't. What do those people make?

ROFL. That's hilarious, Sue. Is the date April 1?

There was another Country Gentleman cover with marble players. March 1923, Grandpa Goes Knuckles Down.

Definitely something special going on with that glass. Is there any hint at all of bleeding/blending?

Check this out: the cover of Country Gentleman, March 1937.

At Curtis Publishing, CG 1930's.

If I understand correctly, Curtis Publishing was also responsible for the Saturday Evening Post. They show a small pic of the Sept. 2, 1939 Norman Rockwell Marbles Champion cover. You can get to that from this page, SEP 1930's.

Sounds like a delicious drink.

It looks like the camera picked up the fluorescence of whatever was behind the marble.

Thank you Lou.

That's the other box I've seen.

The one which, together with statements I've heard from at least four sources about realers being rainbos, makes me wonder if realer was a cross-over name, introduced for certain cloudy-based patches during the time of the NLR and then used for other marbles during the rainbo era. At least until they ran out of pre-printed Acme Realer boxes.

Thank you Brian.

Rick I don't mind a good lightbulb joke. or a bad one.

Is torchwork the same thing as lampwork?

I begin to think lampwork is not the same thing as "making lamps".

Found the realers box with the rainbos in it.

It's a partial box. I don't know who first posted it, or where, or what was said about it. Like whether it was an original stock remnant or was more likely to be backfilled or what.

Haven't yet found the realers box with the rainbos in it. Did remember this one tho'. The "Specials" box with what looks like mostly rainbos, and some peerless patches. Interesting in more ways than one. For some reason I thought of peerless patches as coming from a different time period than rainbos. This says there was at least some overlap, unless old stock found its way into the box. Also, I wasn't sure I'd find rainbos in these flat old-looking stock boxes, but here they are.

Yes, Dave, LOL. This go round I'm asking about marketing names. :-)

Carole, funny you should mention Acme Realers.

I've been wondering if that might be one of the tweener marble names. And if maybe the packaging was used for two different kinds of marbles. First patches and then rainbos like you say.

In this 1933 ad, I think the Acme "Real" marbles were patches.

Yet Block called Realers rainbos, and so does the info and history page at Peltiermarbles.com:

Translucent white base with a pair of colored ribbons encircling the equator are called Acme Realers.

Edit: Marble Alan also said Realers were rainbos, but a different type: "Rainbos with a translucent colored base are called Acme Realers."

I know I've seen a pic of a Realers box with patches. But I'm pretty sure I've also seen one with Rainbos.

Maybe later in the 1930's or in the 1940's Peltier said something like, "We have the boxes and we like the name so why should we mark it out? Just decide which of our new style Rainbos matches the old name best and they'll be our new Realers."

I'll see if I can find that Realers box with the Rainbos in it.

Are there any Pelt Rainbo names, official ones, other than the Rainbos and the Bloodies?

So, may I conclude that everyone is saying yes on those being marbles!

Hope there's a disclaimer on that tequila bottle, "Risk of choking. Not to be used by children under three"

Elizabeth

There are oh so many ways to go with that.

And none I'm brave enough to say

What she said. Totally!

Ingenious.

Neat!

Alan, I was hoping someone else would say something about this one.

How's it done?

I don't even know what to ask.

I only know it is fascinating.

um ... just in case you didn't guess/know ... canicas is Spanish for marbles.

Links to marble categories on non-U.S. eBay sites:

tba

What are some keywords which might be used to google for marbles from out of the U.S.?

I have next to no idea what words to use. What I'm including so far are words which have given me some results, but I haven't found any motherlodes of marbles using these searches, so I am sure there are superior terms. Any help would be appreciated.

Dutch

• Knikker
  
• Knikkers
  
• with glas or glazen for extra keywords
  

French

• Billes
  

German

• Murmeln
  
• Glaskugeln
  

Spanish

• Canicas
  

Thinkin' there may be a lot of keywords here:

Murmel und Murmeln. Einfarbig oder bunt, groß und klein. Das wohl älteste Spiel der Welt - nicht nur für Kinder!

Murmel, Schusser, Bucker, Klicker, Knicker, Marbel, Marmel usw. Viele Namen für eine meist runde Kugel. Schillernd, bunt, verzaubernd. Nicht nur für Kinder. Auch für Erwachsene immer noch ein Kinderspiel. Und natürlich auch ein Glasobjekt zum Ansehen und zum Dekorieren.

Murmeln und Kugeln aus Glas.

Mit Murmeln lässt es sich nicht nur trefflich spielen, sondern auch wundervoll dekorieren. Dekorationen im Wohnbereich oder bei Präsentationen wirken stärker, wenn Glas (Glasnuggets, Glasherzen, Glassterne, Glasbonbons und Murmeln) eingesetzt wird. Die runde Form der Murmel ist wohl das Geheimnis andauernder Beliebtheit. Glas hat was! Lassen Sie sich entführen in die Welt der bunten Murmeln und Glaskugeln. Murmeln aus Glas, das war und ist immer noch etwas ganz Besonderes.

(source)

Altavista translation:

Marble and marbles. A-colored or multicolored, largely and small. The probably oldest play of the world - not only for children!

Marble, Schusser, Bucker, Klicker, Knicker, Marbel, Marmel etc. many names for a usually round ball. Schillernd, multicolored, bewitching. Not only for children. Also for adults still a children's game. And naturally also a glass object to the reputation and to decorating.

Marbles and balls from glass.

With marbles it can be played not only to splendid, but also decorated wonderfully. Decorations within the apartment range or with presentations work more strongly, if glass (Glasnuggets, glass heart, glass stars, glass drop and marbles) is used. The round form of the marble is probably the secret of continuous popularity. Glass has which! Let kidnap itself into the world of the multicolored marbles and glass balls. Marbles from glass, that was and is still somewhat completely special.

what an imagination!

set of imaginations?

The combined dream of three people?

Yeah, that's trippy. (and outrageously awesome)

I was looking for information about Canicas tequila when I ran across a mention of a film which appears to be about a marble champion. I would still like to know if those are actually marbles in the bottom of the Canicas bottle, but I thought the movie looked interesting too.

A couple of reviews:

"Zurdo": Sueños infantiles para Salces, ahora en largometraje

El cineasta mexicano Carlos Salces debuta en el terreno del largometraje, tras varios premios internacionales con sus cortos "En el espejo del cielo" y "Las olas del tiempo", con "Zurdo", una historia entre la realidad y la fantasía siempre con protagonista infantil, esta vez un niño residente en el pueblo de Buenaventura al que todos consideran el mejor jugador de canicas del mundo.

Zurdo brings the concept of a square world seen through the eyes of a round ¨canica¨ sets the stage for a marvelous movie made both for kids and adults.

Set in an imaginary Mexican small town, and through he eyes of a young and innocent kid who has to play tough to survive in a tough reality, this movie is fantastic both in it's making and for the social message it carries.

When street games where the life of children and not techno, computer games......

Highly recommended for all the family.

Sources:

movie photo album

Amazon.com

But ARE those marbles down there at the bottom of the bottle?