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... and maybe 1934 ... The Chicago World's Fair, A Century of Progress.
A marble shooter:
Auction description:
Rare C.o.P. Marble Shooter MISCELLANEOUS, Marble Shooter. Very rare marble shooter Metal marble shooter. Painted red. Spring loaded shooter. Has a label on it for "1933 A Century of Progress Chicago". 4-1/4" long. -
Here's a different kind of bowl, a "jack". It's from a UK seller.
(click to enlarge)
Auction description:
A rare ceramic jack or kittie with merchandiser's trademark. it is in good condition with very few slight knocks. As it was found with a number of Scottish carpet bowls My guess is how this jack was used.Here's what Baumann says about jacks:
Jacks or kitties, the "targets" at which the other bowls were rolled during carpet bowl games, are solid white and infrequently feature a merchandiser's trademark. Trademarks, which are fairly rare, enhance a jack's collectible value. Sometimes a single jack includes the merchandiser's name plus a separate trademark elsewhere on the bowl, such as Taylor-Rolph's "IMP" trademark. Trademarks vary depending on age. For instance, teh Taylor-Rolph jack with the "Made in England" mark applied below the "IMP" mark are newer than similar jacks without it.Baumann's estimated value for an F. H. Ayres jack is $150.
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Note: LOM in front of a link indicates that the linked page is hosted by LandOfMarbles.com. MM indicates a link at Marble Mental. KC is the Kansas City Marble Collectors Club. Akron is AkronMarbles.com. WWW will direct you elsewhere on the world wide web.
Alley Agate Company (1929-1949)
See also: the Alley section of Links: Original Packaging.
Special discussions and displays:
Marbles From The Sistersville Alley Site
Interesting Marble (Very!)
One Of These Is Different., Five are from the same company
MM: ALLEY AGATE COMPANY - 3rd Article in the Series!
LOM: Couldn't resist this one. (a history lesson in post #14 & post #26)
Unusual Aventurine? (historical discussion)
Marble Id Help, White base w/blue swirl (Ravenswood vs. Alley)
Note about Alley sample case in Vitro collection:
LOM: Vitro Book Questions
Swirls:
Just A Show Take A Peek, " da ole cigar box strikes again " (superman/superboy colors)
Flames:
What Wvs Company Did This?, I gave up my wishful thinking on CAC (most of the pix are gone, but as of the time of this writing there is a great flame in post #11, and post #8 has an explanation of a case of mistaken identity that occasionally arises in connection with the famous Alley sample case)
Alley Agate Mailman (very dendritic pattern there)
Alley Flames A Question Please.
Very Busy Little Marble! Not Sure Who Madeit!
Patches:
I Am Thinking Vitro, what do you think?
WWW: ALLEY PATCHES! (Paula Cole's website)
Oxblood?
Have No Idea As To What This Is, But I believe it has Oxblood on the surface (Horsehair)
Oxblood?, Akro?, WVS (if so, which Co.?)? (most of the pix are gone, but there's a nice swirl in post #7)
Never Seen One Of These Before, NEED AN I.D. PLEASE (braided! cool!)
Aventurine:
Chalkies:
Tater Bugs:
Other named Alleys:
Alley's Blue Skies And Blush Lines, Honoring Alley's Blue Lady
Peewees:
Alley Agate Peewees 3/8 Or Smaller--one Or More Of Each
Who Made These Patches?, Rosenthal box (whether they are alley or not, there are peewee alley patches which these resemble)
Shooters:
Drizzle:
Alley Picture Gallery:
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Been awhile since I edited this thread. I'm just adding this link down here as a nice example without figuring out which category it should go in.
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Still working on this ... from time to time. Suggestions are welcome.
Discussions and illustrations of salient features in marble construction:
Pontils:
Single Ground, Faceted Pontil Marble
Web Page About Japanese Pinch Pontil Marbles
akronmarbles: Marble 'Pontil' Variations
Please Tell Me More About These, WONDERFUL Old Marbles!! I think they.... (original photos missing, post #3 has some clear photos of faceted pontils)
Questions About Marbles With Pontils
Seams:
An unseamly question....or two....
A True Conundrum, Some CACs are just wrong (what is a seam? How many seams could a CAC have? How did seams get made by machines? and how did other seam-like features get made?)
9 & tail (and cut-off lines?):
Are All Mfc Slags Hand-gathered?
Turkey head:
Flames:
Alley Flames A Question Please.
Corkscrews other than Akro?
Drizzle:
"Reverse twist" on Pelts and others:
Looking For Some Education, Identifying Marbles
Calligraphy:
Diaperfold:
Diaper Fold Or Two-seamed Striped Opaque ??, 11/16" Christensen Agate
Road and Tunnel:
Would Either Of These Be Considered A "road And Tunnel" Design?
Hand-gathering:
Hand-gathered/handmade, The difference is..?
Bullet Mold:
Bulletmold??, anybody know for sure?
Claw And Ball, I finally got one
Steelies:
Handmade Or Machine-made? Hand "gathered"? (read the patent. try to picture how the press works!)
Oxblood Examples & Discussion:
Show Us Your Slags With Oxblood!
Oxblood, Why is oxblood so variable from maker to maker?
Odd Shooter Oxblood's Any Clue
Akro, German Or Somthing Else?
Horsehair oxblood:
Have No Idea As To What This Is, But I believe it has Oxblood on the surface (Horsehair)
Oxblood?, Akro?, WVS (if so, which Co.?)? (most of the pix are gone, but there's a nice swirl in post #7)
Lutz:
Ebay Plug - Some Nice Ones This Week! (super pix)
Aventurine:
Yellow Adventurine, On Pelt's of course
Red Aventurine, Better look hard at your WVS's
Id Marble Help Please (Alley Agate swirls)
Pee Wee Blue Green Alley Aventurine Swirl, BLUE GREEN ADVENTURINE SWIRL
Sunshine And Aventurine, a good combo
Peltier Bumblebee Copper And Chromic Oxide Aventurine, yep green aventurine along side the black aventurine. (Akro Royal)
Mica:
Egg yolk:
For Jay ... What Exactly Is Eggyolk?
Metallic:
Id Please.. Chocolate Cow Peltier Nlr?, brown/blue/white
Swirls, Metallics, Cacs: Id Confirmations Needed
2 Metallic & 1 Pink Peltier (coppery?)
There was also one which looked like it had a gold nugget inside ...
Vaseline Glass (and other fluorescent marbles):
Blast from the past - Bloodies (fun fluorescing mouseover at the linked site)
California Sulfides, Anyone have pictures?? (has a link to a Land of Marbles thread discussing fluorescence as a sign of age in sulphides)
Bought Uv Blacklight - Pretty Cool ???results??, Added tools to help ID, still not so cut and dry
LOM: Porcelfrit that glows (historical note about government requisitioning uranium)
Pistachio ... Who Used It? (Ron noted about 70% of Alley pistachio glows)
About colors:
MFC Red? (the prevailing theory is that MFC didn't make red slags)
Akro Black? Anybody's black?
About sizes:
Sit A Spell And Tell Me More About Peewees
What Is The Biggest Marble ...
Errors and variations:
New Theory On The Origin Of My Purple Vitro Banana
Non-Akro Corks
Bifurcated Pelts
Hybrids:
Double Ingots:
Double Ingot Marbles, 3 dug at the old Akro Agate factory
Triple Ingots:
Alternating Latticinio's Blue/green?, or other odd one's
Are You Ready For Some Footballll??!!!!, let's see some your favorite errors (see post #21)
Footballs, buttons and other shapes:
Are You Ready For Some Footballll??!!!!, let's see some your favorite errors
Same cane handmades:
End-of-cane handmades:
Slurp A Lot A Lurv For Handmades, I got carried away with the handmades
End Of Cane Cloud ?, End of Day Four Panel Onionskin?
End-of-run machine-mades:
Same run machine-mades:
End of day?
Lobed Shrunken Core......light Green Glass, but is it end of day or cloud?
Ceramic Glazes:
Creases and Folds:
Butt Cracks?
"Anemic" Marbles:
Pigtails?
Bubbles:
Mica In A Pelt ?, look at this !!!!!!
Debris:
Lemme' See All Your "junk" Mibs!!
Peltiers (golden debris)
Orange Peel, and other surface texture issues:
Orange Peel Surface On Peltiers
Calling On The Marble Minds!! (Frosted surfaces -- wear, water damage, intentional, ...?)
Fried Marbles:
Oddities:
Only One Of These I've Seen - Thoughts? (painted marble?)
Other Discussions About Marble Making:
An Ad For A 1&5/8 Mfc Oxblood ?????? (making marbles from cullet)
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Very rough draft
(The entries which don't have links are ones which used to have links, and I just want a reminder of the things which were discussed. Maybe someone else will start a thread about them.)
Nomenclature discussions:
Who came up with the names?
Original Names Of Marbles, LETS MAKE A LIST OF "FACTORY" NAMED
Marble Names Not From The Factory, THE OTHER SIDE!!
Jabos Extraordinaire!, Nov. 06 runs (In post #2, there is a link to a Marble Mental thread about the name “Extraordinaire” already being used.)
the elusive Kato, (sorry about the fingers!)
Blue Angels (named by Smitty?)
Pelt Woodies (who named them? I think it was said in an old thread, but the thread is now gone)
Akro Claudia & Akro Jolly Roger. These are digger names for experimental blue and orange patches. (source: tba)
Found This One In A Pile Of Bricks, WARNING: This post contains extreme eye candy! (blood agate)
Slags (aka Onyx):
Single Seam Slag Or Striped Transparent ???, 3/4" CA
Slag in the earliest sense?
Handmade slag
Peltier Miller Machine Marbles:
LOM: Pelt Miller
Peltier Champion Jr. Marbles:
Named NLR's versus similarly colored Rainbos:
Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane --- Superman, right??
Colorful examples:
Cloud vs. Clown
Counting colors:
4-color Ca Striped Opaque -- Not!, Am I right? (one of my pix is missing; I'll try to fix that)
Different ways colors are counted for different marbles types?
How many colors are needed in a Vitro parrot?
Other discussions and debate:
Why name marbles?
Why not name marbles?
The meaning of blended in connection with Marble King
What constitutes a wirepull?
Lemon lime pelt?
My Find Labed #13, hope this is a peltier clown
Akro Butterscotch brick
What could/should be called a transitional, in addition to the famous "Transitionals"? For example, are Pelt "tweeners" transitional?
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MAYBE this will be my last Zia post. lol
I can't help it. I really like Barbiton Tallucchio's style! This box has an old metal marble shooter in it, one that looks every bit of its age! (which to me makes it all more fun!)
Auction description:
Box of authentic handmade marbles from the Zia Marble Company. The marbles are in the 7/8 to 1 inch range and are made of glazed clay. This set comes with a vintage marble shooter. Unless I come across another shooter some day, it will be the only set of its kind. Message me with any questions and thanks for looking. -
Very rough draft
Restoration:
Pinned discussions from the Restoration Q & A forum:
Hand Polishing, Restorers who hand polish / buff
Restoration Feedback!!, Whoooo Doooo You LOVE??? (or, not...)
Reconditioning, Restorers who use reconditioning machines
Alternative Restoration, Less "traditional" restoration methods
"cooking", Restorers who "Cook" / Reheat
Cleaning: (Please read all warnings before using methods discussed here. Some marbles are more vulnerable than others to caustic materials.)
Several threads now missing mentioned Barkeeper's Friend for cleaning marbles.
One mentioned Bon Ami as a less abrasive option than Barkeeper's Friend.
Quick fixes:
Temporary Fixes When Pondering Restoration, What's good for viewing? Any substances bad for surface?
Buffing, light polishing, hand polishing:
One brand of diamond pads mentioned in old posts was Swiflex.
More extensive restoration:
(for example, filling in missing glass from broken marbles)
Polished examples:
Before & after pictures:
Reconditioning, Restorers who use reconditioning machines
Grime Shine, My First Lou's Member Results
To polish or not to polish?
Polishing can do strange things to pelts.
Reworked marbles & new marbles made from old glass:
Cullet marbles
An Ad For A 1&5/8 Mfc Oxblood ??????
Thoughts On These Two Mibs?, just for fun... and contemplation...
Faked pontils
Wissmach glass, glass used to make furnace marbles
Other discussions and debate:
Grime Shine, My First Lou's Member Results
How can you tell when a marble has been polished?
23/32 Amber Base Guinea-cyclone (interesting discussion about possible signs that a CAC guinea has been repaired – I personally am not suggesting that the guinea in question was repaired, merely that the discussion is interesting.)
I Got To Wondering After The Speculation (follow-up discussion)
Somewhere there is a page with a sphere grinding machine and instructions; one of the old threads had a link to it.
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Note: LOM in front of a link indicates that the linked page is hosted by LandOfMarbles.com. MM indicates a link at Marble Mental. KC is the Kansas City Marble Collectors Club. Akron is AkronMarbles.com. WWW will direct you elsewhere on the world wide web.
M.F. Christensen & Son Company (1903-1917)
See also: the MFC section of Links: Original Packaging.
Various examples and discussions:
Fresh From The Wild (Post #4 has a photo of the sleeve of photos in the back of Cohill's M.F. Christensen and The Perfect Glass Ball Machine)
WWW: Martin F. Christensen (Christensen's entry at Ohio History Central)
Slags (aka Onyx):
Are All Mfc Slags Hand-gathered?
Mf Christensen? (biggie)
Largest sizes?
Bricks:
I want to know more about Bricks. please..
Its Not In The Books (clear brick?)
Moss Agates:
American Cornelians:
AKRO PEACH BRICK (see dug cornelians on the 5th page, in Post #90)
Mostly Pix - M. F. Christensen & Son
Persian Turquoise:
Oxblood:
Opaque:
Cullet:
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Very rough draft.
Early Marble Companies
The Barberton Glass Novelty & Specialty Company (1906-1908)
All 3 threads I had here are gone now. They were about horizontal slags, aventurine, and "Barberton green". There was also a link to historical information. That was probably at Akronmarbles.com, so hopefully I can restore that link.
The Navarre Glass Marble and Specialty Company (1897-1901)
I Know Its A Golden Rebel, But What Are The Others?
Grey slag
Again, one of the missing threads had a historical link in it, which I'll try to find.
The American Marble and Toy Manufacturing Co. (1891-1904)
Flea Mkt Finds American Toy Jugs
Akron: The American Marble and Toy Manufacturing Co.
The Standard Toy Marble Company (1893 - 1922)
Akron: The Standard Toy Marble Company
" Boys' Marbles Made By Girls "
Albright
" Boys' Marbles Made By Girls "
The California Agate Company
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Hercules:
And here is a rare opaque hercules from the 1950's, complements of Bluerbird:
Hercules Theme Music . . (3)
The lyrics so you can sing along
:Hercules, hero of song and story. Hercules, winner of ancient glory.
Fighting for the right, fighting with his might,
With the strength of ten, ordinary men.
Hercules, people are safe when near him.
Hercules, only the evil fear him.
Softness in his eyes, iron in his thighs,
Virtue in his heart, fire in every part,
Of the Mighty Hercules. . . (4)
(all MK)
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Oct. 2010: Thinking about starting this one over.
Slags:
Would Love To See Pictuures Of Slag Marbles, studying marbles '101'
Leaving the old links for now:
Some early machine mades:
(see also slags, bricks and swirls by maker in the Company pages)
Various examples and discussions:
Clueless About Slags (includes a discussion of slags vs. transparent swirls)
Slags:
Slags.................!!!, All of 'Dem..........!!!
Three To Id (Peach slag(s) in Post #5.)
Red Slags (skads of 'em)
Really Bad Picture, But, What Are They?? (comparison to German marbles)
Single Seam Slag Or Striped Transparent ???, 3/4" CA
Hand-Gathered Red Slag, opinions on manufacturer please
I am looking for......:-) Anyone got any? PLEEEASE
Dear Penthouse; I picked up this little hottie the other
Here is for Liz (LOL!!!)
slags of a color, 2 color slags
Peach Slag ??? (Post #10 has a huge assortment in one photo for color comparisons)
CAC Slag? (unusual green shade, and tan)
Wanted: Dead But Preferably Alive
Hand-Gathered Red Slag, opinions on manufacturer please
S'more Slags........!!!, The Orange and Pinkish are W.V.'s
Slag Chaos, heres why ID'ing is tough! (discussion about makers of vaseline glass slags)
My Slags To The 9's Opinions & Info Wanted, Akro, Christensen, Peltier???
Show Us Your Slags With Oxblood!
Bricks:
AKRO PEACH BRICK (the photo which started the thread appears to have been replaced with another; however, there is another photo on the 3rd page)
I want to know more about Bricks. please..
Questions on 2 Beat up Bricks?
Found This One In A Pile Of Bricks, WARNING: This post contains extreme eye candy! (Am I seeing that blood agate is a recently coined name for a special variety of MFC brick?)
Cool Brick, Onion with avent., PLUS an oddball I found on my lab bench
??? Whats This ??? # 1 (green brick aka moss agate)
Swirls:
A few more marbles (briefly addresses the usage of the catch-all phrase "West Virginia swirl")
Marbles See Better When They Have Eyes
German Corkscrew, (well, sort of)
Wirepulls (not sure if these are all vintage):
Ebay plug...ends soon(not mine but not bidding), flamey slag, limeade...etc (pix in post #9, preceding conversation is cute)
Does anyone have pics of a "wire Pull" marble?? (some of the images are vintage wirepulls, and some are modern Vacor)
All That Glitters Is Not Gold...., ...Or Aventurine Or Lutz....
Transitionals:
Note: Some so-called "transitionals" are actually handmades, as noted in the first link below:
How Do I Tell The Difference? Transitionals
The following links have not been double-checked for content or even to see if they are still there. Neither have the links in the other categories above. I'm just starting to think about revamping this page. I've been inspired by the simple yet informational transitional thread link I just posted. I've learned a lot since I first made these links. More threads have been posted. And to some extent what is considered "common knowledge" has changed. Any thread recommendations will be welcome. Thanks.
Web Page About Japanese Pinch Pontil Marbles
Anxiously Awaiting Red Transitionals
Single Ground, Faceted Pontil Marble
Ebay Plug - Ending Sunday April 29th, Transitionals, Handmades & more! (half green, half amber)
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Watermelons:
(MK)
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Dragonflies:
(MK)
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Girl Scouts:
(the marble is from Alan's old site)
(MK)
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Ketchup and Mustard:
(pelt)
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Indian blankets:
Some only consider the black/red/yellow version an Indian Blanket. And some only consider the ones with the yellow in the middle of the red to be Indian Blankets. [Edit: did I mean red in the middle of the yellow? ... Can't remember what is correcct. I wrote this too long ago.
]Here is a pair of Patry's. Some would only consider the larger to be an Indian Blanket.
source and discussion:
Marblelairium: known as, Indian blankets , no?
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Julie Boyles'
"Standing Out From The Crowd"
Davis Marbles. Julie introduces her work here:
Here is her site:
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I'm guessing they have. This 1981 Imperial bag says made in Mexico.
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Lifesavers:
(akro)
Name Game
in Steph's Study Hall
Posted
Bullet Molds:
Revolutionary War era bullet mold, from the Morristown National Historical Park:
Description:
A British war re-enactor casting musket balls in another handheld mold:
The consensus is that the orb here, Bullet Mold? is an old musket ball. It appears to have been made in a three part mold.
And here you'll find some bullet mold marbles, in both the two-piece and three-piece styles:
Has Anyone Heard Of....
Bulletmold??, anybody know for sure?
Claw And Ball, I finally got one
Czech marbles also appear to have been made in the bullet mold style:
An unseamly question....or two.... (See Post #7)