Steph

I think of the classic Rainbows as being 1955 to 1965. Right or wrong, when they are like yours with a patch and ribbon pattern but where the dark color is the base glass, I think of them as being from around 1965 to 1975. I once saw an ad which made me doubt my thoughts on this subject. So if someone knows more I would love to hear it and hopefully I'll remember it.

Sweet

Four years later, I still owe more pics of this bag of marbles. *sigh* I took one today. While I was in the neighborhood I hunted up this thread. I'll leave my bag out and try to make to make myself do more. I wish the detail on that blue one. It's has more on the surface than the purples, a slightly more Conqueror look. Funny ... all Gail asked for back then was a "swoosh" to see some different sides. I remembered it as a request for something much more involved. That's how badly I pressure myself over photos. *sigh* Here's a swoosh. Enlarges pretty big if you click enough.

I'm not ruling out Anacortes yet. I have a single Anacortes bag, so it's small sample and I do what I can with it. I pulled out some purples for the color and the blue for structure. Of course my phone sucks. Everyone else's takes crisp photos of insects 100 yards away. Mine turns scenes into water color paintings. But in hand I like the structural comparison between yours and my blue one.

Onyxlicious

Getting an Akro vibe

That's the thing I have noticed about Red Cloudys. Going both by pictures and by an assortment I got early on in my collecting and got rid of before I knew what I had. Here's a picture (not mine). The reds look different.

I could see Master for it. But I could also see something like Marble King. And Chuck's Champs do make one think. P.s., without having a lot of samples to go by, I have gotten the impression that the Red Cloudys could have a different overall look from the other colors. A less homogeneous, less translucent look.

It falls into the category of common, so my first impulse was to say under a dollar. However, people selling on facebook seem to be getting a minimum of $5 plus shipping for things that I think are worth a few cents. So your mileage may vary.

I am leaning Marble King. A weak "patch and ribbon" pattern.

Corals have a certain something!

It's a cat's eye. From the limited view I'm thinking a Marble King from about the year 2000.

@bumblebee are there any profile pic uploading issues which have come to your attention? Or any tech advice? William, I haven't learned much about editing photos on phones. Maybe someone else will see this and have helpful advice. But in the meantime if you want to post the image here or message me then I can get it to your profile.

You're welcome. Sweet mib. ❤️

I checked your file size and it appears to be 57.2 kb. That should have been small enough. Did you try to upload it and it was rejected? I uploaded it for you. I hope that's okay. I saved your old pic in case you weren't quite ready to make the switch.

Welcome. The blue marble is ceramic. It's called a Bennington. It was made in Germany between about 1850 and 1930. Might need more views of the yellow and green. My first thought is a Peltier patch.

I use Windows Paint to resize. But also you could send it to me.

Fun. I don't have that one. Welcome to the forum.

Wouldn't have guessed it was Mexican!

New Decade, 2010

Actually now that I think of it, I got one or two others with this one. I need to find them I suspect I would find some traces of green. I suspect that's why I have this single shot ready at hand and not the group photo. I was trying to make the Akro-lookalike point. Having other colors showing would have muddied the illusion.

This is one of my Jabo oxbloods. I don't know what other colors might have been in other marbles from this run. I chose this particular marble because it compared so well with Akro.

I imagine the workshop size varied. I have been under the impression that there were many shops, sometimes small ones whose names we will never know. But I think the low wages and child labor parts are correct.

Pelt Rainbos to me.