crashbelt
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Last week I showed a FH Ayres compendium set board with swirls. Here's the other main marble type they used for their compendiums - pee wee micas.
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I've always thought that latts would be much more valued if they weren't so common - very attractive marbles.
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Here's a pee wee swirls set from a FH Ayres games compendium. Having seen quite a few of these, it seems that Ayres went with either swirls or micas for their compendiums. Interested if anyone has seen other marble types on these boards.
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Extraordinary Ron - what a collection.
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Here's where my handmade marble addiction started! Two of the German swirls from a £20 jar bought from a vintage toy shop in Edinburgh in 1991. 1" orange latt and 1 1/4" divided core with latt strands.
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Thank you for your comments Ric. We don't have marble collector communities or marble shows in the UK, so its been a pleasure to show my collection online to such knowledgeable appreciative collectors, and learn so much from yourselves.
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Here's my examples of a Victorian board game called Nine Mens Morris, or sometimes Merelles or The Mill. I've added the marbles to the boards to the boards - I've never found a set that looks original. I can't identify makers either although some have characteristics of Ayres and Jaques. But its good to have less common boards among all the solitaire sets!!
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I started in the early 1990s Ric, avidly looking for original solitaire boards and loose marbles in the UK for maybe 20 years. Slowed up since then as I have managed to get examples of the main types of board and they became much harder to find in the UK. I'm really lucky to have started collecting when I did!!
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Couldn't think of something to post this week so here's a shot of some of my board collection in their cabinet.
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Beautiful pee wee Ric
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Here's a 1 1/4" single ribbon core I've had for many years. Later period with rougher pontils but nice.
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As Chad has started this week with 2 great banded transparents, here's a cute little boxed set by HP Gibson. 6" diameter board and 14mm mibs. I'm pretty sure this is early 20th Century.
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Just posting my jar of clays and Bennies alongside our 1710 long case clock. Nothing rare but I really like having some of these!
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Love the single ribbon core with matching latticino ribbons.
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A colourful 1 1/2" divided core swirl this Thursday.
