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Xmas greetings from the UK this Thursday - here's a few 11/16" ribbon swirls.

Some solid core swirls.

Here's a few swirls this Thursday.

Always great to find an unusual board. This is a 10.5" Nine Men's Morris (aka The Mill or Merelles) board, almost certainly John Jaques of London (the concave sides are the giveaway). Great board probably 1850-1875 so I've filled it with period-correct micas. It would have been sold with two opposing 'teams' of 9 marbles, but I've put two lots of 12 on to look good.

Some Onionskins and Josephs Coats from my solitaire boards

I don't know about agates Ric - is it dyed that colour?

Just bought this bunch of Benningtons - dead common but I like them.

German pee wees were made extensively for UK game board manufacturers from I believe the 1850s right into the early 20th Century. I have many, probably original, sets including micas, swirls, onionskins and clays. That's just counting strictly half inch sized marbles. At 13-14mm size there are many more. Here's a nice example of a late Victorian FH Ayres complete games compendium with the small rectangular solitaire board and pee wee swirls. I'm sure pee wees were also made for selling separately, but an enormous number must have been imported from Germany by Ayres, Spear, Jacques, Glevum (I have examples by all of these) and others for their boards.

Here's a favourite from the very first jar of German handmades I bought in Edinburgh in a vintage toy shop. Must have been 1991 when I was up for the Edinburgh Festival that Summer. Its 1" and in perfect condition (those are just reflections in the pic). Still love this one 32 years on!!!!

Well I backlit all my Indians - found 3 unexpected maglites but no interesting cores. Here's a rather bashed old soldier - but interesting with the green and white latt strands.

I'm gonna have to take a torch to my Indians Chad - see if there's anything unexpected in there!! Love that Joseph too.

A few random onionskins - a couple with a few bits of mica.

Another pic of my minty 11/16" red mica

Some random 5/8' onionskins this week.

Beautiful Ric - not seen that design before.

Just for a complete change here are clearies I keep in Victorian measuring cylinders. A mix of marbles broken out of old bottles, some bullet moulded marbles and some which can be found on cheaper old solitaire boards. Nothing of any value or rarity but fun to have a few!!

That's stunning!!

Another shrunken core onionskin this Thursday.

I'm hoping your name indicates that we may see some German marbles from your collection!!

And to me - its the kind of transparent glass that we'd call a 'jelly core' if it was central. The marble has a finely faceted pontil so is from the earlier period.

Here's a nice 11/16' onionskin this week.

Here's an 11/16' shrunken core onion with a bit of mica.

Love those Clams - I need to get one some time as there's none in my collection🤔

Beautiful colours on the second one Chad!!

7/8" slightly shrunken core Joseph Coat this week.