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Two different seams (one U and one V) and glass qualities, but both seams are typical of Master? (If I'm getting any better at seam ID.) Both are basically 5/8 inches.

Thanks Cheese!

Thanks Roberto!

Thanks duotone! Maybe, but I think the purple on mine is a lot deeper and I wouldn't describe it a lilac. But I'm not familiar with the Vitro lilacs, so maybe there is more variety in them than the one post shows.

Thanks Laero21. I grabbed it cause my mom would have loved the color- purple was her favorite by far.

It's 41/64 inches and has enough color variation and pattern that I wouldn't call it a game marble.

It's blue, maybe white, on a transparent blue base with a thin line of red or brown. Kinda hard to read... It's 23/32 (.72) inches.

It's 41/64 inches.

Another attempt to ID by seams- I'm thinking this is a Master. It's 2/3 of an inch on the nose.

Still trying to learn to ID by seams. I think this one is Akro. It's just a smidge under 3/4 inch.

You're welcome! I'd love to see pictures of any other unique ones people have.

I'm still looking for some of those hybrids. If anyone has any, let me know. And thanks again for the video Stephen!

And finally the wonky one.

Here is the white on blue and the white on green pair.

I found some interesting ones here in the SF Bay area, including a couple of color schemes not mentioned in the video. The first one appears to be orange glass with jelly red strips encased in clear. The last pic is taken under water to show the clear encasing. The second one is Orange on an opaque black. No transparency at all. The third one is white on the transparent blue, but the white is clearly encased in the transparent, not on the surface. The forth one is a pair of the white on transparent green that you mentioned. The fifth one is a really wonky brown on opaque white. It was with a group of normal looking bombers, but it slipped through QC somehow! Have you seen any like these before @stephenb?

@akroorka You're right, I think there is some opalescence in it. Here's a couple of backlit shots- I tried to keep the red tint out of them. Gorgeous marble however you look at it. Bubbles rule!

Thanks folks! I assume that is a named corkscrew variety? I didn't know there were named Akro corkscrews other than Indian Blanket.

I don't have any idea on this one. It's 19/32 inches.

This one is white on opaque red- opposite of the other one. It's 37/64 inch.

It's 5/8 inches.

The base glass is even more chocolatey in hand- my camera keeps trying to whiten it up. I'm wondering if it may be dug? It has so much wear that it appears to be frosted and the circular mark in pic 4 seems like an as made mark, as it would be a very odd wear mark. There is also a UV tracer in the white glass that follows the entire cork (last pic). It's 5/8 inch.

I'd love to hear you expound on the difference between Master Marble and Master Glass sometime, somewhere @akroorka I've seen you mention it before and am curious to learn more. (I should reread their sections in the book American Machine Made Marbles again as well.) Let me know if you've ever posted more about it somewhere. Weren't all the sunbursts made by Master Glass? Those are nice mibs for sure. Edit- I just reread the book and turns out the sunbursts were basically exclusive to the older Master Marble. For some reason I thought they were from the 40's, not the 30's. Live, learn, and forget!

I'm a little on the fence about the second one too. It doesn't have the same fine striation in the colors that the other one does, or that my other masters do. The color is also a bit flatter, if you will. But my sample size of Masters is very small, so maybe it is still quite typical for them. Or maybe it is from latter production years. It will go with my other Masters for now. So much to learn! I always appreciate everyone's opinions and help!

The Sunburst is on the left and the Imperial on the right. They are 5/8 inch (15.75mm) and 41/64 inches (16.5mm) respectively.

It's a smidge over 5/8 inch or 16mm.