Adrian

I believe these to be Christensen's, but am not sure.

I have an idea about what I think, but I'll keep my imagination bridled pending your opinions... By the way, before anyone asks out assumes that these are painted stones I'll assure you now that they are glass with ribbons of colored glass on the surface. Here ya go.

its strange then that such aesthetic measures would be taken as the ribbons that are a shared trait between the specimens. I wish I had the equipment to image these things effectively as to realistically display to you what visage I behold when I glimpse these things in the many ways that one can. I'll keep trying to find another example of the same thing. Anyway, I do have a few other ones is like to hear what you have to say about. Although, I think these ones will be much easier for me to image and therefore much easier for you to assess. I'll put them up tonight. I'm truly very grateful to you guys for your time, patience, and wisdom which you've afforded me. Thank you.

No, they are greener and similar to that one but not with a ground pontil. They have what I would guess to be pinched or folded pontils. I've only really just began any kind of serious pursuit in the understanding of marble collector ins and outs. As to what I stated about the marbles being single pontils, I was wrong. Upon closer and broader examination i have found that they're not quite perpendicular with one another from end to end so as to meet up if you were to draw a line; but there are two on most which line up more with what I would compare to a ten minutes to six position, if you were to refer by comparison to a clock. There are some that are single pontil which I would assume are the end of the cane ones. The glass appears the same aquamarine that become of many jars, bottles, and other glass goods from the mid to late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. If they are old wouldn't that alone make them collectible? they've got bubbles, they are not consistently the same size, and they are not all perfectly round either. Don't those qualities indicate an early production timeline sometime between being handmade or transitionals?

Thank you very much for your assessment, I would like to send you one for your further assessment and for you to keep afterward. Would that be something we could do?

Some more...

Ok, here ya go.

I'm not able to upload the new ones for some reason...

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The light in which they have been presented thus far is the -what I consider to be- "normal" light of a white lit flashlight. I guess that's just because when I see an object presented in the light of a flashlight I can pretty well trust that the sun will present me the same display of colours as the flashlight. I only opted to use a flashlight so as to intensify the magnitude of light being applied; and that, of course, was so that the light that I present you with clearly details the ribbons that I'm sure is the most important detail to go by. I didn't want you fellas sending me back replies about how they're clearie transitionals (because that's what you will find that they appear to be in sunlight, in the updated pics). I thank you folks a lot for taking the time to look at my marbles. Here are some pictures taken up close in the bright sun that this very day gives us...

I took those photos using a black rubber cylindrical prop that I put on the surface of a flashlight lens, and the flashlight itself.

Please note that the ones with what appears to be light reflecting from behind them are actually reflecting light from beneath, through the bubbles that are in the marbles. And yes, these are the same ones...

In normal light the ribbons can not be seen. And when they are glowing from uv the ribbons are invisible too. They all have just one pontil and the ribbons don't connect on both ends. I'll get some photos in differing lights and see what I can bring out...

I had to shine lighT through the surface that I imaged these marbles on in order to see the ribbons in them, they can't be seen without the direct light. I can't find any online or in several marble collectors books that I've thoroughly examined. I still think they're extremely rare but they seem to be so rare that I literally can't find a likeness. They're uranium glass too (they glow green under a blacklight as a result of uranium being used to make some varieties of glass in earlier times). Please let me know what these things can be called.

Could you help me with what any of these might be called? I can't find any of similar appearance throughout thorough researches.

Thank you.

look kinda like onion skins, but maybe ones of the earliest of lutz?

Are these cat eyes transitionals? Most are double Pontiled, few single. Have bubbles. About a quarter of them have a single, thin, blood red ribbon that's very easy to miss. Here's pics...

And a few more... The yellow/golden one is opaque light blue without light being shone through. I just couldn't upload that particular photo because of its size. Update: The light blue opaque is the same as the honey colored one with the blobbish ghost swirl. The updated photo is without light being shone through it. And by the way, the clear ones with the strange blood red ribbons are uranium glass.