•~Emily~•

5 minutes ago, Chad G. said:

Yes, a Peltier Rainbo, the combinations on them are endless, some very rare. The one you have is more on the common side but still  !! If you keep collecting Pelts you will run into more closely resembling it and every variation thereof.

It was just too pretty not to ask.  Up til now I’ve only ever bought a handful of single marbles. Most of my collection comes from estate sales or thrift stores or eBay. I’ve always kept each bunch I have separated in old cigar boxes in the original purchase groups. Going through now and trying to pull any in good shape or ones I’ve always wondered about.
I’ve seen some of the more special ones with names that don’t seem that distinguishable from others so figure it’s always good to ask.

Trying to corral all my teeny tiny Peltier into one pen. Should this one be rounded up into the mix? Always thought it was. I know it’s kinda rough but it’s got me charmed.

Just now, chicagocyclist said:

Yipes!!  That is a beaut!!

5 minutes ago, Steph said:

yeppers

 

Thanks! I just found it in a random little bag I had stuffed in a drawer. I had AV on the brain and thought I had a great of example somewhere.

I may be dredging somewhat of a proper tiny collection after all. I still have many old wooden cigar boxes to go through. Plus I could have good stuff and not even know it 🤦🏼‍♀️

Measures 38/64.  Is it unique to have this pale blue situation going on? I really like this one for some reason so just wondering if is a notch above common by any chance. I’ve not seen one before.

Love this little one. The AV is so bold. Is that a characteristic of the Shimmering Spruce? 

2 minutes ago, chicagocyclist said:

I know what bothers me and I'm bad about doing what I know should be done!   If I had the space  I'd set up a standard copystand setup for marbles but I do not. To me, it is the circle of light dead center, in the top part of the marble, face forward is very distracting. It's especially difficult if you're trying the seams. The lights on either side like 11:00 and 1:00 or 10:00 and 2:00 are better but very often they're very large lights. If if I can I try to include daylight and a point flash with fill on the sides.  It can work out.  or you can also use side lighting as your primary light that helps with seeing transparency

Thanks so much for the pointers. I’ll futz around a little more and see if I get better results with different light angles. I clearly need a diffuser to get rid of that reflection from my lamp.

44 minutes ago, chicagocyclist said:

For me there's something about the size about a marble that is 23/32" . It's a significant size and looks really awesome and you can see details so nicely! It generally distorts the design in a gentle and interesting way. To me, it is in near perfect size for a marble!!  I completely understand why a marble that is that size caught your initial attention!  Plus it's acompletely awesome Ravenswood!

You can say that again! I tend to definitely be drawn to the larger size when it comes to swirls or slag etc. This one is just a real piece of artwork If you ask me. It looks much prettier in person. What is it about photos that detract from a marbles beauty? Curious. Maybe I just need to figure out better lighting etc.

5 minutes ago, ann said:

It`s possible, at least part of it for a few companies. I have a copy of Henry Hellmer`s "secret book of glass formulae" that was published in facsimile some years ago. He was Akro Agate`s first real glass chemist, worked for them (and others, like Cambridge Glass and occasionally - for special formulas, Lawrence Alley and others). Has every color he knew and every color he formulated himself, w/ notations for what they were for (marbles, tempered glass dinnerware, etc.) and the dates he first made them, the results, etc. Every one starts off with "a thousand pounds of sand" and goes from there.

I know a formula book, or at least a partial one, exists for Peltier glass, and many MFC formulas are known.

The other half would be the really hard and expensive part you talk about - pulverizing a marble to see if you could determine the chemical mix of it. But even then there`s a lot lost that`s unrecoverable - the temperature of the furnace, the drafts in the shop, even the barometric pressure can have an effect.

But I like the dream of it!

Thanks for fueling my little fantasy.  What a great way to start my day with all of your fabulously tasty morsels of information.  I’m a ceramic artist and have also done glass fusing(kiln formed glass). Im in love with the chemical chemistry side of glaze for creating color in ceramic glaze(although not very knowledgeable). Very similar to glass coloring I would imagine. I also had dreams of going to the bullseye glass factory in Portland Oregon to see their process for making art glass stock.

Pulverizing a marble sounds awful 😣 In my fantasy it’s more like a swab test 😂 Over time you could just gather all the chemical compounds of each color and form a spectacular marble family tree. 
All of this fantasy of course came about from me wishing there was an easier way to learn to ID 

Just now, wvrons said:

If you can find a way to DNA glass, you will be very very rich and fast. 

I honestly think in theory it’s possible, chemical component wise and all. Mainly having to do with the color components of the glass.  It would just be a very elaboratively labor intensive and monetarily exhausting undertaking. But! In the future, maybe not so much.

Also things along the lines of carbon dating and matching…okay, too late to go back down that rabbit hole.

4 minutes ago, wvrons said:

Yes a Vitro Easter Egg. 

Stellar…I was hoping I’d finally gotten it right. I thought maybe the wispy blue carrying through might be a clue.

3 minutes ago, wvrons said:

My vote would also be Ravenswood Novelty. 

Thanks! This just gets more interesting by the second. The other day I was sitting at work pondering if there would ever be a way to get the “dna” of a marble’s glass and figure out its lineage, lol. Obviously traipsing around on this forum has got my brain reeling….or should I say rolling 

2 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

No doubt ! If you asked if marbles are square? I would say that was a silly question. 🔥

I do have some squarish marbles.. I just have to accept I’ve got a ton to learn. Baby steps. You guys are awesome! I so appreciate the help 🤜🏼

4 minutes ago, Chad G. said:

No silly questions here, we're all learning and have been exactly where you are. You're in thev right place, I wish this was available when I started. Glad to have you   

Aww, thanks Chad. Im so grateful for everyone’s insight and all the great info here. And best part, seeing everyone’s amazing collections. Wow! 

4 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

I like the blue and white corkscrew that touches the OP marble at 2:00. One thin ribbon and one thick one. I think the OP mib might be a CAC 🍿🔥

Yeah, I love that one too! It’s had a rough life. I have a soft spot for those though so have plenty of discarded ragamuffins. Just can’t seem to get rid of them. Maybe as I progress in collecting I’ll become less sentimental. I always wondered if it could be a CAC.

Just now, Fire1981 said:

I was waiting to see if anyone thinks this is a Kokomo 🔥

4 minutes ago, Chad G. said:

Jabo made tons of oxblood marbles, many different runs of them. I'm not sure of the I.D. on your OP pic, I'm not seeing any ox though ??

A couple of my favorite Jabos. Many contain av and oxblood, they made some very beautiful marbles.

                                                                Oxblood

                                                Oxblood & Aventurine

 

This are some beauties for sure! I appreciate the input and examples…and of course everyone humoring my silly analysis of my mibs.

3 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

That is a stellar Pelt Rainbo. It doesn’t have a name but the color combo kinda sets it apart in its own way. This isn’t Oxblood. Oxblood is opaque. This marble has what some might call Burnt ribbons. 🔥

Yeah, was giving buries oxblood vibes to me for some reason, lol. But I’ll take stellar Rainbo any day of the week ☺️
Thanks!

6 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

I’ll take a shot at it being some type of Tiger Eye 🔥

Thanks 🔥! Still trying to figure out that whole separation. I’ll keep digging in my tiger eyes hoping for an Easter egg 🤞🏼

1 minute ago, Tommy said:

Great save and nice marbles...I think the mib in question is a Ravenswood....but it's probably an Alley..either way it's a very cool mib 💥💥💥👍

Thanks! I just love it so thought it deserved a proper ID

Would this be considered an Easter egg or 🐯👁. Thanks again for humoring the newbie.

More Silly questions from me. Did Jabo make oxblood marbles and is this an oxblood? Is this even a Jabo? I’m starting to think all my smaller wet mint marbles must be Jabo. I have a couple jars of them but this one didn’t come out of those jars. 
 

This was one of my first marbles I ever fell for. My boss lost her father and I was helping her clean out his estate. He had a small box of marbles she was going to discard and I immediately knew I had to rescue them. All trouble from there on. I’ve amassed a lot of so so marbles but now trying to learn more about ID. Figure this one should be included in getting going on that. I just think it’s lovely 🥰 

This is the box of marbles that got me hooked. I’ll never separate out his collection. I love everything about it, from the plastic box to the provenance.

25 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

Wow! Thanks for showing all of your beauties. Love seeing the variety. It really helps to see others to get a better idea of a type. 

20 minutes ago, chicagocyclist said:

You can also purchase a Westcott Circle template. That's extra fun because it's portable, you don't have to do any conversions if you are out and about and it's fun to put the marble on a non-slip surface and try different circles on it till you get the one that you want!   My new collector kids have a lot of fun putting it on different size marbles and trying to guess what size they'll be. They don't like calipers at all!  😃 They're about 8 bucks. It gives decimals and fractions.

Thanks! I think I have one of those around here for using as a template when making miniature hat boxes. I do those for dollhouses, but just made the connection that a teeny tiny hat box would be the cutest little box for a marble, lol. So maybe I make marble boxes, not hat boxes 😏

To-mato/Ta-mato Po-tato/Pa-tato , they’re all just pretty to me. But I’m determined to get past that stage of collecting, lol.

I appreciate your input. I’ll have to do some more research on that topic. I don’t have many larger marbles and those two are some of my faves.