Chad G.

"Tricky"

Faceting resembles the facets on a gemstone (thus the word faceting) usually way les but still faceted. There are 3 types of terminations to where the cane was cut or (terminated) while forming the marble. "Faceted" i.e. the oldest type : melted pigtail : & unfinished. Faceting was accomplished by "grinding" the end down, creating the familiar "flat spots" of "faceting" Melted pigtail, sometimes the pigtail is so obliterated (melted) that it will be barely visible. Faceted : not a very good pic but the best In could come up with, you can see one of the "facets" visible near the upper center right hand side. I don't know how good you screen is but a few other facets are visible to me in this pic. Both ends are "unfinished" on this Joseph Coat, I estimate the manufacture date my handmades using this, that and the colors are usually far brighter on the latter. Faceting was mostly done away with by 1870-1880, the higher demand for "gameboard" marbles in the late Victorian era made for much smaller sizes and the quicker production method of the unfinished ends. Faceted on one end and a melted pigtail on the other usually indicates a manufacture date of between 1850-1870 or thereabouts. Later manufacture (1870-1910,15) usually showed a great reduction in size along both ends being unfinished (quicker production) & brighter colors, these marbles were also often called English, though they were produced in Germany for the "English" gameboard market.

Great post Chris, a much needed piece of marble history

No oxblood, not a brick, from the looks of the fracturing and hits I believe its not glass ?? It may be "agate" (mineral sphere) ??

"You're welcome"

Alley "Shimmering Spruce"

Nice job capturing the av in the pix Dave "BTW" killer mib !!

A nice bright colored Alley for this "Sundays Best"

Wadda gold mine !!

I found a pic of the Easter bunny !! No pics of the eggs yet, I'm still looking ?? Definitely not your average "Cadbury Bunny"

x2, I'm seeing a contemporary mib as well.

The beginning of your Marble Journey "Have Fun" here's a Peltier I.D. site link !! LINK : https://www.peltiermarbles.info/marbles

Nice mib Tommy !!

Good to see the both of you Cole, thanks for postin a pic !! I was trippin for a minute on the fanny pack

x3, Peltier Rainbo

x3, all 100% Pelt, nice mibs Cole

Some nice pelts, Akros, a handmade, Alley & maybe a Christensen, $$ all depends on condition ?? All choice mibs if mint !!

And here's my answer .....

"Happy Akro Friday" A favorite

Hello Ronald & "Welcome to Marble connection" All mineral or maybe agate ?? Someone more versed in mineral I.D. will probably chime in soon, I'm not that good @ it, except for maybe agates. Glad you're here, many years of combined marble & marble related information here. There is also a search bar in the upper right hand corner if you have a particular query in mind. Again "Welcome" Looks like quite a bit of marble (maybe some dyed??)

x3., agree, no pontils present, all machine made

Marbles ..... ...... the fence is so peaceful !!

Well, that's 3 foreign spitballs .... maybe if we all put them together we'll have a full size "spit wad"

I do agree w/ Alley for the I.D. on your O.P. The swirl in mine is intense, most Alleys don't swirl near as much, I just liked it so I kept it, oven brick , pitting, flaws or not. Seems like when Alleys of this type get big, the pitting and flaws are quite common & present on nearly all of them. as well as oven brick, debris, etc.