Chad G.

Nice pix William, Wow !! look how far the lake has gone down, I remember flying over it every time I came home on leave from the Navy, guess things change. So glad your she's having a good time w/ her son, all smiles !!

Well my little fishing trip to the Deschutes for Steelhead has been quelled, health issues, getting old "sucks" guess I had a little "Too Much Fun" when I was young, gotta pay the piper some day & I'm guessing someday is here. Ah well, hopefully next year ?? GOD is good so remain positive

I think we all do Brock !! Vacors still makes and made some beautiful marbles, I have a few Vacor Bengal Tigers myself, when I see one I like I keep it !! Please forgive all the misspellings going on on my part, my fingers seem to be exceptionably "fat" today ??

Alright man, now I'm sure provenance will begin to surface here pretty quickly as people begin to take more of an interest in these "mystery" marbles !!

You're welcome Art, too many for me to remember also, I use it for Vacor I.D. all the time, I think Al Oregon posted it first here, yes a great I.D. site. Oh yeah !! agree, Vacor for I.D. on the marble !!

Yours looks like a Vacor "Bengal Tiger", definitely not Peltier. Peltiers don't always have ribbons, my avatar is a Pelt Tiger w aventurine, but yes generally Pelt NLR'S have ribbons & the 2 seam construction.

Agree 100% w/ Steph, here's a close up shot of a mica, the mica usually will be in a layer "not floating throughout" the marble because the hot cane was rolled on a layer of mica and put back into the "glory hole" and reheated before being coated w/ another layer of hot glass. Actual "floating mica" throughout the marble is very rare, but that's another subject. Here's a closeup view for ya, hope it helps out a bit !! Note, the mica is in a kind of layer towards the outside, the middle has none. This is an older handmade (1850-1870 or so) usually have one faceted pontil & the other end will be unfinished or have a melted "pigtail" sometimes melted to near oblivion. (1870- 1910 or there about's) were mostly made for the English (Victorian era) board game market and will have 2 unfinished ends and generally speaking will be smaller in size, this one is 1.25" so a larger specimen. There are as with everything, always a few exceptions to the rule.

Alrighty then Some real beauties !!

I don't see Peltier, Vitro, Heaton, Christensen, Akro, Alley, Champion, Davis, Jackson, MF, Ravenswood, or any type of W.Va. swirl, one thing I am seeing is a machine made marble for sure so not handmade, were almost there I think ?? Better make a list and see what's left !! I'm gonna say foreign, maybe by a stretch Vacor or Jabo but more than likely unknown, I don't see any identifiable traits that I recognize at all, so I guess I'll reman on the fence eating popcorn ... ... I said butter !! Cmon really !! ... Ahh ! That's better ... Mmmm ! Yeah ! Sgooood !! Better apply some a this and let it sit a while, maybe it'll dissolve the thick coating of "Mystery" surrounding it ?? Works on everything else !!

You may have a point there Art, the more I look the less Veiligglas I see, the colors are right but the av, excess colorant or whatever is off for Veiligglas. On second look I'm gonna say all 4 are "Jabo" (maybe ??)

The seam indicates to me these might be from a mold ?? The "nub" must serve some purpose ?? Maybe the glass was pushed onto the "nub" hot while held in a mold ?? Dunno really, I've seen the piano stools w/ actual sulphides and other Germans as well as the held in place versions like yours but never as large, usually around an inch, give or take, I have pix of a few sets on stools around here somewhere, I'll try and drudge them up. Well I found the pix, a 4 legged piano stool w claw feet and 4 clear molded mibs just like the ones you have but only 1" there on my flip phone which doesn't have a chip in it and refuses to send an Email, time to skip it out across the water, all the pix I have on it are worthless just like the phone, th guy at the store said you couldn't give him a phone like that now I knw why , I'll hang on to it but not for long !!!!!

The 3 bigger ones are definitely the same manufacture, looks like Veiligglas to me ?? Here's the odd man out, the smallest, looks like Jabo to me ?? Do you have a size on them ??

My best guess is ??????????????????????????? an inside out ?? It does , kinda look vacor but ?? None of the traits ?? I'm on the fence ... Time ta wait this one out ... ... More butter please ... Mmm, that's better I might be here a while ??

Yay team !! I.D. city here we come (I think ??) Bet ya got some real killers in there somewhere !! What I've seen so far hasn't been gleaned yet & they aren't beat up so both real good signs Collect what you like, the key to marble happiness !!

Thanks Brad, I have to put together a bunch of sets and see exactly what I have, one thing that I only have one piece left on is a set of interior panel w/ oxblood. You've seen the pix of the plates, saucers, cups, sugar bowl pitcher and lid I think all I have left is the creamer itself on that set, believe me it took a while for the rest, I remember passing on a lemonade ox set or two several years back (Duh) only abbot $250.00 then. Now you can barely touch a lone pitcher w/ a lid for less than 175.00 "if you can find it ??" I'll start rummaging around and see exactly what I have & need "Thanks again"

(L) to (R) Vitro, Marble king, Alley, sorry I'll get some closer pics later (if I remember ??) A little closer & a different view, the biggest and the only one w/ fleas (of course) is the Akro limeade cork. A couple have some microscopic pocket wear but that's it !! Not bad for less than .50 a mib. My favorite is the little tiny Pelt MCS, less than 9/16ths"

Yeah Buddy !! Killer boards& mibs, I don't even have one red mica I see a piece of the "Holy Grail" hiding right in the middle in plain sight. At least you have one, that's a start !!

Ah !! finally, a good day today. Akroware & some mibs. A mixed bag, Akro, Pelt, Mk, a few handmades, I'm happy. The Akroware is spotless & I needed every piece to complete a few other sets I have, only $35 for all the Akroware & $20 for the mibs so yes a great day 😎

You're Welcome, trying to throw in at least a little knowledge in w/ my pics, I hope ??

These aren't mine, but a couple shots of some harder to find orangeade patches An old picture I know & already posted but pertinent to this post. A group of ades w 2 cherry ades a limeade, a lemonade and a rarely seen white patch ade. Guess the top (R) cherry some would consider a vaseline base instead of an ade base. Still uv reactive, if not more so w/ a slightly different color glow.

Hmm ?? maybe as Steph said a couple more shots of the second mib, I'm not seeing anything that points to a Vacor for me, something's a little off for a Rooster ?? Maybe if you would, a couple more of the red one, maybe one w/ a touch of backlighting ??

I vacuum seal & bubble wrap all my marble shipments & tape the exterior of the box, you could throw the box out of a car doing 60 and the marbles would still be untouched. The least you can expect from the postal service is a 10 foot drop from one conveyor to the other. Long ago in the early 2000's I shipped some pretty valuable mibs that got damaged, I paid for them and took as a lesson learned. I always treat things I'm mailing as if they were coming to me, so sometimes a bit of overkill but better safe than sorry. It only takes a few minutes to package them so no damage occurs or can occur, unless a semi runs them over !! I'm so glad they reimbursed you Chris, honesty has prevailed. I'm sure the seller will be more attentive next time something glass goes out, I would hope ??

Beauties !!

Some banded carnelians and at least 1 dyed, the center white banded agate is exactly .50" a "pee-wee" for size comparison. Some have facets and some don't !! So some modern machine ground and some handmade, but all are authentic stone agates.

"Happy akro Friday" Cherry Ade Patch Blueberry ade Patch Lemonade patch (center)