Mojo

The red is 9mm , the other one 15mm

The years around the change from the 19th to the 20th century were, also for the German marble production, real crisis years. WW1 was threatening and there was also the rumor that in America people were already very advanced in building a machine to make glass marbles. America was the largest buyer of almost all types of German marbles, so this could be a noose. To make matters worse, many Europeans took the gamble to build a new future in that great America. Many glass workers from the Thuringia region also left for America. The latter were welcomed there with open arms, they could use their knowledge and experience very well in the design and manufacture of glass and therefore also marbles. Soon, both in America and Germany, machines were designed to make glass marbles, but most attempts were unsuccessful. Until Marten Christensen, an American of Danish descent, came with his machine. This was the breakthrough. He was patented in 1904 and immediately founded the M.F. Christensen and Son Company. With this machine one could make marbles, half machine. There was still a lot of manual work and craftsmanship involved. These semi-machined marbles are called "transitionals" by collectors and, just like the handmade glass marbles, have a kind of pontil. The marble factories sprang up like mushrooms in America. And soon their own needs were met with marbles. Little was exported to other countries. Here countries in Asia, e.g. Japan, later convenient use of. Soon, machine marbles were also made there, which looked a lot like the American transitionals. These marbles often went to Europe and therefore also to the Netherlands. The elderly among us will know these marbles well, they were often exported to the Netherlands between 1930-1950. Because of this competition from Japan and later other countries, such as Taiwan, many American companies disappeared as quickly as they came. Fortunately, there are still a few active, such as e.g. the Champion Agate Company. Maybe this is an Answer why my marbles look like american ones I looked it up amd translate it from dutch to englisch

I have loads of these but you already seen a lot , i will look into if there are / were european machinemade marble factory's

These just for fun And what they are....no clue

Orange and yellow

And this one ? Looks like a beast 👾

Read something about Euro Sparkler Maybe these are it Flat "catseye' in both of them

Use flash and went outside with them They have old dusty looks

Dont know anyone who collects Maybe there are collector clubs , i have to look into that I have mutch to learn

Next time i try to take better pictures and use flash

Like these ones very dark and i have just 2 Found them between few thousand catseyes that i have in bunkers Anyone know where they are from or called ?

A few special looking catseyes i have found Maybe you can ID these?

Ill keep posting then 👌😎👍

3 again for you all to see And maybe ID 👌😎👍

Peltier ish if i go with the seams i see But really not sure , could be anything as far as i stand

Think i have some like this hiding the spiral also that starts like a cork , i will check and post later today

A little milky transculant on the surface of the white

Little bit milky transculant i would say Top layer glassy white

Picked a few from one of the many bags i have to clean , sort and ID I will post more towmorrow Hope u all will take a looksie en try help me ID them

Forgot....i like the german hand made and the USA marbles , hope i can buy some from new friends here or trade for mine as we speak to be sorted out and to be indentified

Joep is the name MoJo is combined name of me and my wife Monique MoJoMarbelicious is the name we gave to the earrings we make of marbles www.mojomarblelicious.nl

This one.... Like it very mutch.... Dunno where it is from

Ally Agate this one ? Should have cleaned it first

Full of cloudy bubbles in a transparant blue green inside and a dark blue helmet

One 1 found while sorting Did not find a second one yet Anyone know this kind ?