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Hello Mojo, I'll give it my best---Vitro imho. More opinions are always welcomed. Marble--On!!

This is an interesting slag. I do not recall seeing any slags with pollution like this. The red is right at the cutoff then it swirls inside. The shears must have been lubricated somehow and that is my guess. A copper based lube of some sort🩸? Cool marble! Marble—On!!

I will admit that I was digging through books thinking the same thing. Good eye and call on this one Ron and Steph. Be carefull with it for sure. Marble--On!!

Here ya go Fire. They come in a variety of styles. You first! (I cannot get the thought of little eight year old Fire with a marble in his belly button out of my head ) Marble—On!!

I have something smaller but similar. It is 5”X 5”, made of glass, mold pressed no doubt and the little glass marbles are ¼’. Some of the marbles still have remnants of a seam that looks to be from a “bullet mold”—go figure. The glass plate has two sides, one square and one diamond. There are no markings on the box or paper work but the glass is mold stamped, “REGISTERED”, “REGISTRE”, “MADE IN”, “CZECHO-SLOVAKIA”. The original owner wrote her name in the box, she lived in Lowell Mass. The paperwork with it used to make some ”registered/registre designs”. Cool stuff Mojo, I hope this helps. Marble—On!!

I do not think that it is Akro or Vacor. I think that you have a game marble there and many companies made them. They really have not received much in the way of research and it could have been made on any number of machines here in the USA or abroad. I used to backlight a lot of game marbles when I was trying to backfill Akro Chinese Checker boxes. It can get quite addicting---just like all the rest of the marbles that we see here😏. They are not so similar when you really start to gaze at them—I just narrowed down the Akro and there were too many others to try to pin down. Having fun is the key to collecting. Marble—On!!

The Jabo contract runs did include a few one inch runs, just sayin. Transparent yellow, transparent orangy red, a creamy white base, 7/8”, I would agree with Jabo and not necessarily a double ingot. Maybe just a rare biggie. Many more opinions are needed. A very nice marble to be sure! I have never seen anything like it. Marble—On!!

My question is has anyone ever seen a Pelt like this? I am not getting any Akro or Master vibes here. More comments are needed on this one. Marble—On!!

I found a blue one resembling yours called “Frosted Blast” which might just be a blue “Polaris Assorted” or a “Pearly” that was frosted (tumbled I think, maybe another process was used) . The Polaris Assorted/Pearly have an iridescent finish which would explain the sparkly fissures in yours. The tumbler did not get all of the iridescence out of the deeper grooves. Vacor makes/made a number of frosted marbles and It would be OK in my opinion to figure that at least some of them were produced to stretch the Peso a bit from a bad run of other types of marbles. Just an opinion here, no facts. Marble—On!!

These are not Flinties, they are asian marbles and they may be called “pinchers” regarding the cutoff marks. More opinions are needed here. Marble—On!!

This one looks like a red Flintie to me, nice find. I have some 7/8” Flinties and I do not know right off hand if they came any larger. The Akro tin box #200 commonly held eight ¾”Flinties and the smaller #150 tin could be found with four ¾” Flinties and five smaller ones at 5/8" or 11/16". They would be found in the edge of the tin or between the inserts and not in the inserts. The “Akro Flinties” square boxes held up to 13/16”. I love em all! Marble—On!!

"Glazed China"? These may have been produced in Germany. More opinions are needed and welcomed. Marble--On!!

I see a Vitro Cateye on the top and a Pelt rainbo on the bottom. Nice marbles, All opinions are needed and welcomed. Marble--On!!

x3, nice find! Marble--On!!

Thie size narrows it down pretty much. Nice Akro imho. More comments are always welcomed. Marble--On!!

I can see where some confusion could set in, they are very similar to Pelts. Nice ones! Marble--On!!

Nice marbles Mojo. Are they still being produced? Love em! Marble--On!!

It seems to me that I have seen a foil box with “Champion Assortment” printed on it—in a different font though. I cannot recall any numbers on the box. It might have been in an old Morphy auction. I used to swim through those pages quite a bit. I have not seen your box before. The paper that wraps it reminds me of the Peltier 224 and 220 boxes. They water stain just like that. Marble—On!!

Yep!! They come non-better!😁 Marble--On!!

OK Chad—if you really want to go there I am up for it. This one is scary--I love it!

Embrace the Akro and be happy!

This is not quite yellow my marble collecting friend—light amber I would call it. CAC made a Yellow slag with a very yellow base. Compare them and see what I mean. I do not know why yellow was so hard to achieve in a transparent base but it is rare. I will agree that this one is a WVS however. The maker. I suck at WVS ID. Marble—On!!

Slags do what they want to Jeremysvt. A positive on a slag is a hard thing to do and a hard thing to explain. It is more of a feel than an ID. This one may be a Pelt, a CAC a MFC--but I will still call Akro on this one. I want them all to be Akro Agates so I am not always right 50-50 would be good for anyone with an ID of slags imho.(with a few exceptions) yes, I know, Akro made millions of these and most are Akro. Any and all opinions are always welcomed and appreciated. Marble—On!!

I really hope that you get a good ID on this one--it is a great one. Marble--On!!