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Sorry Berry, My no comment should have been no comment at all. I am not what you would call a whiz when it comes to identifying WV swirls and I usually leave them alone in the ID section here. Marble—On!!

Always double check those cat-eyes. Marble-on!!!

The one on the left may be an Akro. The middle one--no comment. The one on the right needs a better image or two. Carnelians can come pretty messy but I am not convinced. Marble--On!!

A really nice BIG marble. I cant' give 100% so I 'll just say a nice "injected" machine made marble which is a Sparkler type !!! Marble--On!!!

I’ll throw my 2 cents in, I would not call it Asian just for the fact that I have only seen one of these over my sorting career. I remember it because I spent some time on it, now if I could just find it. If it were Asian I would have had a few pounds on my hands. It looks pre 60’s to me. For all that I know about non-Asian foreign made marbles, it could be from Argentina. (which might make it German by the way😏) Marble—On!!!

Sorry Ron, I think that you have this mixed up a bit. Westite had a fire in 1936 and Akro purchased most of the molds from them. There are quite a few examples of Westite items, including the bathroom fixture line that were made by Akro. Someone else (???) did purchase some of the molds from Akro once they closed and a few were reproduced and marketed. Akro—On!!

I like it, Did you make this?--excellant job regardless. I have used heavy fishing cable to hang heavy items in my windows such as this. If you get a black color, the line is barely visible in the sunlight---great idea!! Marble--On!!!

Here is a link to a sales page from the WV glass museum. It shows the candle holder that you have with a model number, 851. The ad also explains some solid colors that these come in. I had to cut and paste into a Word document to read it, but it is legible. I do own this particular item. I have purchased a few of these reprints and little research items that the museum has put together and I refer to them often—great work and well worth the investment. I love the name that HouzeX uses for slag glass—MarbleX—pretty cool name. MarbleX came in a lot of different colors and combinations. I did see a RWB candle holder like this on a Google search—very cool indeed. Of course these molds may have been sold and remade by another company. I have several of these and the model number is hard to make out on one of them but it is there. https://www.ebay.com/itm/230697084746 MarbleX—On!!!

Search "Houze Glass" candle holders. A great find for sure. Houze On!!!

Thanks Steph, I was writing this while you posted so I will post it as well.(I worked on it a while and do not want to waste my efforts) It is a hard thing to explain the difference between a machine made marble and a hand gathered marble to someone that is new to this hobby. It takes some research to determine what the difference is. There have been many “Imperial Jade” marbles for sale on E-bay for a quite a while. The name is quite catchy and it attracts interest. Most are misrepresented. The folds and seams in your marble do not point towards anything “hand-gathered” and the experience of the collectors on this board will agree that is a machine made marble. Hand-gathered marbles are what MFC produced. They more often than not exhibit a swirl effect that starts with a version of a “9“ that will swirl around the marble. The swirl effect often encircles the entire marble, often many times right down to the cutoff mark and over the top of it which is usually quite well encased into the glass itself. The more swirls or fine/thinness of the tail that the marble has—generally the more desirable, they can come right down to a very fine point. This is not always the case of course but if these attributes are not shown in a hand-gathered marble , the marble itself will more than likely not attract the attention that it may deserve and end up with the enormous (millions) amount of “solids “or “slags” that are out there in the world. When these marbles were “gathered” out of a “pot” of liquid/melted glass onto a rod, they were twisted to get a ball of glass on the end before cutting and dropping onto a simple mechanism to make the glob of glass round. This is about the best that I can do to answer your question. Some examples of hand-gathered marbles will help you to see what I am trying to explain. Do some research on them and find the light. Marble—On!!!

These CAC cullet marbles are some of the best cullet that I own. They have helped me to the max because the colors are hard to determine until you have them in hand. I have been able to make many questionable ID’s fact because of these in my hand. The top two are my most recent helpers and I will post a later image or to two show you all. CA Exotics were and always will be out of my realm, cost-wise . I have sold a few because they were not in my realm, or out of my league of collecting. I have read a post in the last 20-25 years of one collector that had bucketfuls of “Exotics”. I think that it was Les Jones (RIP) The Ca’s that I own are all “out of the wild”, thanks in no small part to this “cullet” along with the rest of the smaller pieces that are not shown. I consider all CA marbles to be rare---period. Marble—On!!!

You may have that twisted around. Vacor was making marbles long before Jabo was even a thought. The first Three are Vacor, good eye! The fourth one may be a vintage "american made" marble. Out of my realm for ID, but it does not look post 70's to me. I call them like I see them, maybe a Champion??? Marble--On!!

Yessss!--Taste it for sure---mmmmmmmmm marbles!!!! marble--On!!!

Thats OK Berryb. A "Green Raven" is a hard find in any circumstance. Marble--On!! and dig on as well!!!

"Not too shabby" as one might say (me). A great find for sure! Marble--On!!!

Un---real--It has to be a mineral marble, or "Indian marble" the way that the layers are so rounded. Great images! Great Call Steph! Marble--On!!!

Peltier made some nice big marbles and many of them. Sell what you will but never look back. Peltiers are a great collectable marble---second only to Akro Marble--On!!!

“Vitro Helmets” are usually clear based with a stripe or “the top of a football helmet” running through the white. You will have to envision a football helmet from the 60’s to get a better idea. If you look at them from the stripe, front to back, you will usually see the little ears that represent the sides of a football helmet. I have posted a few examples. Marble--On

It is a Pelt. Multi colored swirl. Salmon/white. Not so common in the Multi colored swirl world and a nice fine for sure. As a collector of "coral" colored marbles, I like these as an addition to my collection when I find them. Great ID on this one! Marble--On!!

LOL, I have cracked plenty of Geodes open--curiosity kills the cat--let us know what you find. Marble--On!!

Just taking a nap here. I couldn’t help it, this marble just looked like an eye closed to me, and so I played around and flipped it. I do not know which set of images was better so I posted both sets. Blue Oxbloods are real sleepers. They usually need to be lit-up with some form of artificial light to really be revealed. This is my best shot of one yet. This one revealed itself better than most do. Marble—On!!

That is the end game---trying not to be too crazy---a hard task when it comes to marbles Marble--On!!!

I thought that it might be Lapis Lazuli. Many of these came home with our Brave and Women and Men from Iraq and Afghanistan military service. The little chip kind of dispels that. Nice deep blue marble—I like it. Marble—On!! And much respect to those that have and are serving our country!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will weigh in; every marble deserves an opinion or two. At almost one inch I would have to agree on Jabo. It is not a Peltier--for sure. It is not an Alley Agate either. Marble--On!!!!