Alan

That is what I was referring to. Folks get so focused on the surface that they don't see the matrix. Nice piece.

It is post-production application of paint etc.

Jabo for me.

Thank you. I had the same reaction to some degree as noted - but I am still looking at something else (not the exterior colors). I could be wrong given how light plays through transparent glass.

I've been quite busy. I am very likely looking at something other than what everyone else is. What was "fixed"?

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Mineral

A very good box. Marbles are original to it. In 1950 it was leftover "new old stock" from a decade or more before.

That (green) "marble" is technically more a bead given that it is mandrel-wound as beads are (that is how I got started in torch working glass). It isn't drilled. You can see the winding technique in the glass.

Damaged machine made.

I have never understood why they seemed to lose their enthusiasm for hosting the marble collectors show. One of the staff of one shop their told me that the BOD wanted to take the entire facility in a new direction - hence the renaming.

There is no hiding...

It appears to be a mica, albeit in rough condition.

Mineral

Onionskin color bands/panels are made of frit, picked up on the marver by a cane roll and then stretched. All Onionskins outer color is made of frit. Frit was made by crushing color cane pieces for that purpose. Its not "leftover" glass. It has nothing to do with the end of a work day. The experience of the person who wrote that is missing an understanding of how handmades were made.

Heavy?

Yes.

I see no specific traits that would suggest that this is a singular piece made at the end of a work day. It has two shear points - which validates beyond any speculation that it was cane-cut. So an entire cane was constructed, and this was just one marble of many on the entire cane. So it wasn't a "one off" piece. The "End of Day" moniker has been around for some time - with little to no actual traceable trait for 99% of the marble it is misused upon. I'm happy to believe, but basic knowledge of cane-cut marble construction leaves behind easily identifiable traits that we can see with our eyes. Respectfully - I'll believe what I can actually see over a stick-on label from a stranger who is trying to sell something. Add-on terms have crept into popular use over the last ~2 years, especially by new collectors. End-of-day is becoming one of them. We should pause and question what we are told and ask "Why?". "How do we know that?" "What are the indicators that we can see?". Otherwise we are just casually throwing words around to suggest rarity - when we really don't know. Let's question the casual addition of words that suggest rarity. The hobby will be better informed and collectors can make better decisions.

How so?

I am wary of these. Anyone see why?

My fake or reworked meter is pretty well-tuned and I'm not shy about expressing my view in that respect. I don't see any signs of either. Additionally, there is no motivation to do so because its not a marble that would be sought by collectors for any appreciable amount. The glass suggests to me that they did a small gather before the glass was ready and this was the result.

They have no specific value. Modern and older marbles can have glass that reacts to UV. It doesn't indicate age, rarity, collectability or value. You can buy some for cents. New collectors seem initially drawn to them. At some point the novelty wears off.

It is a cane construction marble that received no intentional twist when the cane was worked.

Oh yes - modern. Similar to the mass produced Chinese pieces.

At that fairly small size it is an unusual piece, especially with that glass. It looks like the glass had some issues and possibly debris or soot. A single gather that is cup-worked will have a single pontil, as this appears to. The glass is odd enough that it is a little surprising that they chose to work it before it settled down. Good condition for its age. ETA: Speculation - Once the glass settled down to what was possibly a single color - that color would be close to a Melon Ball of the era.