Alan

More like that I listened to early advice that it was better to buy one $40. marble that I really liked, instead of 40 - $1.00 marbles that looked kind of interesting.

I've always been pretty focused in the types I collect, though they range from handmades, machine mades and contemporaries. I have always avoided "strays", unless I absolutely HAD to take them as part of a deal. Then I moved them out cheaply and quickly at shows. I still have a few around, but not enough to be worth finding them.

Agree, Master

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Those marks are play damage from impacts.

The combined glass doesn't match with Akro marbles that come to mind.

I have zero reason to believe that it is MK. Zero.

I'll just note that "asking" are not "sold" prices. Don't feed the inflation intent.

I cannot agree more. I own a few pieces that 95% of people would look at, blink once and not grasp the import of. And that's fine.

Those are great colors. That's been stored out of sunlight for much of it's life. Its in great condition too.

As far as objects - I have a nicely used Akro funnel, a few plungers and two spinner cups. I like them because I'm focused on production methods.

These two:

Looks like new torch work.

No MK hallmarks for me. Foreign a real possibility.

Most silver and milky oxbloods hover around +_5/8". There are plenty of the veneer types (often with red on white bases) that approach 1" dia. There is a unusual oxblood on a opaque/translucent base type that 99% of people have never seen. Roger dug them in his early dig days. I have seen three, own 2. One is 1-1/32 and the second is 1-9/32. In both the oxblood is primarily subsurface, rising to the surface in bands. Unusual and old looking.

I suggest thinking of it in terms of a small "glass trades village". Sources of circa late 1800s materials and chemicals would be limited and well-known within very low cost limitations. Techniques are known and shared in the small craft community. There were no secrets. Each shop could simply duplicate anything seen with no real effort. That leads to fairly homogeneous products.

I wouldn't do it - but thats just me. If you want to spend money and time on a basket case - get it polished. YMMV

If you are referring to cane-cut handmades, my understanding is that they were made in shops primarily concentrated in glass-making towns such as Lauscha. Glasfabrik Wernerhutte was a large facility, but its important to understand that marbles were just a fraction of their output. Scientific glass, decorations etc were the primary output.

No.

Top one looks like a swirl. None appear to be UV reactive from those pics (although UV reactive doesn't mean anything).

The "Ak" in Akro is pronounced the same as the "Ak" in Akron, Ohio.

https://marbleconnection.com/topic/7584-ravenswood-novelty-marbles-a-review-of-varieties/#comment-67109 I hope something in the thread is helpful.

If it helps - you can use the Ravenswood thread that I created long ago on MC.

Jabo

As if Scott ever cared about marbles or marble collectors.