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They are all German Handmades but they are not all the same type. I would not call them variations of the same marble, although they are made with the same cane cut method.

Thank you for that information Steph. This has certainly been a confusing subject. So many old discussions and opinions by those regarded as experts, makes me wonder what the truth really is. The whole Master acquisition and all deepens the mud. Makes me wonder if either late era Akro or even Master made similar marbles to those types, then Master added other color combinations and just revived the name UNIQUES. Here is one photo I saved in an Akro company box. I have seen examples and photos of purportedly early Akro Heros/ Grebes/Brown Thrashers/Uniques (or whatever you want to call them) and they do exhibit what appear to be early traits - so I will still keep wondering I guess. Thank you for your time and understanding my query.

The explanation perhaps is the fact that in 1951 Master Glass acquired all of the remaining Akro assets. This included Akro's remaining marble stock and left over packaging. Master sold this stock in old Akro boxes as well as their own Master labeled packaging. This would explain, at least to me, why later era multi-colored Akro patches can be found in mislabeled packaging.

I thought the Akro Heros , Brown Thrashers, Uniques and Golden Tawneys are all early Akro patches - and all are white based (or close to white) with varying types of brownish patches. Here is a large box of Hero/Uniques from Bob Block, a smaller box of all Heros and single marble Hero Brown Thrasher. I am still searching for a shot of a Golden Tawney. I don't understand what all those colorful patches are in boxes labled 'Uniques' - like Akro just back filled left over Unique Boxes with ...whatever colored patches ?? Maybe someone with deep Akro history knowledge can elaborate here.

Winner! This is an old St. Mary's era MK Watermelon. Very nice find.

The Vacor Atmosphere is one type I find impossible to authenticate when outside the original packaging. Most of them are so random how do you differentiate between genuine and the abundant knockoffs- or just simply someone 'experiment'?

So this is a green base with orange ribbons (not red) - which means it is an Orange Dragon? If so those are pretty HTF. Or maybe you mean red w/orange ribbons when you say "orange flame" which is a Flaming Dragon?

Base glass look blue in some views and green in others - so Dragon or Spiderman?

I'm not sure if all authentic German HM Melon Balls should have a ground/faceted pontil, but those I have seen in hand did. Sometimes these faceted pontils are so finely executed they are hard to see. Look with a jewelers loupe.

A birthday cake I made where I accidentally used 1.5 cups of salt instead of sugar. Not my kitchen. Please label your plastic dry goods containers when transferring bulk products for storage. Cake looked gorgeous but.... what a shock. GOT MILK? LOL

Has a Ravenswood look to me w/ those colors and pattern - but not positive.

Glass sure looks Vacor - especially that hazy bleeding white. Lots of Roosters and Firefighters have that same spotty edge bleed.

I would glue it on with some LOCTITE Glass Glue if you're keeping it and not trying to sell it. It will look better repaired.

Chuck G - I have heard/read the same discussions on the possibility of lower production numbers for the Akro white/yellow cork. Of course if this was actually the case it would further reinforce the proportionate scarcity of this color combination. I never knew if this was collector speculation or if company records existed with run numbers by color. Either way I always look for these simple yellows in minty condition and consider them keepers.

In my own experience a pristine mint yellow on opaque white standard Prize Name has been hardest to come by. The theory is that yellow was the most unpopular color, especially among boys. I think many of them saw heavy play action since the yellows were not considered a big sacrifice or loss. Kids tended to save their more favorite colors like blue and red. I have tons of mint corks in vast arrays of colors but only 2 mint yellows.

I agree the cullet may be Akro - below I show some dug on factory site Akro cullet. As far as the whole marble goes I would have reservations about that being CAC as well. Looks 'off' - particularly with all those dark bleeding striations running right through the yellow. Looks more like an Alley West Virginian in that single shot.

Much of what can be seen in the photos has my contemporary bell ringing. That includes the 'brick' color/glass texture - pattern - super glossiness- just about everything about it is suspect from these photos IMHO.

Peltier MCS

Vacors in general have high variability -especially those types that have evolved from early runs and continued into the present. Plenty of Vacors can exhibit looping turkey heads including Serpents. Some can have very sparse red such as the OP. I have seen some older Sepernts that are nearly pastel and others that were bold and vibrant - and made with very good quality glass. A couple examples that are reminiscent of the OP:

No way that glass is CAC. 100% Vacor Serpent.

In my early teens I had a summer night job at a local family bakery. My job was to fill the jelly and cream filled doughnuts. One pump of filling was the instructed protocol......not enough in my mind. 2 pumps- much better! It was all about the filling to me. The owner was not happy...at first, until he realized he was selling 2x the norm. Instead of firing me he decided to increase the cost per doughnut by 2 cents and the 'double pump' became a local doughnut craze. More is better sometimes!

Pineapple - YES....but only if there's also hot peppers to cut the sweetness.

Documented as reproductions. Marble Alan site/ fake-repro section.

I'm confused - I thought a Pelt Windshield was a much more specifically colored type with a large colorless clear window on only one side. This marble I'm looking at looks like a simple green and white Rainbo? Perhaps due to happenstance and the variable nature of mass production this one just has wider transparent green ribbons than the majority? So- can any Pelt with enough transparency be a Windshield? That would be news to me.

Coffee - might be my middle name! I'll take it anyway I can get it when the urge strikes - from a fancy cafe with a savvy barista down to a coin-op dispensing machine. Favorite is a perfectly made Latte with the foam like whipped cream -no sugar.