B-rett66

Thank you

There is probably a half dozen stories that could be told about them. I had an awesome time with my daughter the day we discovered them. We were excited and disappointed at the same time because of the condition. Even if they are worthless they are beautiful to us and will stay together and used for something. I can’t put a price on the time I’ve spent with my kids the last several months looking for and researching marbles we have found. B-rett

A dealer in Florida has several and thinks because of the condition they were never installed on anything. I can’t find any scratches what so ever on them. What I did notice is one has an edge chipped off the flat spot which would have made an imperfect flat surface which if used would have made a “wobble”. Being that they were a set of four now they have defected set. I guess they could have used them on a three legged stool but at the time was making four legged stools. Just thinking outside the box. The craftsman put them away to use later and forgot about them.

Not sure if they were ground at the factory or from use. That would take some more research.

Not sure if they were ground at the factory or from use. That would take some more research.

Also I forgot to mention I was told that these are all from the same cane

So my daughter and I was browsing an antique shop and I happened to see these and thought they may be German handmade marbles. Still relatively new to collecting I sent pictures to my son and he confirmed they were probably handmade. After getting them out of the case, I noticed, they all had flat spots on them like someone had ground them to make paperweights. To make a long story short, they are were put on high end, piano stool legs. Most were just clear glass. I’m happy to say I had a collector look at them says they are truly German made Laticina swirls maybe not worth as much as they would be without the flat spots, but still collectible. B-rett

This is my first post on The Marble Connection. I have so many hobbies it’s not funny. My son has been collecting for almost a year now and has got me hooked and I’ve been having a blast with him and my granddaughter learning and looking for the next cool find. I’ve been searching this site and many others doing research so I thought I’d step it up and join so I could learn more and share some our finds. B-rett