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Did anyone notice that Aiko said a crease pontil is typical for Seike who was the largest preWWII Japanese marble producer as opposed to Yasuda.

Much better photo. No doubt at all now.

Nice mushroom. Made by Seike?

What is supposed to be the difference between a "spider" and a "normal" wirepull?

Slightly strange pattern on this one and can't really see the crease pontil very well which I assume is those faint lines in the first photo, but I do have a definite Japanese transitional of the exact same size and colours. Not every JT is necessarily Yasuda.

Whoever that was writing "spider" has probably never heard of a Veiligglas wirepull.

Slight chance of early Japanese.

I'm 50% Japanese. Don't want to go against the experts.

I reckon it depends on where it was originally found in the wild. USA or any of the British Commonwealth countries. Great to see an American spelling Wispler correctly

In Australia I have not come across any of the single colour Camel (Matsuno) Pinchers. Heaps of Wales Variegated though ( @Al Oregon photos) made by Seike as per @shiroaiko All 15 to 17mm Always white with one colour and clear windows. Blue and pale blue, Green and pale green, Red and Yellow. About 50% of the Yellows glow bright cadmium orange under UV.

Well, Japanese at least.

The 4stripe marbles always have 2 of the same colour opposite each other and 2 different colour opposite each other.

I have a 1977 bag of 50 cat's eyes Made in Mexico distributed by Imperial. They range from 2 floating vanes, 3 4 and 5 vanes up to the standard 3 colour 6 vanes. A mix of pastel and bright colours, one with a little green aventurine,. straight vane and the common S shaped vanes of Vacor. Without the header label you would never pick half of them as Vacor. I would assume they were having problems with blocked holes in the crucibles. Sorry but I haven't learned how to take photos yet.