YasudaCollector

Has anybody ever found a marble in bead form before? (Not a drilled marble, but a deliberately made bead)

I wonder what @shiroaiko would say.

Based on the colors alone it looks pretty Japanese.

Yep, this is a Japanese crease pontil transitional.

Yep, this looks like a Japanese crease pontil.

This looks a lot like some Yasuda marbles I have.

Yeah, both are about 5/8

Any ideas on these guys?

Awesome find! 😃 It's incredible that cat's eyes were produced so early. When I first started collecting, everyone (at least in the US) thought that cat's eyes were invented in 1949. This new information pushes that date back by a whole 10 years. I wonder if these prewar cat's eyes were exported to the US? It would be interested to see if any turn up in antique shops.

Just curious, but I wonder if Stephen Bahr would be interested in exploring the topic of imperial marbles with the people he spoke to in his Vacor/El Aguila videos. Maybe, they would be able to associate certain color combos/glass types with Vacor?

Sure! I love studying these guys. It seems like there's so much variety to them, especially in the older ones.

Here are a few of mine:

Is there a way to tell the Asian made imperials from the Mexican made ones?

Awesome 1930s Yasuda! Love the swirls. 🙂

Got this 1930s ish Chinese table for my Grandma as a present. Turns out it came from one of the original art deco buildings on campus, but was purged during a renovation.

Scored this early 1900s Bohemian glass vase for 10 bucks.

Here are some other recent finds:

Yeah! Looks like a JABO. Love the nice orange and green. 🙂

Very nice color combo!

Interesting one