The Nickel Guy

I added this Murano glass sculpture paperweight to my collection this morning. It was a bargain at the thrift store. no chips or cracks and well balanced. It is fairly heavy and about a foot tall I guess.

I say WOW! These are hand made polymer clay right? I am just getting into it with great hope of doing well but these are amazing!

Thanks Fire! These are translucent and the patches almost resemble those ribbons of a Vitro Tiger Eye. I am going to bet these are Vitro and call them two color patches Right?

Thanks Parmcat. Aren't they neat to have in hand?

Almost looks to be an opal doesn't it? However I am stumped as well. Nice.

Opaque white base, two conjoined patches and obvious seams but I can't place them with a manufacturer. I have others in color combinations, I think, yellow and blue, maybe some more combos someplace. They all seem to have that same construction and look to them. I'd appreciate the usual help with mfg. ID and name. My guess is gonna be Akro Agate two colored patch. But I am not finding these. Thanks again for your time and thoughts on these triplets.

Now this one is different than my recent Master question. I am thinking this one is Akro Agate and it definately has that old glass feel and look. Superb condition. It is all opaque, patch and base. Maker, Type and any special name for it maybe? I see people call some similar to these Akro Watermelons but there are some pretty imaginative auction sellers out there. Thanks marble people.

This also has eyelashes. If I am correct with Master, does this type have a name to it or type at least? Thank you kindly.

Hard to pick a favorite. Grand Finale pretty soon.

I'm glad I attempted to keep things in order as I collected. If I didn't I would be lost at this point and probably would not enjoy them near as much. Everybody does things a little different so do what you like and you'll like it.

I see 6 colors on this cool marble Red Yellow Green and another Army Man Green, Turquoise and Brown

Beautiful Marbles MarcoArellano. Quite the display so far. Really enjoying this.

I tried taking decent pictures of this framed print. I have had it for decades but I forget if it is my old handwriting on the back or someone elses. Says steel engraved, hand colored. 1849. Tonight I remembered it hangs there on the wall by the grandfather clock. I think of it every year on New Years (almost) and decided to see if I could find out more about it tonight. THE DEATH OF THE YEAR Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine by W. E. Tucker Vol. XXXV. December, 1849. No. 6. THE DEATH OF THE YEAR POEM BY HENRY B. HIRST It was a dreary night   In the latter years of time, When a man, with shrunken limbs   And a forehead white with rime— With the rime of weary hours Whose paths were not of flowers— And a beard of snowy white, Walked slowly through the night. Pale Hecate, overhead,   Shone coldly on his brow; His eye was sunken and dim,   His cheek had lost its glow, But his step, so full of pride,— The manhood of his stride, Gave this antiquated thing The appearance of a king. The moon went sadly down   To a level with his way, And the heavens became opprest   With vapors dark and gray As Saturn, with his beard, And glass, and scythe, appeared: The old man journeyed on, Growing weaker and more wan. Like a shadow, on his path   With a silence, such as dwells In the desolate dell of death   Where we hear not even our knells, Did Saturn slowly pass With his fatal scythe and glass: The traveler looked not back, But kept steadily on his track. From the earth which lay below,   Until then so black and dumb, Came the roar of many a gun,   With the roll of many a drum, And the mingling strains of lute, Clarion, cymbal, fife and flute; And among them, like a knell, Rose the clamor of a bell! The wanderer heard the sound,   And with patient, suffering eyes Gazed reproachfully on high,   Through the dark, unpitying skies; But Saturn raised his steel And the old man ceased to feel; And they laid along his bier The cadaverous Old Year.

Good fortune to all of you! ~ Happy New Year ~

I was excited to see this one pop up today! One for the hoi polloi. Thank you from all of us at Marbleconnection. I'm a huge fan myself.