LevvyPoole

Thanks. I bid a bit of a silly amount to secure the little lot this was in (don't worry, nothing too silly), because I just love that aqua colour and needed the comfort of some marble mail heading my way that week!

Beautiful bubbly action.

Here's some more pics of the little 'un, on a different background to show more definition. Because of the sense of life and movement shown within it, it honestly feels like a moment in time, captured within the glass, if that makes sense? And that, alongside its tiny size, makes it an absolute keeper.

Almost exactly 11/16. Browny-purple swirls extending into marble. Base glass classed as translucent I think?

Just over 11/16. Dark browny-purple swirl, extending into the marble. Also seem to be "accent" swirls in the grey. Mostly opaque, transparency in base glass along swirls. Pit mark photo 6?

A touch under 11/16. Orangey red ribbons, ending abruptly. Mostly opaque, a few areas that seem more transparent.

1/2 I doubt this is classed as oxblood, but ITH I can only describe it as looking like a drop of blood swirling out in some water. White swirl and filaments present too. Unfortunately got a fracture.

I love these beauties. I took a punt on an auction, couldn't quite tell from the pictures what was in there, apart from a popeye, which was what gave me the confidence to go for it.

I'll need to save up for this, especially considering I'm going to have to negotiate UK postage if that's even going to be possible!? I definitely need this book though 😀 Well done!

They remind me of my 3

I was gonna ask that 😀

Fair enough, and I would never want to sound like I was accusing anyone on here of misleading others. As you can probably see from my profile, I've not been on here long, and am still early in learning this hobby. Looking through historical threads it's evident that there's quite a bit of confusion about this topic, and maybe quite a few folks are no longer comfortable attributing all European wirepulls to Veiligglas...and that's why this debate in on and I'm finding it fascinating and appreciate the contributions.

Thanks for this, interesting to see similar marbles coming with the bakelite (I think that's what it is) board. I wonder when this one was being produced and sold? Maybe it was the same time as the wooden one. I'm mainly pushing this angle because I think it could provide a useful lead, as H.P. Gibsons are still in existence as Gibsons Games and apparently still as a family run business. I don't have the head-space to do it justice at the moment, but perhaps @shiroaiko or someone else interested in this topic, could contact them to see if they have retained any historical records about their suppliers?

With respect, and for the sake of this discussion- I'd challenge that the front 3 are what we know to be veiligglas and the other 4 might not be.

Yeah, I only put that up as it was the centre Marble came with the solitaire board and I wanted to show everything as I received it 😀