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I agree with all three. Number three, no idea ?

The study and time you have invested shows it every day. Not easy but it can be done. But it never ends. It is always a challenge, which is good. It never gets boring.

I agree with all the above.

Sure You are Welcome.

Alley red/white CAC green/red

I think they are both safe as Master.

Melissa you have picked up this marble identification very fast. Nice job.

Ramp season in parts of WV, they close the school for a week. Because of the ramp stink. Eat ramps one time and you smell it in your skin for three days. Nice pic.

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Could be many companies. But not a Flintie. I agree, there are different colors but not vaseline and any uv glow. Most Flinties have the fish eye or small clear opening on a pole or end of the marble.

That is a nice offer and I appreciate it VERY much. But it would make someone else happy. If that blow out was not there, I would be after buying it form you. But the blow out hurt it bad for me. This doesn't happen often. THANK YOU !

All good choices. Maybe bottom left Champion.

Sure is Alley Calligraphy.

Alleys

I agree with Akro slag. The first marbles produced by the Akro Agate Company in Clarksburg WV. This marble probably made between 1915 to 1930 maybe to 1940 ?

Like I have said, they are not any one of a kind. There are numbers of them around from different companies. Sometimes it can be heavy or light with less.

If the white glows bright, it is Jackson. If not then I would put it with Ravenswood. Jacksons With these Jacksons the white all glows bright. Because it is from a certain limited white Vitrolite cullet.

There it is. Next week a Peltier Ramp. If you know what that is ?

That is the best we can all do. We give the best identifications that we can with what is presented. They will never all be 100% correct by any human, doing any amount of numbers over time.

Correct a crease or mark from when the marble was rolled round.

I would go more towards Vitro.

If they had been sprinkled with water before being totally annealed, they would fracture and bad. I have seen very light rain hit hot marbles and it is not good seeing marbles fracture and explode. Water is a disaster near hot glass or hot marbles. When water hits new hot or warm marbles, you want to step back.

The last original Alox machine was transported to Jabo by myself and the owner Nancy Frier. Nancy's father and grandfather founded and operated Alox Company. Which made many different items, shoestrings, kites, jack sets, Chinese Checker board and marbles. many children's toys, and marbles. They produced marbles of their own and bought marbles from a few other companies. Nancy wanted to make marbles once again on this last Alox machine. She also wanted all the families which had ties to this machine and her grandfather making marbles, to be present when it was run again. Alley had ties with that it may have been one of his early machines ? Alley sold marbles to Alox. The original workers to run the first machines at Alox came from WV. and went there to make marbles. Probably recommended by Alley and Ravenswood people. Ravenswood had ties that it may have been a early Ravenswood machine ? Ravenswood also sold marbles to Alox. So Alley and Ravenswood owners had a big part in Alox coming into the marble business. Nancy invited members from these three families to be present one more time when this machine made marbles. The only place to get this done was at Jabo at Reno Ohio. Thanks to the help of Dave McCullough. The machine needed a lot of work. Most of it was rusted and locked up. It was disassembled and new bearings etc. installed. I had the rolls blasted with walnut hulls. The shear was not useable, another shear was installed. A new drive motor was installed and more. It was finally ready to run. Present at Jabo for that run were the third generation members from those three families. Alley - was by Frank Sellers and his wife. Frank is the grandson of L.E. Alley. Ravenswood - was by Charles Cox and his sister Rae Weekly. Charles father owned Ravenswood Novelty. Alox - was Nancy Frier, her father and grandfather owned Alox. Dave McCulough, myself and a couple Jabo employees. We ran the machine and put hot glass across it once again. It was exciting and emotional for some there. Lots of video and pictures were taken for the next few hours. It was a special time for all of those people, who some traveled a long distance to attend a event that their past family had ties with in making toy marbles. With all the effort, changes, adjustments, etc. by Dave and all involved. The machine was just to old, worn, rusted and tired to make smooth round mint marbles once again. It has sat outside unprotected in the weather for many long years before this. But it did produce marbles one more time for the Third Generation of three marble families. We ran it three different times, three runs, trying to make mint marbles. But is just would not do it. The rolls had been repaired many places, holes filled, where they had wore through. The roll groves flights were wore away. Like most things with age, it was wore out after a long life and rough outside retirement. But everyone there considered the effort a success. I later hauled the last Alox machine back to St. Louis with a stop on the way at the Decatur IL marble show for a visit. Then it went on to a museum in St.Louis. where it is today. But it may be moved again by Nancy Frier in late March or early April. A very short version of the story that goes with the Third Generation Alox marbles made in 2010.

Newer Marble King.

#31 is most likely a Heaton Sweet Potato. Likie said above more and closer different views or sides of each marble makes identifications easier and more accurate. The numbers help but to many marbles in one post for identifications. If you look below you will not see 34 marbles not even ten or very few five marbles in a single post for identifications. Learning marbles does take lots of effort and time. It will not happen in one year or two of steady work, for most people. But it has many different rewards along the way through the years.