Steph Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 One new subscriber gets you a nice lot of marbles. Anyone know what an American Snowflake was? p.s., I know that Snow Flake was a name for Mica marbles, but those would be European, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 I know that those are the Katzenjammer Kids diving towards the bag of marbles but is that Henry running a close second? Great ad. "Snowflakes" is one of Dave McCullough's general term for marbles other than that I don't have a clue. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblemover Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 this should help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm not quite seeing a 1919 era American snowflake candidate in the glossary. Do you think they were the snowflake obsidian marbles? I wondered if it could be a mistake and some German marbles got labeled American. But how likely was that going to be in January of 1919? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akro gatherer Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 my guess is MFC marbles. i have no facts or anything just wanted to guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 By looking at the glossary, the describe snowflakes as Marble King cats-eye mibs that had lots of crushed firebrick inside of them. Probably a fair guess as any. God Bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1DanS Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 With that time line, and the first three names used by MFC, maybe, just maybe, they were other Akron made mibs like the spotted, colored clay ones Big John picked up(?) http://marvelousmibs.s4.bizhat.com/marvelo...ftopic2417.html thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Yah, I wondered about ceramics. Something bigger and better than plain clays. John's mibs: (and his auctions are here in case you wanna make some of them yours in the next 2 days and 3 hours. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Gary, they wouldn't have been MK's or cat's eyes because of the timeline. 1919 was too early. January 1919 could make those the very last of MFC's old stock. MFC quit making marbles in 1917 but still had old inventory to sell through 1918. And of course Akro was making marbles at the time. Could American snowflakes have been white slags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 I bought these a few years ago. They were sold to me as Vitro snowflakes. Are they Marble King or Vitro Agate? Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblemover Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Edna, those look like Bogards, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psia-antique Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Edna, those look like Bogards, to me. I agree with you and sent her a PM asking for more pics...especially the one on the left...even wondered if it was possibly one of the bogard "onion skins"...any thoughts?...trying to run down some pics of the "onion skins" since the only one s I have are i n the Mountaineer package and are not easily seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 David's Bogard article: C.E. Bogard & Sons Cats Eye Marbles A couple of pix from there for quick ref: The base in David's black ones seems a little blue. Don't know if that's reflection or shadow or the glass. Here's a pic Galen posted with less tinted bases on the black. p.s., amber is also a possibility in Bogard bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psia-antique Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Thanks Last pic...the orange and white and black and whites are the "onion skins" I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 OK, I'm home from the Waller 4th of July celebration. We are skipping the fireworks, been in the 103 degree temps all day. I've looked at the marbles again and they are definitely 4 vane cateyes. I bought them from Bud Cloven and I haven't known him to miss many ID's. In fact, I don't know of any he's missed. he said Vitro Agate. I'm questioning vitro or MK. Pics to follow showing the 4 vanes and one white stripe on the side of each one. Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 The Bogards included 4-vane cats eyes. Some not so well-formed. But some very nicely formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 pic from one pole - 4 vane cateye, lots of bubbles or debris pic from the other pole, obviously 4 vane cats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 from the side showing one white ribbon 180 degrees around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 So, are they vitro, MK, or Bogard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psia-antique Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 So, are they vitro, MK, or Bogard? Bogart cats is my read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 thank you! They're coming out of the vitro box. Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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