duffy Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 some alleys yard sale finds.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roany poany Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Nice find Steve..... betcha those will turn Slmtu's head. (I saw his display at the Fort Worth show) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Ahhhh, you mean this 'zoo' of his - great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARBLEMISER Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Hey Duffy, I have a couple of these animals. I never knew who made them. Till now, I just thought that they were neat. I have rabbits & a couple birds & a chicken. I think? What value would you place on them, in general? Nice find BTW thanks marblemsier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanco Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I heard about the Alley animals while at the WVMC show. I forgot to ask if there is a makers' mark anywhere. How do you identify them as Alley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted October 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 no makers mark...ya can tell by the seedy glass and the ground bottom where they took the stem off...miser i usually get 15$ for em...they also come in white and the very rare slag....i guess you could name your price.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Do any ever have a hole in the back?? Like they were for birthday cake candles?? I think I have a couple of swans like that, I haven't been able to ID... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted October 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 never seen that suie..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARBLEMISER Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Thanks Duffy, marblemiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Do you think this elephant is alley too? (hoping!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 never saw an elephant.....that sure looks purty...is the glass clear or kinda seedy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 kinda both. not a really high quality glass for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted October 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 i haint sayin for sure...they really all kinda rare.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 it does have that little rough place on the bottom where it's been broken off............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 got some elephants steve. somewhere. i'm movin and stuff is ... somewhere .... i don't see the scruff mark on the bottom dani. gotta have it. i'll be back .... when this movin is done. be safe all ... marble on. bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted October 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 after i typed that answer i could vagely remember an ele-fant...duh...im sure ya got one off me now...i see em so rarely...but the ground off place where the stem was removed is a dead give away....that one little antique store out the on u.s.-50 near pennsboro had lots of em...i got all the ones that were decent...sorry bout the misinformation there dani....the mind is a terrible thing to lose.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 So what made a marble company make little animal figurines? And what year did they start doing this? and until when abouts did they stop? What other stuff did Alley make if any? Thanks! I just think its facinating to see what else these companies produced. God Bless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Were they a marble company? (lol) Before Alley moved to Pennsboro they were The Lawrence Glass Novelty Co. And then even though their official name in Pennsboro was Alley Agate they were supposedly known as "the dish factory" to the locals. (source: AMMM, pp. 36, 37) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 sorry, should have zoomed in on the scuff mark! you can kinda see it...ok We're excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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