Vitro Tiger Eyes

[Steph]

I'm brain dead this morning. Couldn't answer what shoulda been a simple Vitro question in the ID forum. So how about just a carefree Tiger Eye thread. Show 'em if you got 'em!

p.s., one of Chuck B.'s Tiger Eye article from the WVMCC newsletter, now at Joemarbles.com, the one which describes the Tiger Eye types.

p.p.s., And another, 57 VARIETIES

[bubba1]

7/8'' shooters

4 color

[Ric]

Here's a variety of Type 1 Tiger Eyes with a few oddballs: 2nd marble row 1, purple top patch with 2 yellow ribbons; 5th marble row 1 and 6th marble row 2, lavender top patches; 6th marble row 1, two white patches.

[Ric]

Here are a few more Type 1s with both equatorial ribbons the same color. . .

[Ric]

Here are a couple of fancy five-colors with a Baby Parrot in the middle - just for fun . . .

[Ric]

Here are a few Type 2s. I think some folks refer to the two up front as Pastels (maybe Easter Eggs?). The base on those is not transparent - it's translucent with a bit of opalescence, so they don't really fit the classic definition of a Type 2 Tiger Eye but, otherwise, they're pretty close.

PS. I AM NO VITRO EXPERT SO I HOPE THE EXPERTS WILL CORRECT ME IF I ERR IN ANY OF MY POSTS!

[Steph]

Awesomation! Thanks guys!

[Ric]

Here's a selection of Type 3s. The lower left has aventurine. A couple have additional color.

Can you tell that re-reading Chuck's article has inspired me to take a closer look at my TEs, which were all together in a big jar until last night? lol

[Steph]

Coolness!

And then the Type 4's can look like Type 3's but have a white base. Those are sometimes overlooked as something like "all-reds with no red".

[Ric]

You're right, Steph. But the white ribbons on Type 4s are supposed to be veneered over a lesser quality white base glass. I don't think newer All Reds are constructed that way - just two patches on a white base, no separately applied white ribbons, which makes these kinds considerably tougher for me to put my finger on (without a hammer). And it seems to me that when Vitro started to cut costs even more, one of the first things to go would have been those separately-applied white ribbons. So while I think most of these would qualify as Type 4s, if anyone knows a good way to distinguish the Type 4s from the newer All Red style patches (with no red), I sure would like to learn about it.

[marblemansion]

so what do you call the ones that have a clear glass base with color patches over the clear?

Are those a "tigers eye" too?

[Ric]

T.E. types 1, 2 & 3 all have clear glass bases. The only ones I showed here that don't are the Baby Parrot in post 5 and the Type 4s in post 10.

[Steph]

(and the Easter eggs at the front of post #6 :-)

[Ric]

Thanks Steph, I did fail to mention those in my last post.