sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Jim Garber did an article for the Texas Marble Collectors Newsletter on this marble. He calls it a "rainbow cloud". They have a pole patch of 3 or morel vibrant colors usually of transparent Vienna glass. The base is usually clear with a thick veneer of white cloudy glass. These are rare. These are Garber's words from the article. The two above are mine. I bought the one on the left as an Akro years ago. I bought the second as a Marble King recently. I knew the second one was vitro thanks to Jim Garber. I know Jim has one. I know of three of them. How old are they? Who's got one or more? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 This one and the rest in this post are Vitro Agate Tri-lite patches. They're a little different from most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Tri-lite patch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Tri-lite patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Don't know if this ugly stuff is dirt or damage. I can't see it until I blow up the image. Just might need a good wash. Polishing would take the color off, so if it's damage, I'll just keep it like it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 In hand, the colors in this marble are much brighter. I think my flash muted the marble. The base glass is green, very green. It's also a Tri-lite patch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Three more Tri-lite patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Two of my favorite Tri-lites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Those Rainbow Clouds are biguns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Yes, they are an inch + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Bet it's something in hand. Looks quite yummy in pix. I bet the rainbow is even better in person. No idea when it was made. I've worked hard on learning Vitro ages and ones like this keep showing that there are pockets of mystery in my timeline! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I know what you mean. I think I have one of everything and then something turns up that I've never seen before. Just recently I got some tigereyes in a different color combo. Maybe it's not possible to have one of everything. I started collecting with Akro Agate and I thought they had the most color combos. They are nothing compared the the numbers of Vitro Agate color combo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Think this are 5 Vitro's that i found here. Are these from the 80s,and are they called Vitro all red,or are they white in them to be Vitro all red? they are opaque and are 5/8. Thanks,winnie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Winnie, some of the patterns look all red, but the base glass doesn't. All reds were on opaque white glass with a colored patch at each pole, usually red at one end. i have found some with orange at one end where maybe they had run out of red and kept making them. the ones with 3 colors are definitely not all reds. Steph can tell you more about time lines for them. I've never studied that but have learned a little from Ron Shepherd and Howard Powell about the Vienna plant and the parkersburg plant. My favorites are generally the Vienna era when the best glass was used. I've also learned some time era stuff from Steph. If anybody knows, she does. I am friends with Linda Simmons, daughter of Lewis Louis Moore, who was plant manager at Vitro during the Parkersburg days and i'm hoping to learn from her some interesting things about the marbles he brought home to his kids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I don't remember the all-red style name still being used in the 1980's. That is, I don't remember seeing it on a bag. I have no idea at all though what names the company used for the marbles in their internal documents. Thanks for the compliment, Edna. There are at least three people who post here occasionally who have a better grasp on Gladding-Vitro and Paris Mfg era packaging than I do. Sometimes I think wistfully about how much more I could piece together with a few hours in some folks' bag and box collections. *drool* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessieproulx Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 On 7/18/2011 at 9:32 PM, sissydear said: http://i.rwpic.com/images/sissydear/tri-litepatches2b.jpghttp://i.rwpic.com/images/sissydear/tri-litepatches2.jpg Two of my favorite Tri-lites Finally!!!! Okay I’ve gotta bookmark this for later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessieproulx Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Here is another odd vitro. I was so excited to find this old link 🤩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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