Steph Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Cool beans. New to me! Nerlich & Co of Canada http://www.mckendry.net/TOYS/NERLICH.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psia-antique Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 You can buy their catalog on eBay...from the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Great information psia-antique, I am going there right now to look! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 See the fine onyx agates? Maybe those are the ones confused with christensen. They look handgathered, they were rumored to come out of canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psia-antique Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 I have done some research and there was a marble factory in Canada. I can get to within 100 yards of it and have, but can't seem to figure the rest out...like where did they dump etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 MF Christensen did market in Canada: Here are some "snippets" from a Canadian trade journal: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmuehlba Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 well the 50's ?? the key word bowlers check out my wolverine toy and the original bowlers . Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I believe the so called Canadian types are of a later date. I am betting those were MFCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Cool item but I can't help but thinking it's possible and very probable that items could be imported from another country and repackaged/resold by the importing company. Japan, Germany, USA, Canada, England etc. Don't let that slow the search, it's still an interesting piece of history but I don't think Sulphides (if that's what I see bottom right of the posted page) were made in Canada ----but there is an Ontario California. hmmm lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'm sure you're right about the sulphides being imported. I'm not sure why there would need to be repackaging. Wellll ... actually I did one time read something which made me think that Hong Kong did some repackaging of items they got from Japan to try to skirt "Certificate of Origin" and "Imperial Preference" rules. But I'm still naive enough to believe that most of the time people were honest about country of origin! ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I played with marbles in the early 1950's while living in Toronto, Canada. The word "marbles" was never used by the kids...all marbles were called "allies", and this Nerlich ad may explain why. I had thought the "Allies" name had come from Alley packaging, but perhaps not. Most marbles in circulation were slags with a blue base, solid white with yellow etc. swirls and the usual clearies. The only type I specifically remember were Vitro Phantom Conquerors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 I wonder if those "Spangled Allies" are like the more modern Vacor ones. When I see those spotted ones here I generally pass them over. Should I be looking closer? It also might explain why I see them mixed in older lots from time to time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 My thought on the "spangled" ones, as far as keeping with traditional names, is that they are micas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hey good thinking Al. I guess that's exactly what they could be. Makes a bit more sense than those Mexican ones. I was going by the ugly bumpy looking picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Someone who has done a lot of research into the names said he thought spangles were onionskins: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Is there are a better scan? I'm thinking opal agates might be clambroths, and Klondykes are goldstone (Lutz) which would make sense since the Klondike gold rush would have been ~ 10 years prior. At first I thought maybe Allies = glass and Agates = stone but it's not consistent from what I can make out in the article. Other points of curiosity from what I can make out is the price of Red Agates vs Opal Agates, the size 15+ of Stone Agates, the 5% cash discount, left hand twist on some of the single marbles, and the premium price for Real Agates. Given the pre-WW1 date I'd wager these were all imported from Germany. My attempt at a California Sulphide joke was terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 My attempt at a California Sulphide joke was terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I believe the Spangled Allies are Micas and have seen spangles better drawn and obviously mica marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Snowflakes are micas. And this ad does say "snowflake spangles". So I bet you're right about these. I'm not sure about always. In Robert's 1883 article, he seems to call glimmers and spangles different types, glimmers apparently being another word for micas. So I'm still not sure. Maybe the spangle name evolved. So many marble names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I played with marbles in the early 1950's while living in Toronto, Canada. The word "marbles" was never used by the kids...all marbles were called "allies", and this Nerlich ad may explain why. I had thought the "Allies" name had come from Alley packaging, but perhaps not. Most marbles in circulation were slags with a blue base, solid white with yellow etc. swirls and the usual clearies. The only type I specifically remember were Vitro Phantom Conquerors. Allies was a name for marbles from way back. Maybe 1700's? Possibly from "alabaster". I'll have to refresh my memory on that too. Funny thing about Lawrence Alley - I've heard he never put his name on marble packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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