Gnome Punter Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 It's translucent...and then you hit the ribbons and inside the ribbons it's translucent blue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 I would say normal. IMHO All my best .... Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Looks new if not polished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 I think that's a comtemp. Any pontil marks? No sig? Looks West Virginia to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Punter Posted September 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 I think that's a comtemp. Any pontil marks? No sig? Looks West Virginia to me. It had pontil marks and was fogged over to the point of you not being able to see inside the marble. I had Rich torch it off for me so it could be seen again. I was told it is called a jelly core lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Thanks! if it had pontils then it is not a contemp. Nice save for Rich. it looks a lot like Charlie Gibson of Milton, WV but he was modern and would not have left pontil marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Not sure from just the one pic, but there it looks like a solid (jelly) core rather than a divided core. Couple more pics maybe? Nice save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbles4Case Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Regardless if old or new it is a jelly core all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Punter Posted September 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Yah, in-hand it is solid blue all around the middle Actually Leroy did this one. I sent 3 to Rich and a few to Leroy so I could TRY to learn how to recognize polishing methods seen on marble surfaces Still clueless aside from the half-horse shoe thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 I'd be very curious to hear if you can take a reworked marble and tell if it was ground/polished or reheated. Mainly a pontil thing? What if someone got sneaky and after reheating fudged new pontil marks somehow? Just curious, since I've only seen polished work and not reheated . . . although I have a great candidate for a reheating, if I could overcome my innate reluctance to alter a marble. But I believe I may be getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Ann, As you have seen from some of the marbles I have conserved, if the marble is really messed up to start with and a little reworking brings it back to its beauty, why not do it. You then have a piece of beautiful artwork to fondle in your hands or put in a window sill. I am getting ready to do some more truly bad marbles I will post before and after images and put it up for a vote. I bet you a nice marble......... that reworked will get the most votes for being better. All my best ........... Danny Attached are images of a large German marble bead I reworked for a friend, I assure you that he much prefers the reworked bead and so do I. P.S. No heat used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Wow. No heat? That's amazing. Yea, I'm about 90% there, Danny. It's an old German I bought because there was no way I could afford one like it in mint (or anywhere near mint) condition and I wanted one of that type very, very much . . . I've been thinking of the reheating road simply because on my candidate there are very fine yellow "latticinio" lines very close to the (chipped & scratched) surface, and I've been fretting over losing them with polishing . . . Maybe I should just send it to you and you can tell me what would be the likely outcome once you've seen the surface? Not takin' your bet. I think I might lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted September 6, 2013 Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 Wow. No heat? That's amazing. Yea, I'm about 90% there, Danny. It's an old German I bought because there was no way I could afford one like it in mint (or anywhere near mint) condition and I wanted one of that type very, very much . . . I've been thinking of the reheating road simply because on my candidate there are very fine yellow "latticinio" lines very close to the (chipped & scratched) surface, and I've been fretting over losing them with polishing . . . Maybe I should just send it to you and you can tell me what would be the likely outcome once you've seen the surface? Not takin' your bet. I think I might lose. Ann, You can send it out and I will take a look, if I think it won't work you can always go the heat route. I have found on most badly damaged marbles as long as there is still clear glass over the threads they will balance out. Sometimes I have to leave a few minor chips so I do not cut into the color on the poles. You can send me good images via email and I can give you my opinion, make sure you give me six sides. All my best ..... Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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