Steph Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 nice, nice, nice. Maybe the best pictures I've seen of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I had popped in with the plan to post in this thread, so I will anyway. Here's a fun little item. Filled with Vitro Cat's Eyes from the 1950's. (Don Miller's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanoak Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Here is an odd one, 1-1/2" game marble? made with mocha/agateware base. Came out of England years ago in a group of other plain large non glass marbles. Included was an evaluation/identification service dated 1982 from "CITY MUSUM AND GALLERY STOKE-ON-TRENT. stoneware childrens marbles with handpainted decoration probably staffardshire late 19th century. Thoughts? Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Here is an odd one, 1-1/2" game marble? made with mocha/agateware base. Came out of England years ago in a group of other plain large non glass marbles. Included was an evaluation/identification service dated 1982 from "CITY MUSUM AND GALLERY STOKE-ON-TRENT. stoneware childrens marbles with handpainted decoration . Thoughts? Bill Very nice. The evaluation/identification service probably got it right. Except they did not mention the agateware which may be a veneer. Their date and place of manufacture is probably based on the agateware. Any authority I've asked about these things usually say the same thing: "probably Staffordshire late 19th century" although it could well be earlier. Not much interest amongst ceramic historians on studying children's toys, unfortunately. This article gives some information on agateware. www.michelleericksonceramics.com/pdf/CiA2003_Erickson&Hunter.pdf‎ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 A piece of an Alloway orb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 http://marbleconnection.com/gallery/image/4507-oxbloodslaghg-gp1316mint-1225/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killermarbles Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 2-3/8" olive green glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I take it that's unusual? I don't remember seeing olive glass before on a handmade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killermarbles Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I take it that's unusual? I don't remember seeing olive glass before on a handmade. Yes Steph I have not seen another this color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 From What's an Akro Imperial, by George Sourlis, at Joemarbles.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Looks like Vitro. Produce of France?? Think it's strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Score one for the "maybe that just means the packaging is made in France" crowd. I hate when they say that about packaging marked "made in Japan" which I want to use as evidence that the marbles were made in Japan. But ????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Confusing isn't it? I would believe France has made machien made marbles after the war,but not this type,it's American made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Vitro for sure. Where is the package from? Is it Dutch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 No not Dutch,it's not mine,saw it on ebay France. Think the package is French,jouets means toys. The text on the right side is also French. I can imagine that Vitro has made marbles for the French market,but --produce of France--say to me ,that the origin is French,which is strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Many countries have different labeling laws regarding country of origin and whether it was assembled there, made there etc etc. French use the word Fabrique for made in a certain country. For instance Made in Poland would be Fabriqué en pologne. So this may simply mean the package of marbles is a product of France. In this case the package as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Marbles from Argentina Posted by Rick long long time ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Those are sweeeet Steph. A simple swirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Simple is sweet too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 My favorite all-red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanoak Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Some of my favorites, melted pontil hortizontal slags. Back when things were simple we called them transitions :-) Kind of my hope for the weather transition into spring. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Some of my favorites, melted pontil hortizontal slags. Back when things were simple we called them transitions :-) Kind of my hope for the weather transition into spring. Bill Very nice! Are these about 1 1/2"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanoak Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hansel, Yes the largest of them is 1-1/2". Years ago I found two nice horizontals that were 3/4", With my love of big marbles I sold them and that was a mistake as I have found many more in the 1-1/2 range and almost never see the horizontals in the smaller sizes. That still seems odd to me as most marbles are much more difficult to find in larger sizes, and you see plenty of the small plain "navares". Maybe somebody has a hoard of the small horizontals and wants to trade up to bigger ones.:-) Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Those are gorgeous. So sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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