winnie Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 At least a little, or much?? Most have a clear glass base,some have a tinted clear base,almost all have wispy white,with an opaque multy colored sort of patch on the surface. I find them here in marble groups from the 50's-60's. See them sometimes on Ebay go for Master Sunburst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Some of them have a little Akro or Vitro feel but yeah they do look like Sunbursts. The front left one looks super Master-y to me. As in early, 1930, 1931, they put the brightest ones out first Master-y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Yes,they can make you confused,they did it to me LOL,especially since they have good quality glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Sunbursts mostly cover the entire marble surface, which these do not. Could they be foreign, possibly French? They made similar marbles in the 1960's, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Early Sunbursts could have a lot of clear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 I love that group of what I call Tigereye types of Sunbursts. They are the earliest and many of the most beautiful. And can even have much more clear than color when the ribbons get pushed completely to one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Sunbursts mostly cover the entire marble surface, which these do not. Could they be foreign, possibly French? They made similar marbles in the 1960's, it seems. Oh yeah,maybe i was not clear enough,but i think mine are foreign,don't know where they have been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Here's a close up. I only want to show how much they look like Master Sunbursts,they can be fooled,as they did me. It was not my intention to confuse,but i get the idea that i did,sorry for that.It's my poor knowledge of English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 There are two big questions -- who in Europe might have had the technology? Or who in America might have exported them? But that adds a third question -- why an American company may have exported marbles which looked a little different from the lines we recognize most easily ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 I have seen those types in bags.If my fairly shot memory is still working I believe they were 50s early 60s and the bags were in French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Time to google l'histoire des billes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 I can't find the French Connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted February 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Here it is Galen. Steph i'm doing pretty well too. I'm looking too for l'histoire des billes de verre,sofar nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Great movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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