Steph Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Was there controversy over that? Trying to recall .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Some discussion a while ago, best as I remember. I think the general idea was that they were hard -- if not impossible -- to find. But that according to Pelt records (Migbar, you can jump in here anytime! Or Galen -- ) they made them, so? I think there was ultimately a general (although not universal) agreement that the issue might be one of not enough Peltier characteristics present to make an ID . . . I believe Mike only found one white handgathered on the site, and from the photo he sent me (maybe I still have that somewhere) I don't think you could say it was Peltier as opposed to, say, Akro. I think a very few white machine-made Pelt slags have turned up, but from the couple I've seen (none in person) the characteristic Pelt feathering was very light -- not much white at all. So maybe also hard to ID as Pelt. Wish I had one. Anybody have any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 I have a white one that appears very light blue, not their nice aqua color or dark blue. In hand looks closer to a very light aqua but when back lit, the base is clear with good feathering. I also have a true orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 In Steph's Study Hall > Mostly Pix-Gropper > post #17 I showed a page from the June 1926 inventory that mentions amounts made of various colors onyx marbles, including some white ones. However,in 1927, the amount of white onyx marbles made, was nearly the same as the other colors, up to size #3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Also, the typewritten price list here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/19281-sample-kit-nationalg-onyx-marbles/ describes 7 different colors of National Onyx marbles; white is one of the colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 I have a white one that appears very light blue, not their nice aqua color or dark blue. In hand looks closer to a very light aqua but when back lit, the base is clear with good feathering. I also have a true orange The closest I can come to white are a couple of very pale vaseline slags . . . and you're right, the feathering is more evident when they're backlit too. You can see it in the glass more prominantly than you can see it in the white. If you know what I mean. I think white ones are probably out there, but just not recognizable as Peltier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Were Peltier slags even feathered during the timeframe being discussed 1926-27? Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I would guess, possibly, late in 1927, for feathered slags....(don't know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 I would agree with MIke, possibly even a little later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I agree too . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast_dave Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Mibstified posted this marble that i believe to be a peltier white feathered slag, very sparse white. I also have a similar sparse example with a bit more slag-looking action that i will post after photographing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Oh dear, I sure could use that . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaMarble Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I've got 8 or 9 Pelt white slags at home. I'll try to get them photographed tonight if time allows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 You only need one, right? RIGHT?? I only need one. Just one. Really. Just one. I swear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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