JVVmarbles Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 This week-end I found a very unusual marble at a collectors fair, it was part of an original antique bag of marbles with several handmade glass marbles as well as very early German machine mades (the striped transparant marbles). I've seen a lot of different marbles the past 20 years, but never this type! The size is 1-1/16" and it has a greenish base (a very wild pattern of twists in many different shades of green, a little like the early single gather or 'Leighton marbles') and on the surface it has dozens of white clouds. It does not have a pontil (maybe it has, but it has been ground down so perfectly it can't be seen anymore....). Here's the first 4 pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVVmarbles Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 and one more pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVVmarbles Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I just got an e-mail from a Dutch collector friend who has a similar marble! He also had never seen one before, so up to now 2 are known...does any of you has seen a marble like this before? or has any info? He thinks it is a very early glass marble. here are 2 pics of my friend's marble: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Nice marble,indeed a bit strange,does it have a cut off or a seam,and that other marble from Cees is there a cut off or seam? I was this weekend also in Utrecht but missed it LOL. I bought some transitionals,but in general there are few marbles for sale there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Two-Vintage-Speckled-Marbles-/151274353703?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item2338a77427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 There are some splotchy ones I guessed were Asian. But the twists seem like they might be different here. ... or maybe I just never noticed them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVVmarbles Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Two-Vintage-Speckled-Marbles-/151274353703?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item2338a77427 Hi Hansel, thanks for the link. I have seen these marbles many times here in Holland, they are modern, mine looks a little similar, but is a different kind of marble and most likely old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVVmarbles Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 I've held the marble under a blacklight and party's of the green base glow a bright yellowish green, a sign that this marble is old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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