pollyestr2 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I really would like to know whether these multicolor cats are old or new. Finding 2 old ones like this seems too unusual. Nancy My macro is showing what looks like damage but must be dust and reflections. They measure about 7/8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I do not know. They really are fantastic. I don't think being newer interferes with the value on the best hybrids. However, I don't know how to differentiate between Anacortes cats eyes and earlier ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Very nice,did Vitro made them in that size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 possibly vitro " horseshoe" kitties. yes on the size. bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyestr2 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I guess I was referring to some of the marbles being made by artists. I don't know if any of them make a Cat's eye. I'll be happy to accept that they are older and maybe Vitro. Thanks for the input. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I'd say definitely Vitro. I just don't know which decade they're from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Yep, pretty sure they're Vitro hybrids -- nice ones, too. And I'd go for the Anacortes call, as well. I forget the exact dates -- will look it up tonight. Shame on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Agree on the Vitro horseshoe style cat's-eyes but a little (lot!) nicer than the ones found in bags like this. The only contemporary cat's-eye that I recall (I don't collect contemps) is one Ro Purser did back in the 1974-75 time frame - zaboo had posted the picture some years back. Ro Purser's 1974-75 cat's-eye (in Calif) (Zaboo-10-04).bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedidoll Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 way pretty!!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 100% Vitro about 1980-1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplarhead Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Ron is right. Not Anacortes but Gladding Vitro before it closed. Anacortes made a lot of horseshoes but not only Vitro plant to make them. I believe formed due to wear on color glass delivery openings on crucible pots they used plus possibly temperature differences that caused the glass to sag in marble. Discussions with Anacortes worker said they never intentionally made them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Some people believe the horseshoe cat eyes were all made at Anacortes. A few collectors have got upset with me when i say Vitro in Parkersburg made horseshoe cat eyes. The horseshoe cat eyes were first made in Parkersburg WV by Gladding Vitro a few years before closing. Then the same equipment was moved to Anacortes and they also made horseshoe cat eyes. The horseshoe cat eyes followed the cage cat eyes. I think the horseshoe cat eyes were some of the last production by Gladding Vitro in Parkersburg WV. Wear on the colored glass delivery system could very well be a reason for the U shape. Maybe a shorther length stream from the outlet to the shear,and other possibles. Good to know that Anacortes never intentionally made them. That could also be true for Gladding Vitro in Parkersburg. Thanks Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplarhead Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Yes statements are made and they become facts but sometimes are wrong. Alley shooter swirls used to be Ravenswoods, Akro Agate Helmets, etc. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Thanks, Don! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks, Don! What she said! And to Ron! I never knew that the horseshoe cats also came from Gladding-Vitro . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 pollyestr2 - that is a magnificent marble!!! Here are some of my Parkersburg Gladding-Vitro horseshoe cat bags. They are shooter size marbles - around 7/8" if I remember correctly. I am partial to the grays and the dark browns w/ black marbles. https://scontent.fden3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/v/t1.0-9/577191_520279344690057_978734457_n.jpg?oh=ef72a9f393a17166e110e57e67c84e13&oe=566BA7F2 https://scontent.fden3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/v/t1.0-9/577191_520279341356724_1442623667_n.jpg?oh=07f7bed4919bf474761ef110bdc7fea4&oe=56AB31D3 https://scontent.fden3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/v/t1.0-9/577191_520279334690058_1465219779_n.jpg?oh=e96adda9965ae961af2148965888ed4e&oe=56618492 https://scontent.fden3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/v/t1.0-9/577191_520279331356725_1580943729_n.jpg?oh=b42d00e665ae02dd14d6fafad4be70fe&oe=56AA96C2 https://scontent.fden3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/v/t1.0-9/577191_520279338023391_705981139_n.jpg?oh=83bb68db2bdf80ca9509748d681559f3&oe=56A11804 https://scontent.fden3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/544203_520279788023346_1811367412_n.jpg?oh=76c218a8a60ce7a37bc5fdaa941d6289&oe=56614386 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Linda Moore Simmons told me her Dad made the horseshow cats in parkersburg and we all know they made them in Anacortes. I just learned about Parkersburg last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Neat to see them in the packaging. I even already knew/believed horseshoes could be older than Anacortes. Still cool to see them in packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Here are some of my Parkersburg Gladding-Vitro horseshoe cat bags. They are shooter size marbles - around 7/8" if I remember correctly. I am partial to the grays and the dark browns w/ black marbles. Me too. Do you know if the dark orange with black/purplish-gray horseshoe cats are also Parkersburg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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