ann Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Recently stumbled across these "marble beads." From a seller in Spain who thought they were Italian (Venetian, I assume). They arrived yesterday and are a little stranger than I thought. Some seem to have very thin flakes of mother-of-pearl in them, but I'm pretty sure it's some trick of the glass. Anyhow, they're sort of like crazed cat's-eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 far out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killermarbles Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Those are petty cool beads Thumbs up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Cool beans ...I mean beads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 It looks very nice Ann,you going to wear it,and how old do you think it is? The Last time I'm not so lucky in finding marbles,I almost got crotchety LOL(or is it not a good use of the word?) anyway it's a funny word. A few days ago I found this cat's eye type,it has very small lines on the surface,it's the only one I've seen sofar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I like that Winnie! New to me, too. Looks like they were going for a "banded solid core!" No clue about the age of the crazy beads. Am angling now for some more strange "confetti-marble-like" ones I'd love to put together with these. I have a feeling they all may be from the 1930s, but that's based on virtually nothing except style. And not very convincingly on that. I also have a hunch they may be Czech (or even Chinese) rather than Italian, but that ain't based on anything either. Whee! Calling all Peltheads: Anybody have a notion of when Pelt might have first started making / experimenting with "cross-throughs" and/or fruit salads, or whatever they're properly called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 ^^ Bump. Peltsignal! Might need to start a new thread about that to get it in the subject line ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck G Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Ann, go to the other post i just wrote on the time slot. Chuck G-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Anybody else find anything odd lately? Or a while ago, that you haven't shown us yet? Just curious . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakodiak Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I found this piano stool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I found this small paperweight in one of my recent jars of marbles. It is just over 1" but it looks really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I LOVE those claw feet, although it is kind of curious that they would allow such bubbles in the marbles they are using for the furniture. It seems like that would compromise the stability of it somehow. Claw feet are my favorite furniture feature. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakodiak Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 anyone interested in buying the stool make me a offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marboman Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Found this the other day going thru some slags and this one has a pontil. Steph had mentioned Barberton or Barberton green. I like to have more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 This one I have not seen pop up anywhere for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marboman Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Nice van, I will be looking for that, I like cars too. The more I look at these I don't know if Akro? ,Vitro?, ? .I had a box of corks and I took all the patch marbles out. Many are opalescent three in the first row are opaque with transparent blue patch,the one in the middle pic is loaded with blue aventurine in the blue, is that different? Did Akro or Vitro make anything like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Akro! And love that greenie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 lol @ the marble mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marboman Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks Steph ,I guess the blue color and aventurine were making me think something else. I have had aventurine in my Akro agates before in a different color combo and they all came from the same box so Akro works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I have never seen any like these before, so I put them aside thinking they were a little weird. I did have somewhat of an educated guess so they ended up with a certain type of marble. Based on what you can see in the pics does anyone else want to take a shot at where they ended up? The other day I found another group that might help to sort out what these are. I will post those later. These marbles are in the 5/8" range, just a hair over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I have never seen any like these before, so I put them aside thinking they were a little weird. I did have somewhat of an educated guess so they ended up with a certain type of marble. Based on what you can see in the pics does anyone else want to take a shot at where they ended up? The other day I found another group that might help to sort out what these are. I will post those later. These marbles are in the 5/8" range, just a hair over. Maybe peltier root beer floats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Rootbeer floats are larger-sized marbles -- boulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Nope not with the Pelts. Hint. Look at the surface and construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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