Steph Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Ron (Swissmarble) posted these on Facebook and I begged him to let me post them here! So pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Nice! Types you don't usually see in English colors! Well, I don't anyway. Just the usual solid core ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Nice group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Very neat!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hi Steph I promised you to send some other pics with English colored marbles: Here are some Josephs Coats: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 And here are some swirls. I am not sure if they all "qualify" for "English colored", but all are quite bright: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Thank you. I feel cheerful just by looking at them. Sunshine really brings them to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Wow. Reminds me of some colors in Mary Poppins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Has anyone ever positively identified, by name, the glasshouse that made these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Wow. Reminds me of some colors in Mary Poppins. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Has anyone ever positively identified, by name, the glasshouse that made these? Not to my knowledge. But I've gotten the impression that it may be the same glasshouses . . . just later in date, or/and made specifically for the English market (in solitaire sets). That's the most I've heard/seen/read about them. Any of our European collectors know anything? That would be interesting -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Has anyone dug the English colors in Thuringen? Whether at a house with a known name or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Not to my knowledge. But I've gotten the impression that it may be the same glasshouses . . . just later in date, or/and made specifically for the English market (in solitaire sets). That's the most I've heard/seen/read about them. Any of our European collectors know anything? That would be interesting -- Hi Ann I assume that these marbles were made between the world wars. It is obvious that more of these brightful marbles were (are) found in Europe than in the USA. I found most of mine in Germany, some in England and some even in France. Perhaps one of the famous paperweight-factories (Limoges ?) in France made some of these then, who knows ? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 The French paperweight factories were St. Louis, Baccarat, Clichy and Pantin (though there are some smaller ones). They didn't really produce weights in between the wars. Most of the paperweight production in that time period was Bohemia. The colors in the marbles above are not French house colors. I agree that they were produced for the British market. Most of this type are found over there, which is why they were originally identified as Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Some more of which I think English colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Very beautiful group, Winnie. Just got another one in today's mail which is VERY English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Very English colors and a nice addition!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Bumping for no other reason than they're so gosh darn pretty. Sunshine in dreary February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 What a good and timely bump . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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