Stumper of the Day

[orbboy]

Ok what is it? Measures just over 11/16" Guessing some sort of Crockery, but never seen one with the light blue before. Thoughts?

[Al Oregon]

That was Mr. Carl Fisher's first attempt at the clay marble making....LOL!

[Steph]

I'm wondering if they could be super old.  Like millennia rather than mere centuries.  

I've sent out an SOS.  

[Steph]

So, here's the question.  Was it found with old marbles?  Or is there any other kind of provenance?

[orbboy]

 No provenance so to speak but it was found with old 1920'ish marbles. Roman did cross my mind since there are copious amounts of dig finds to be had here. I know next to nothing about them though.

Carl Fisher lol. He sure has come a long way since this one hehe. 

The only other thing that strikes my mind is a Mocha, but the only ones I have seen are much larger.

[lstmmrbls]

It looks like a Crockery to me.  I believe blue may be one of the top 5 colors found in Crockeries

[Steph]

It is comforting that it was found with 1920's marbles.

 

Still unable to zero in on what it might be or when it might be from.

[greg11]

Christensen Guinea found at local estate sale

[Steph]

Of course!  Doh!  How did I not see that?

[bumblebee]

1 hour ago, greg11 said:

Christensen Guinea found at local estate sale

Agreed. CAC Guinea Exotic Sandlayered Sundae, but I am not a marble expert so please see photos for condition and bid accordingly.

[ann]

On ‎8‎/‎7‎/‎2016 at 3:33 AM, orbboy said:

 The only other thing that strikes my mind is a Mocha, but the only ones I have seen are much larger.

I have a small Mocha -- either 5/8 or 3/4, don't remember which.  And that's what this one most reminds me of, too.  Haven't seen this color combo before, but nothing about the colors strikes me as wrong for the style or time period.  FWIW.

[ann]

Unless it's a bifurcated Cobra hybrid, of course.

[ann]

And I don't have any Roman marbles, but they probably were more sophisticated than this example -- for example, here's some fragments of Roman glass beads I have . . .

 

[Steph]

Here are some from the Standard Toy Marble Company of Akron.  Just for comparison.  Not seeing a match? ??  The hunt continues.

 

[ann]

I gotta look up the Mochas.  Seems like I remember them being Dutch . . . and maybe a little earlier than the variegated ones above.  But it wouldn't much surprise me if it were from the Standard Toy Marble Co.  Hardly anything about marbles surprises me anymore, my uncertainty level having risen . . .