Marble Id

[Davidleatherman]

Hi I am new at marbles. I would appreciate some help with Id on these pictures.

 

Thanks so much!

[Davidleatherman]

How do you upload photos to this site? Thanks, David

[Steph]

Hi, David.  Welcome. 

Do you see the paperclip attachment option at the lower left of the reply window?

You can add pictures there, as long as they're small enough kilobytes.  I think around 425 kb.  Might be a little higher.  

Or you can choose another host such as pinterest and post the picture address and the software usually automatically turns it into a picture.  

You can also post in our gallery, and get the address from there to post in your threads.

[Davidleatherman]

Hi Steph, thanks for input. I posted a photo in the gallery because my photo from iPad is to many kB and I have not found a good way to compress it. If you have a chance to look at gallery your input is much appreciated!

Thanks, Dave

[Steph]

Here we go ....  the top left one definitely says Jabo or DAS to me, made in a special contract run after 2007.   Seems a good chance of  Jabo (or a related marble) on the rest.   

The bottom left stands out as potentially different.  Need some of our Jabo experts in here.  

[Davidleatherman]

Hi Steph,

Thanks for your help! Are Jabo,s handmade? Several of these have a indention into the marble. The red one does not show but deep inside there are lines swirling around. Are there some books on identifying marbles that you recommend?

Thanks, Dave

[Steph]

Not handmade.

The indentations are cold rolls.  Where the molten glass was just a little too cool to be completely rounded on the rollers.  

 

Here's a GIF of the rollers in action

[Steph]

Here is a thread discussing marble books ....

 

http://marbleconnection.com/topic/23014-a-good-marble-book/

 

If I recall correctly, Mike was pleased with the book he chose to start with. 

[Davidleatherman]

I have a few other marbles I would like some help with. I will upload them to gallery. I would also be glad to donate to the cause. Where do I go to do that? Thanks again!

[Steph]

Looking at your marbles in the gallery, I do see some range in the ages.   Mostly modern  but some handmades which I presume are older.  They make me think your smaller white and brown one in your first picture might be a vintage West Virginia swirl.  Possibly an Alley. 
 

Thank you for thinking of donating ... there's a link on the homepage -- http://marbleconnection.com/  Is it showing up?  Over on the right?

Best to start a new thread with each group of marbles, coz it gets confusing otherwise.  So I'll start a new thread with one group and take a stab at them. Then see where to go from there.  

 

 

[Mikie_T]

On 11/8/2017 at 1:38 PM, Steph said:

Here is a thread discussing marble books ....

 

http://marbleconnection.com/topic/23014-a-good-marble-book/

 

If I recall correctly, Mike was pleased with the book he chose to start with. 

 

YES... 2 thumbs up for this book.

LOTS of really nice color pictures.