akro?unique? Akro?

[So confused]

another one?

[So confused]

[Steph]

The top marble might be a Jabo , made after 1990.   Other pictures could change my mind, but I think that's probably it. 

The 2nd marble is a Vitro Conqueror, from the 1940's.  

[So confused]

[So confused]

thank you. I thought the 2nd one might me a Unique? by vitro because of the clear stripes in the patch. Is there a way to tell the makers apart as far as the seams?

 

[Steph]

I'm solidifying my  vote of Jabo on #1.  (Edit: but I'm already wobbling again.  someone else might still recognize it as an older swirl.  Wait for another opinion.)

 

I don't remember hearing of a Vitro Unique.  For sure put that one in your Conqueror pile.  


Seams are a big help in identifying maker.  However, it's not straightforward.  Long seams could point to Akro, Vitro, Marble King.  Short seams could point to Master or Foreign.  There's crossover. If the marbles have ribbons to go with the seams, how the ribbons come together at the seams is a big help in making ID's.  And  base glass and other glass colors get taken into consideration.  



More about Uniques -- it's a misunderstood name.  I think it was thought to be an early Akro patch.  But then more research has shown that it  may have been a later Akro name, for a marble which was known by another name earlier.  And it may have crossed over and become a Master name.  But the type of marble which belongs to it -- highly in doubt.  Unique boxes may have been filled with different types of marbles.  But I only remember Akro and Master being associated with it.  Basically, Unique is not a name which I have ever given to a marble when identifying it.  There always seems to be another name which more readily applies, or there seems to be doubt about whether the marble has a name at all.  Unique pretty much never comes into it, unless you're looking at a box specially labelled Unique, and then it's "Wow -- look at the surprising marbles in that box."

[wvrons]

#1 is Jabo

#2 Vitro maybe. But the colors look strange ? Is it really pink and green ?  Odd for a Conqueror ?  Would need more pictures of that one 

Seams or cut lines can be a indicator of a certain maker. But they are not always 100%.  Shears can be changed. The shear blade gets wear and tare then is sharpened with time.  Some marbles will show no seam or cut line at all. But each machine made marble is cut twice ,top and bottom. The hot glass stream flows from the furnace in a cylinder or tube shape. It is the cut once and again a second time. Then the glass glob then falls to the rolls where it spins in all different directions and is rounded into a marble. Then it cools as it goes down the length of rolls. The rolls look some like a drill bit.  Two rolls running side by side with the marble between them.  At a rate of 200-300 (5/8 size) marbles per minute, 24hrs. a day, seven days a week. Millions per week. The larger companies had a dozen or more machines running at the same time.