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[Jose]

How can I tell American from modern asian or Mexican when it comes to cat eyes? Love those colors. 

[Steph]

Can't give a rule of thumb.  If you have four-vane marbles, then most likely American or early Japanese.  And early Japanese ones are nice.  

[Jose]

That does help, Thanks Steph. Do you happen to have a pic of a Japanese one?

[Steph]

Might be a good time to make a new thread, but here's an old thread with various examples of both Japanese and American.

https://marbleconnection.com/topic/7184-japanese-cats-eye

 

[Jose]

Time to do some reading, Thanks again.

[Jose]

More American-made cat's eyes. These are from C. E. Bogard & Sons. A "Mountaineer Shooters" package.

Ok so I do have some of these in black. Learned something today. 

[Jose]

This one is smaller in size about 1/2 inch but with 4 vanes.

[Steph]

1 hour ago, Jose said:

More American-made cat's eyes. These are from C. E. Bogard & Sons. A "Mountaineer Shooters" package.

Ok so I do have some of these in black. Learned something today. 

 

 

With the green-tinted base glass I would expect these to be be Asian.  How many vanes do they have?  If three, then Asian.  

[Steph]

38 minutes ago, Jose said:

This one is smaller in size about 1/2 inch but with 4 vanes.

 

 

I don't know.  With chubbier vanes, could be Vitro.  But I can't rule out Marble King.  Also, I can't tell if I'm seeing tint in the base glass or if that's color coming through from the colors on your background surface.  If the base is tinted, that complicates matters. 

[Jose]

I believe the black ones have 3 vanes, Chucks.

[Steph]

Three vanes is foreign.  

Three vanes with coke bottle tint base glass is relatively modern.   Probably Asian.

(Black is still cool.) 

[Jose]