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Here are a couple of boxed sets by W S Spear which are found fairly commonly in the UK. Spear set up in England in 1888 so these will be late 19th or early 29th Century. This set is often found with banded transparents and sometimes as with the second set with swirls. The instructions refer to removing the 'red man' from the centre hole to start the game. Both of these sets came with a red (now faded) dyed red clay marble, and both boards show red dye rubbed off in the centre hole. So I'm fairly confident these are all original sets.

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17 minutes ago, crashbelt said:

Here are a couple of boxed sets by W S Spear which are found fairly commonly in the UK . . .

Nice sets, and thanks for the info on the clay "red man" - I had not heard that before.

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These marbles were recently identified as being produced by the Kister Porcelain Manufacturing Company of Scheibe-Alsbach in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia. The company is primarily known for producing porcelain figures.

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Here is one that was a train wreck when I got it years ago. When I got it, you could not see what the inside looked like.......

SO...... I had it polished (please don't shoot me).

The guy that it for me did a great job. 

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This marble is 2 1/4" so it is a big one!

 

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26 minutes ago, Mikie_T said:

Here is one that was a train wreck when I got it years ago . . .

That is a very nice marble! Given the size and, apparently, light enough damage to preserve the outer bands, I would have polished it too. Did Leroy Johnson do it?

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4 hours ago, Ric said:

These marbles were recently identified as being produced by the Kister Porcelain Manufacturing Company of Scheibe-Alsbach in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia. The company is primarily known for producing porcelain figures.

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Thanks - I've never seen these before or heard about their manufacture!!

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6 hours ago, Ric said:

These marbles were recently identified as being produced by the Kister Porcelain Manufacturing Company of Scheibe-Alsbach in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia. The company is primarily known for producing porcelain figures.

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Those are amazing yours? If so sz.

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Here's a crudely made (looks to be cut from veneered blockboard) octagonal board with a set of rather nice clear swirls. No idea of the maker - I would have guessed homemade if I hadn't seen a few of them elsewhere.

I've resisted the temptation to transfer the mibs to a better board as I think it may be an original set. Later period of course.

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1 minute ago, crashbelt said:

The marbles in pic 1 look very like the ones on my octagonal board (above). I have other boards with these marbles and I'm guessing same maker. I'd love to have any leads on the maker.

Solid core , banded core , divided banded core swirls and they made more in Thüringen , Lausha , Germany around the 1850 till 1920 i believe 

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