Thüringen Thursday

[Ric]

From brother Billy's archive . . .

Obviously polished.

[Tommy]

Got lots of lines in this one 

1 1/8 in

[disco005]

Three peewee handmades, they're tiny.

15/32"

 

[Ric]

On 3/27/2025 at 4:40 PM, Tommy said:

Got lots of lines in this one 

1 1/8 in

This is a great marble, Tommy. Are there white filaments inside the glass closer to the core or am I seeing things - elongated bubbles?

[Ric]

22 hours ago, disco005 said:

Three peewee handmades, they're tiny.

Very nice wee ones, Jess. Long ago I bought a woman's large collection after she passed away. She had lot's of marbles like those - pinks, purples and pastels galore, on machine made marbles too. To this day, I have never seen another more feminine collection. I said to her son, "Your Mother must have been a girly girl". He responded, "In every way . . . you don't collect buttons or lace do you?"

[disco005]

8 minutes ago, Ric said:

Very nice wee ones, Jess. Long ago I bought a woman's large collection after she passed away. She had lot's of marbles like those - pinks, purples and pastels galore, on machine made marbles too. To this day, I have never seen another more feminine collection. I said to her son, "Your Mother must have been a girly girl". He responded, "In every way . . . you don't collect buttons or lace do you?"

Thanks Ric!
A lady after my own heart ! Collects what she likes  
Someday I'll be in the right place at the right time to buy an entire collection, I can't wait for that. 

[Ric]

6 minutes ago, disco005 said:

Thanks Ric!
A lady after my own heart ! Collects what she likes  
Someday I'll be in the right place at the right time to buy an entire collection, I can't wait for that. 

I had actually met her at a local antique mall a few times before she passed - she had a show case. She was a very sweet older woman. The first time we met I mentioned marbles to her and she pulled a few out of her purse and we talked about them. After that, I always made sure to have a few marbles in my pocket when I went to that shop, just in case I ran into her. Eventually, we exchanged contact info and talked about getting together to look at one another's collections. Unfortunately, the first call I got came from her son about a month after she passed away. He had found a note with my contact info in one of her marble drawers .

[disco005]

I love that she had marbles in her purse when you first met her, and that you made sure from then on that you had some with you in case you ran in to her ❤️ 
It seems like her son would be happy knowing that her collection went to someone who could appreciate not just the marbles, but her collection.
This is such a great hobby.

[Ric]

47 minutes ago, disco005 said:

I love that she had marbles in her purse when you first met her, and that you made sure from then on that you had some with you in case you ran in to her ❤️ 
It seems like her son would be happy knowing that her collection went to someone who could appreciate not just the marbles, but her collection.
This is such a great hobby.

As I said earlier, she was as sweet as they come. And she had collected marbles forever. Her son, who was about 60 years old at the time, told me he remembered getting dragged around hunting for marbles with her when he was kid!

Here's a little box of trinkets, exactly as I found it in her collection - it's one of my favorite things. The wee German is 7/16".

And at the risk of sounding sappy, I will say that I am at a stage of marble collecting and life where I have come to the realization that, while I definitely love marbles, what I cherish the most are the experiences I have had and the friends and memories I have made because of them.

🙂