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Thüringen Thursday


Steph

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I thought it would be fun to continue with micas from last week. So I gathered up the different colours I could think of from my boards and elsewhere, using Paul Baumann's great book as a reference.20220317_093558.thumb.jpeg.548f9e223dbf81ba39da9fd4150331fd.jpeg

So here set on a Victorian pine Spin Jenny board are random sizes of micas - some photograph better than others unfortunately.

There's blue, clear, aqua, blue/green, brown, yellow, turquoise, purple, amethyst, green, yellow, amber and of course my only red one. First time I ever put the different colours together and a lot of fun.

It would be cool if fellow mica collectors post colours I'm missing - I saw a light pink one once on an auction site!!

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1 hour ago, crashbelt said:

I thought it would be fun to continue with micas . . .

Very nice group! I have a similar board and always wondered what it was, so thanks for putting a name to it.

I hope we get to see some more colors of micas but I think it'll be a challenge since you seem to have the bases pretty well covered!

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2 hours ago, Ric said:

Very nice group! I have a similar board and always wondered what it was, so thanks for putting a name to it.

I hope we get to see some more colors of micas but I think it'll be a challenge since you seem to have the bases pretty well covered!

Thanks.

The Spin Jenny had a small wooden spinning top which was spun on the concave base of the board between the numbers, I think to knock marbles into the holes to score points. Pretty random game I guess - the top and marbles on mine were long gone!

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6 hours ago, Ric said:

Really great marbles, Bill. But who you trying to fool? You know those aren't Germans!

You also know I want them ALL.

showin off ...... ya never know ric .... :tv-062:

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                                                       "Happy Thüringen Thursday"

                       @ just under 7/16ths, well below the 1/2" mark, the smallest mica I have.

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Here's a nice old mahogany Jaques board which I filled with faceted early swirls. So not an original set, but some nice early swirls which needed a home to display.

Including three 'naked' ribbon cores - not prime examples with their roll lines and one with an air bubble in there but I like them!!

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1 hour ago, crashbelt said:

Here's a nice old mahogany Jaques board which I filled with faceted early swirls. So not an original set, but some nice early swirls which needed a home to display.

Including three 'naked' ribbon cores - not prime examples with their roll lines and one with an air bubble in there but I like them!!

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So pretty!

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