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A simple but clean 1, 1/2" Divide Ribbon core for this "Thüringen Thursday" both unfinished pontils so I'm guessing late Victorian era ??

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2 hours ago, crashbelt said:

Here's board of brightly coloured pinch pontil swirls

Another beautiful set, David. I'd love to see a couple of close-ups of the pinched pontil on these.

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1 hour ago, Ric said:

That's a pretty one, Chad! Would those be considered "English" colors?

English refers to the market they were made for, such as the English gameboard market, still German made, but yes as it got later into the Victorian era the colors did tend to be brighter than the earlier handmades. Also the sizes decreased and both pontils tended to be unfinished to increase production, no more faceting & torching.

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1 hour ago, Chad G. said:

English refers to the market they were made for, such as the English gameboard market, still German made, but yes as it got later into the Victorian era the colors did tend to be brighter than the earlier handmades. Also the sizes decreased and both pontils tended to be unfinished to increase production, no more faceting & torching.

Thanks Chad, I appreciate the education. It is as I expected - maybe I'm finally starting to figure the old Germans out. 🙂

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Apologies if I've posted this before.

John Jaques' Royal Garrison Game (larger version of German Tactics) c.1860-1875. Set up as the game's start position with 3 larger 'officers' defending territory against 50 smaller 'men'. Sadly not the original marbles, but I once saw long ago an image of a perhaps original set containing micas like this, so I copied that for my board.

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A slightly shrunken Joseph's Coat for this wet "Thüringen Thursday" Oops !! almost forgot, 25/32nds. Both unfinished pontils & the bright colors indicate late Victorian era IMO, 1870- 1910 or thereabouts.

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On 1/26/2024 at 1:26 AM, schmoozer said:

I’ve got this oddity, my first German swirl. The question is why does it exist? 1-3/8”. Single bands of white and green.IMG_7366.thumb.jpeg.fc9b95e19250dcd32b01cdce4c45943c.jpegIMG_7367.thumb.jpeg.3fe8869290589f90f91eae3432d7a8fb.jpegIMG_7365.thumb.jpeg.4db9ddad27fc6d433ee03e51945f42ac.jpeg

Schmoozer, it does look a little simple. Who knows, maybe the guy who made the marble was training a new guy the trade and just used what was laying around. You know a lot of marbles have names like Latina swirl, solid core, peppermint swirl, end of day, onion, skin maybe this one is a “Plain Jane” 😁

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