TheVacorFan Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Simple, clean and elegant: German machine-mades 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 A simple but clean 1, 1/2" Divide Ribbon core for this "Thüringen Thursday" both unfinished pontils so I'm guessing late Victorian era ?? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbelt Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Happy New Year from mica-land!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Wow Ric! If that is a Pink Bennie, I would put it under a dome for my wife and call it quits. (she just loves bennies) Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbelt Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 3 naked ribbon swirls this Thursday. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Guess I better submit something for this "Thüringen Thursday" a couple "Indians" nice mibs by the way David 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 An orange Lattacinio for this "Thüringen Thursday" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbelt Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Here's board of brightly coloured pinch pontil swirls this week. Bought as a set and likely all original. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 5 hours ago, Chad G. said: An orange Lattacinio for this "Thüringen Thursday" That's a pretty one, Chad! Would those be considered "English" colors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVacorFan Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 That must've set you back a good chunk of change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 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. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbelt Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 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. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Here is a group I just acquired in a lot 😁 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-rett66 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Love the German handmades 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-rett66 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 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. 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” 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 One of my favorites! I love the sloppy seams and the lashes. The bag is a huge bonus. Thanks AGB 🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVacorFan Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 On 2/9/2024 at 12:24 AM, Fire1981 said: One of my favorites! I love the sloppy seams and the lashes. The bag is a huge bonus. Thanks AGB 🔥 RAR Awesome! I've never seen an example with THAT much coverage. Cool bag as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbelt Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 This is my only big (2") onionskin. Its had a life but I really like it as we rarely see these kind of marbles in the UK. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-rett66 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Looks good enough to eat. IMG_9352.mov 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 On 2/8/2024 at 7:25 AM, B-rett66 said: Love the German handmades Nice “Lefty” Those are HTF 🔥 RAR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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