Marbleneophyte Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 I don't have a clue on this one. Crease pontil. American? Japanese? Measures about 5/8. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris64 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 Is there a pontal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbleneophyte Posted November 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 I meant to put a ? behind "creased pontil." Could be a seam I suppose. MF Christensen?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 Hello neophyte, It appears to be a hand-gathered marble. I see a nice big cutoff mark and no pontil. Some slag’s were gathered and dropped onto a mechanical device to be rounded and some were rounded by hand in molds or just twisted, cooled and cleaned up/ground/smoothed at the end of the cutoff/pontil. If it is quite round I would say that it had some mechanical help, which is of course is not always a good indicator either. Still, I would call this one a hand gathered marble that had mechanical help to make it round. Not Japanese—probably American. Maybe MFC, maybe Akro—an early one for sure. A very nice marble, very nice indeed! Marble—On!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 I'd say M F C. Has the classic "9", tail, and cut/sheer mark. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbleneophyte Posted November 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 Thanks guys. Have a great weekend and a fantastic Thanksgiving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 Beautiful 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Marbleneophyte said: Thanks guys. Have a great weekend and a fantastic Thanksgiving! ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted November 21, 2021 Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 Love the purple base when backlighted And posted some pontils on transitionals i have here for example ✌ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted November 21, 2021 Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 Here is 1 at 1”, Dani thought it is an early AKRO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted November 21, 2021 Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 Dani may be right. These big corkscrews did not always act as they should. Hard to tell from here--- hard to determine the actual cutoff marks, I'll still say "Big old " Corkscrew. It is almost too perfect for a transitional. As always, more opinions are needed. Marble On!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted November 21, 2021 Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 33 minutes ago, akroorka said: Dani may be right. These big corkscrews did not always act as they should. Hard to tell from here--- hard to determine the actual cutoff marks, I'll still say "Big old " Corkscrew. It is almost too perfect for a transitional. As always, more opinions are needed. Marble On!! Machine rolled, hand gathered. No pinched pontil. here is a nice 13/16” example pinched pontil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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