Jeremysvt Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 It was probably made by hand so no real way to say who made it - likely a German person though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 I just love this marble. The hit-marks show its use. How many glass marbles did this one destroy? I have seen images of these being made in California, not an easy task regardless of where they were made. Superb example!! A real keeper imho! Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremysvt Posted January 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, akroorka said: I just love this marble. The hit-marks show its use. How many glass marbles did this one destroy? I have seen images of these being made in California, not an easy task regardless of where they were made. Superb example!! A real keeper imho! Marble--On!! Check out this one from the same lot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 23 minutes ago, Jeremysvt said: Check out this one from the same lot! Looks like one of the "Victims" a wonder that it's still holding together w/ all those fractures, a real "Battle Beast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremysvt Posted January 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 43 minutes ago, Chad G. said: Looks like one of the "Victims" a wonder that it's still holding together w/ all those fractures, a real "Battle Beast" Some one said it may be civil war marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 No way ! Civil War marbles are a joke. Just rip off marbles on Ebay when Ebay just started up ! Scammers. Your agates are the real deal 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 5 hours ago, Jeremysvt said: Some one said it may be civil war marbles. If the agate is hand faceted and one of those made in Germany it may well be from 1850 and up so possibly from well before the civil war but they made hand faceted agates for a log time and still do so no real way I know of to tell the difference except that most hand faceted are earlier than the contemporary machine ground agates. I guess the hand faceting and play wear will give somewhat of an idea as to the estimated age ?? They also dyed them much differently then than now, different Chemicals that are now illegal or lethal. Potassium cyanide, Potassium bi-chromate, different chemicals for different colors ... not chemicals to play around with !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 The last marble looks like a "Fried" Vitro. Kids would take these things in years past and cook them until they started to crackle up without breaking apart. I remember taking old lawnmower engines and dumping anything imaginable into the carburetor just to see what happened---it was fun and looking back, dangerous, but what the heck---who knew? Lots of smoke and very cool smells. We used to take rolls of cap gun ammo and squeeze it in a vice just tight enough to hit it hard with a hammer and make an explosion, I would like to try that again—what fun it was. Video games seem to have taken all of that great dangerous stuff out of the lives of our young ones. For better or for worse. You decide. Marble—On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremysvt Posted January 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 11 hours ago, akroorka said: The last marble looks like a "Fried" Vitro. Kids would take these things in years past and cook them until they started to crackle up without breaking apart. I remember taking old lawnmower engines and dumping anything imaginable into the carburetor just to see what happened---it was fun and looking back, dangerous, but what the heck---who knew? Lots of smoke and very cool smells. We used to take rolls of cap gun ammo and squeeze it in a vice just tight enough to hit it hard with a hammer and make an explosion, I would like to try that again—what fun it was. Video games seem to have taken all of that great dangerous stuff out of the lives of our young ones. For better or for worse. You decide. Marble—On!! Ok this one is just ridiculous. Know anything about it? IMG_4433.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 38 minutes ago, Jeremysvt said: I think it might be a Moss Agate. It's super cool - downright galactic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Ric said: I think it might be a Moss Agate. It's super cool - downright galactic! Some type of polished mineral...you can see where the voids in the geodes opened up (don't quote me on those terms) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, I'llhavethat1 said: Some type of polished mineral...you can see where the voids in the geodes opened up (don't quote me on those terms) A real mineral Moss Agate is what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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