ID assist, please

[rockgardenplants]

Which manufacturer has the wispy internal swirls? The more I get into my Dad's boxes of marbles the more I learn!

[ann]

I think that more than one marble company made this type with the wispy swirls.  Ron can tell you which ones.

[Ric]

Looks like it has some Vitrolite cullet in it - does it glow under UV? And what size is it?

[rockgardenplants]

it measures 11/16" and yes, it does glow but only internally. I would imagine that is because the inner workings are a light green. 

So, if it's Vitrolite in the marble that makes Davis, Playrite, or Jackson, correct?                                                                                   

[wvrons]

I think every vintage marble company in WV used many different colors of Vitrolite cullet. Even Alox used Vitrolite. 

Davis, Playrite, Cairo and Jackson used a unusual dirty ivory white Vitrolite cullet that glows bright, in some, not all of their marbles.  I have never found this certain Vitrolite cullet at any other marble factory site.  These companies were all not far apart and may have shared one dump truck load of this certain Vitrolite cullet. 

Vitrolite made over a hundred different colors of glass.  All the WV marble companies used some color of Vitrolite cullet in making marbles. Most Vitrolite pieces has small grooves on the back side to hold the mastic or cement to stick it to the wall ceiling or whatever. Some of it has two different colors laminated together.  

Oxblood Vitrolite

OtherO

 

Just a few on many colors of Vitrolite cullet.  Not all but most was in tile form of different sizes and thickness. Most is about 1/4 inch thick and 4 x4 inch or 6 x6 squares. I have seen it up to 1 1/2 inch thick. Also made in large sheets. Used on walls, counter tops, ceilings, buildings outside wall covering, signs, decorative art pieces, and hundreds of more uses. 

 

A WWII Army tank brass cased, bullet proof, view port or window.  Bullet proof because of twenty or thirty laminated layers of clear Vitrolite glass.

  

 

Viitrolite factory picture in Vienna WV, just north of Parkersburg WV.   All gone now, just history. Vitrolite was used all over the world especially in Europe. 

[wvrons]

Guess where or how Vitro Agate Marble Company got its name ?  

[Da Roberto]

I think the marble in question is a good possibility  Cairo

[cheese]

I'm with Cairo.

[Ric]

I think Cairo too.

 

7 hours ago, wvrons said:

Guess where or how Vitro Agate Marble Company got its name ?  

"Vitro" is the Latin word for "glass".

[rockgardenplants]

Greetings all,

Thank you for that excellent info on Vitrolite, wvrons! It is always amazes me how much excellent information comes from all of you good folks. 

I've been going through my Dad's marble collection (you may remember him as gremlin*** on Ebay). I have recently found several boxes of swirls (where the Cairo came from) and flames so I am really on the steepest part of this learning curve. In the very likely event that I post loads of pics on the ID section, don't be shy. Speak out and let me hear what you think and why.

During the last 15 years of his life, he really sunk his efforts into marbles. I'll post a few pics of how many I inherited from my Dad.

Cheers,

James (orange_orbital)

[Tommy]

1 hour ago, rockgardenplants said:

Greetings all,

Thank you for that excellent info on Vitrolite, wvrons! It is always amazes me how much excellent information comes from all of you good folks. 

I've been going through my Dad's marble collection (you may remember him as gremlin*** on Ebay). I have recently found several boxes of swirls (where the Cairo came from) and flames so I am really on the steepest part of this learning curve. In the very likely event that I post loads of pics on the ID section, don't be shy. Speak out and let me hear what you think and why.

During the last 15 years of his life, he really sunk his efforts into marbles. I'll post a few pics of how many I inherited from my Dad.

Cheers,

James (orange_orbital)

Love to see some pictures and don't be shy In The id section we all like to do that👍😃