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Eye. A little ol'll trick some CAC Striped opaques can feature noted many years ago. . If you turn the larger photo's marble, turn the center a little counterclockwise to see if it looks like an eyeball. It almost looks like an eye now but looking down like 5 O'clock. Put it at 3 O'clock.

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2 minutes ago, Jeff54 said:

Eye. A little ol'll trick some CAC Striped opaques can feature noted many years ago. . If you turn the larger photo's marble, turn the center a little counterclockwise to see if it looks like an eyeball. It almost looks like an eye now but looking down like 5 O'clock. Put it at 3 O'clock.

Thank you for sharing that trickl!! I thought it looked like an eye. I can also now see the tunnel formation a little. Also, it has a bright shiny metallic flake(different from the Vitro space junk) 🤷‍♀️ extra flair 

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11 hours ago, Jzoook6 said:

Thank you for sharing that trickl!! I thought it looked like an eye. I can also now see the tunnel formation a little. Also, it has a bright shiny metallic flake(different from the Vitro space junk) 🤷‍♀️ extra flair 

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Yeah, but that's not the photo and angle I tried to point out. This (your photo attached below) the largest photo, bottom left, you made. At this angle, in your photo attached, it is looking at 5 O'clock If you make another photo at this angle but turn it counterclockwise a bit to 3 O'clock. I have one with blending electric orange and blue but lost the photo of it some time ago. It's a feature you don't see often but noted back in the 1990's by CAC collectors. And I guess you could cite yours to have a tunnel in other shots yet, yours doesn't have a road to which is a construction feature, a type that's not just an occasional occurrence, yours does not have, belongs together: 'Road and tunnel'.

I mean, you could just shoot another shot, but my point is, it looks like you got this eye and with  just a slight turn, I think you'll see it better. 

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6 hours ago, Jeff54 said:

Yeah, but that's not the photo and angle I tried to point out. This (your photo attached below) the largest photo, bottom left, you made. At this angle, in your photo attached, it is looking at 5 O'clock If you make another photo at this angle but turn it counterclockwise a bit to 3 O'clock. I have one with blending electric orange and blue but lost the photo of it some time ago. It's a feature you don't see often but noted back in the 1990's by CAC collectors. And I guess you could cite yours to have a tunnel in other shots yet, yours doesn't have a road to which is a construction feature, a type that's not just an occasional occurrence, yours does not have, belongs together: 'Road and tunnel'.

I mean, you could just shoot another shot, but my point is, it looks like you got this eye and with  just a slight turn, I think you'll see it better. 

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Yes sorry I should have said that I knew it was upside down, I had already taken the shot. And sorry about the tunnel and road confusion--I know Mine does not have that. 

An orange and blue version would be awesome!!!  

Thanks for the info!

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1 hour ago, akroorka said:

That is a great marble.

Notice the brightness of the white (that is if you can look away from the orange)

It may be the tell vs a contemporary made which many torchers have done.

Great images!

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Thank you! Yes, the brightness of the white was the first thing I noticed too, its like a neon white 😂 The pics don't even do it justice!! 

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The whites from a "recipe" are always brighter than "cullet white"(cullet meaning glass purchased from another glass maker)----much deeeper, cleaner white.

A good clue when looking for some of the nicer WVS marbles--CAC as well who made all of their own glass as far as I know anyhow.

All opinions are appreciated.

Marble--On!!

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19 minutes ago, akroorka said:

The whites from a "recipe" are always brighter than "cullet white"(cullet meaning glass purchased from another glass maker)----much deeeper, cleaner white.

A good clue when looking for some of the nicer WVS marbles--CAC as well who made all of their own glass as far as I know anyhow.

All opinions are appreciated.

Marble--On!!

oh super interesting thx for sharing. would Peltier have made their own glass for their blue and white stripey slags? (I think you posted some actually) I have one and the white is pretty freaking white compared to some others . 

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I believe that with the possible exception of CAC--all Machine made Makers used cullet glass.
Many of the older companies used their own recipes along with cullet from other glass makers.
This is of course open to discussion and I appreciate all opinions.
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Most or all of the larger and oldest machine made companies Akro Peltier Vitro CAC Ravenswood Alley started with raw batch glass. As more competition came along they all eventually switched to making marbles from cullet or scrap glass. Cost were cut and when that happens quality always suffers. 

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51 minutes ago, wvrons said:

Most or all of the larger and oldest machine made companies Akro Peltier Vitro CAC Ravenswood Alley started with raw batch glass. As more competition came along they all eventually switched to making marbles from cullet or scrap glass. Cost were cut and when that happens quality always suffers. 

ooo thats good info thank you for sharing. I'm dying to see an example of a marble made from Cambridge cullet. 

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