Turkey Head yellow?

[treetiger]

What do you think?..5/8" yellow 'Turkey head' with a robin's head added on the side. CAC, MFC, other? Thanks for the help and opinions.

 

 

[akroorka]

Many companies made yellow on white marbles.

This one may be too common to determine a maker. It is not MFC or CAC imho.

I will say this--it is a wvs with a very nice "turkey head".

Nice marble--

Marble--On!!

[treetiger]

7 minutes ago, akroorka said:

Many companies made yellow on white marbles.

This one may be too common to determine a maker. It is not MFC or CAC imho.

I will say this--it is a wvs with a very nice "turkey head".

Nice marble--

Marble--On!!

Thank you Akroorka😃

[Ric]

For me, Heaton and Alley come to mind with this one but, as Art said, they're quite common and several WVS companies made similar.

[akroorka]

28 minutes ago, Ric said:

several WVS companies made similar.

I echo Ric here and will add a bit.
“Turkey Heads” are a part of many swirls and many companies that produced marbles will show them.

They cannot be narrowed down to CAC although they did produce a bunch of them.
In the world of marble making machinery, this type of swirl—The “Turkey Head” is bound to happen in any type of marble regardless of manufacture.
As the glass drips out of the furnace and is cut off before it hits the rollers many things can happen—one of them of course can be a “turkey head” configuration in the final product.
The “road and tunnel” is also a way to ID CAC marbles and imho—it is a better way to the final ID.
Marble—On!!
 

[treetiger]

2 hours ago, akroorka said:

I echo Ric here and will add a bit.
“Turkey Heads” are a part of many swirls and many companies that produced marbles will show them.

They cannot be narrowed down to CAC although they did produce a bunch of them.
In the world of marble making machinery, this type of swirl—The “Turkey Head” is bound to happen in any type of marble regardless of manufacture.
As the glass drips out of the furnace and is cut off before it hits the rollers many things can happen—one of them of course can be a “turkey head” configuration in the final product.
The “road and tunnel” is also a way to ID CAC marbles and imho—it is a better way to the final ID.
Marble—On!!
 

Thank you. Good information. I was reading one of the earlier threads about turkey heads and CAC's so I thought that I would post the mystery marble to see what people thought. Thanks again.

[treetiger]

3 hours ago, Ric said:

For me, Heaton and Alley come to mind with this one but, as Art said, they're quite common and several WVS companies made similar.

Thank you Ric. The Turkey and Robbin seem to be the most distinctive features on its surface. WVS Alley or Heaton it is.

[Ric]

@treetiger Turkey heads are usually specifically associated with CAC marbles, even though you may see similar shapes on other maker's marbles. I usually refer to the more generalized shapes simply as "bird heads". Here's a fairly typical rendition of an Alley bird head . . .

but I've seen these on other maker's marbles too. They are random swirls after all. 🙂

[treetiger]

3 minutes ago, Ric said:

@treetiger Turkey heads are usually specifically associated with CAC marbles, even though you may see similar shapes on other maker's marbles. I usually refer to the more generalized shapes simply as "bird heads". Here's a fairly typical rendition of an Alley bird head . . .

but I've seen these on other maker's marbles too.

Very nice! A while back, during my exploring through internet 'rabbit holes', I found a source that listed and pictured the many different Ornithological (bird type) swirls for marbles. There were pics provided...I'll have to look for it. Thanks for sharing this great picture.