Fire1981 Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 Crazy Clay. Crackley glaze and then what? Is this vintage or a Contemporary Clay🔥 RAR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddio68 Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 Frosty finish makes me think Vacor/Mega marbles, but the swirls look a little more sophisticated. Good mystery, I'm following for more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted May 3 Author Report Share Posted May 3 It’s cold as clay/stone 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 Crockery type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted May 3 Author Report Share Posted May 3 Contemporary of Vintage 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 12 hours ago, Fire1981 said: Contemporary of Vintage 🔥  This one reminds me of some of the "newer" non-clay marbles that are/were being sold--plastic or mastic of some sort. The colors do not line up with what I have seen in books as "Lined Crockery". It sure looks like it has a kiln fired glaze. Perhaps @bumblebee or @hdesousa can chime in here. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 It’s a funky sloppy mess🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Am I the only one that is reminded of chalkies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 15 hours ago, StevenJustSteven said: Am I the only one that is reminded of chalkies? Chalkies are glass marbles that fell from the machinery (rollers etc.) & hit the lime coated wooden floor during production in the process became lime coated themselves. The floors in the old marble factories almost all had lime on them to prevent the common fires. OP is a glazed & fired clay marble, not glass IMO, looks like a so called lined crockery marble to me ? Looks of modern make, not vintage ?? All are not Alley but it seems some of the best examples are. A very desirable marble as most were buried or discarded along w/ the rest of the imperfections.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 7 hours ago, Chad G. said: Chalkies are glass marbles that fell from the machinery (rollers etc.) & hit the lime coated wooden floor during production in the process became lime coated themselves. The floors in the old marble factories almost all had lime on them to prevent the common fires. OP is a glazed & fired clay marble, not glass IMO, looks like a so called lined crockery marble to me ? Looks of modern make, not vintage ?? All are not Alley but it seems some of the best examples are. A very desirable marble as most were buried along or discarded along w/ the rest of the imperfections.  I'm confused.... What's the purpose of this reply? I know what Chalkies are. I only said that I was reminded of chalkies. I never said that I thought it was a chalky. It's quite obviously not a chalky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 1 hour ago, StevenJustSteven said: I'm confused.... What's the purpose of this reply? I know what Chalkies are. I only said that I was reminded of chalkies. I never said that I thought it was a chalky. It's quite obviously not a chalky. Nothing on you, just explaining & showing for anyone who might not know the difference between the two    2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 I always wondered how that happened. Thanks for the info Chad. Now I know what Cheese's avatar is 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 I take it they are all dug marbles. Swept off the floor and thrown in the pit. Who would want to step on a marble🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 On the tangent of chalkies, the story above isn't how they came to be. It was supposed that it was possible until we found out that the chalk IS the ribbon inside and out. A chalky broken in half has chalk on the inside. In fact, a chalky was put into an acid and it ate out the chalk and left a marble full of wormholes where the chalk was. I wish I could find a pic. The chalk was in the tank and coming out with the stream of glass. I don't know if it was a component of glass that didn't get mixed, someone goofing around with lime or something similar, an accident, glops of mortar that fell in during tank repairs, who knows. But it does go throughout the marble, not just on the surface as it would be from rolling on lime or a reaction from the ground they were buried in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 25 minutes ago, cheese said: On the tangent of chalkies, the story above isn't how they came to be. It was supposed that it was possible until we found out that the chalk IS the ribbon inside and out. A chalky broken in half has chalk on the inside. In fact, a chalky was put into an acid and it ate out the chalk and left a marble full of wormholes where the chalk was. I wish I could find a pic. The chalk was in the tank and coming out with the stream of glass. I don't know if it was a component of glass that didn't get mixed, someone goofing around with lime or something similar, an accident, glops of mortar that fell in during tank repairs, who knows. But it does go throughout the marble, not just on the surface as it would be from rolling on lime or a reaction from the ground they were buried in (a theory that was recently angrily forced on me as fact by a collector). Ron gave me the info I wrote, yours is news to me. He said he knew the wooden floors were coated w/ lime to prevent the all to common fires that were so prevalent in early marble production. He told me after one of his infamous answers to my question w/ a question. I dug for 3 weeks for the answer to no avail. Thank you for the new info Chuck   If you could find a pic of the wormholes or a broken Chalky that'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 6 hours ago, Fire1981 said: I always wondered how that happened. Thanks for the info Chad. Now I know what Cheese's avatar is 🔥 RAR Chuck's (cheese) AAM avatar is a Chalky, not the same as his Pelt avatar here on MC ( just to eliminate any confusion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 Now I’m confused. Are you referring to my OP 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 5 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: Now I’m confused. Are you referring to my OP 🔥 RAR Your OP is a glazed clay (crockery) IMO, Chalky is a glass marble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 Thanks ! I never thought it was a chalky🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 On 5/4/2024 at 8:38 AM, Chad G. said: Nothing on you, just explaining & showing for anyone who might not know the difference between the two    I actually have a question about chalkies. If I was blind folded and someone handed me a chalky. Would I be able to tell that something was up with the marble or would it feel just like any another marble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mibs Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 In Steve's Alley Identification video Ron briefly discusses chalky marbles. Seems some marbles you can feel it on the surface, others not so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 Some you can definitely feel it, no question. Here are some close ups of a couple I have that Chad showed earlier. Sorry Fire, I don't know who made yours. It's an odd one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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