LevvyPoole Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Hi, would all of these come under the term Japanese transistional? I think I have a few classed as figure 8s, but I'm not entirely sure. The quality and colours of this group are just gorgeous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Nice marbles! These do appear to be from overseas..... @shiroaiko and @YasudaCollector may have some info here for you. Marble--On!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiroaiko Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Hello, LevvyPoole and thanks akroorka for letting me know this post! The marbles look like pre-war machinemades except for a few transitionals. So they are like more than 80 years old. The maker is Naoyuki Seike and his brand is Duck Marble. He made his own colors in his factory in Hanaten, Osaka, and some colors are kind of unique. His transparent green often includes dark green bits. Opaque white melts in lower temperature than the base glass does, so it bleeds on the marble's surface. I'm happy to hear you like your marbles. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevvyPoole Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 6 hours ago, shiroaiko said: Hello, LevvyPoole and thanks akroorka for letting me know this post! The marbles look like pre-war machinemades except for a few transitionals. So they are like more than 80 years old. The maker is Naoyuki Seike and his brand is Duck Marble. He made his own colors in his factory in Hanaten, Osaka, and some colors are kind of unique. His transparent green often includes dark green bits. Opaque white melts in lower temperature than the base glass does, so it bleeds on the marble's surface. I'm happy to hear you like your marbles. Hiya! Thanks so much for your reply. These are real "sleeper" marbles, not sure if anyone gets what I mean, but I bought an Ebay lot because I spotted it had a couple of akro popeyes and a few other possibly interesting pieces. I hadn't really noticed these properly in the poorly taken photos, but once I sorted through everything, I noticed how stunning these are together. I'm quite frustrated because the seller didn't pack very well, and there was definitely a very small amount of glass dust when I unpacked (but in my excitement I forgot to take a picture as evidence). I think the akros suffered a little bit of fresh damage, but these seem to have escaped that fate incredibly well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevvyPoole Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 And thanks for the labelling, I think this will be very useful for other collectors too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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