Did I get these right?

[jeslar1976]

I love looking through all these pictures and conversations. I think I’m finally getting somewhere. 1st… Akro corkscrew?

2nd….. German handmade mica.. 

3rd….. Master marble brushed patch?

4th….. corkscrew? Im not sure on the maker of this one yet. Then I have a couple I just don’t know.

[Ric]

I think #1 (Lazy Cork/Patch), #4 (Auger Corkscrew), #5 (Patch) are Akro, I don't see mica in #2. I agree #3 is Master (Brushed Patch). #6 is hard to tell without more views. #7 looks like a Ravenswood and #8 looks like a weak Alley Chalky to me.

[marblemanvintagemarbles]

I see the Mica in #2 it's definelyy a German Mica #4 looks like a snake type corkscrew I bet it glows under uv really bright. # 5 is a vitro and # 6 may be an akro or cac 

[jeslar1976]

1 hour ago, Ric said:

I think #1 (Lazy Cork/Patch), #4 (Auger Corkscrew), #5 (Patch) are Akro, I don't see mica in #2. I agree #3 is Master (Brushed Patch). #6 is hard to tell without more views. #7 looks like a Ravenswood and #8 looks like a weak Alley Chalky to me.

The white line in the one you call chalky had me. So weird I can feel it. I had no clue thank you

[jeslar1976]

15 minutes ago, marblemanvintagemarbles said:

I see the Mica in #2 it's definelyy a German Mica #4 looks like a snake type corkscrew I bet it glows under uv really bright. # 5 is a vitro and # 6 may be an akro or cac 

It does glow super bright I could use that bugger light a night light.. more pics of the orange one. I have a few that are almost identical to it just different colors. Thank you for the info. I have been non stop trying to figure these out😂 people in this house are starting to get annoyed. 

[Ric]

10 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

.. more pics of the orange one.

I think that's a machine-made marble that got spun - hard to tell who made it though. It happened from time to time.

[jeslar1976]

1 minute ago, Ric said:

I think that's a machine-made marble that got spun - hard to tell who made it though. It happened from time to time.

Thank you!

[marblemanvintagemarbles]

Show some more pics of that green one. I see the Mica on the bottom left of the pic you showed. 

[Tommy]

I'll need to see that chalkie in hand 

To verify 

[akroorka]

On 4/10/2025 at 6:42 PM, jeslar1976 said:

I love looking through all these pictures and conversations.

I will comment on the first image and the last one as well in the OP.

The first is a nice corkscrew and the last one qualifies as a-----

On 4/10/2025 at 7:08 PM, Ric said:

a weak Alley Chalky to me.

Agreed.

Nice find--it may have been found in a bag of sold/marketed marbles vs one from a dig.

Very cool find!

Marble--On!!

[jeslar1976]

8 hours ago, marblemanvintagemarbles said:

Show some more pics of that green one. I see the Mica on the bottom left of the pic you showed. 

So I have 2 I always thought it was some kind of damage until I started reading more. 

[jeslar1976]

2 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

So I have 2 I always thought it was some kind of damage until I started reading more. 

It almost looks like glitter or chips but it’s perfectly smooth. I mean you can feel the uneven surface but it’s not a chipped surface if that makes sense.

[marblemanvintagemarbles]

19 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

So I have 2 I always thought it was some kind of damage until I started reading more. 

That's a handmade Mica

[jeslar1976]

20 minutes ago, akroorka said:

I will comment on the first image and the last one as well in the OP.

The first is a nice corkscrew and the last one qualifies as a-----

Agreed.

Nice find--it may have been found in a bag of sold/marketed marbles vs one from a dig.

Very cool find!

Marble--On!!

I appreciate all the information and kindness from everyone. I have always just been drawn to the old marbles. I just grab jars when I go to estate sales or antique stores. I haven’t participated in online sales or purchased expensive individual ones. I love finding them in the ground most. I have never paid a lot of attention until recently. This group is just one of the best I have found.

[marblemanvintagemarbles]

That rough spot if where it came of the punty rod showing that it's handmade. I could see the Mica in the first picture you showed but it was pretty hard to decipher. Sometimes it's super hard to tell with a single picture but it looked it to me. 

[akroorka]

4 minutes ago, marblemanvintagemarbles said:

That's a handmade Mica

X2 now that we can see the poles.

Nice marble this one!!

Marble--On!!

[akroorka]

26 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

So I have 2 I always thought it was some kind of damage until I started reading more. 

 

On this latest green one image #3 and #4 show where it was cut off .
One end was as made, slightley rounded by hand and one was ground.
It was more than likely gathered by hand out of a pot of glass and cut off by hand by a shears and barely rounded by hand—no machines involved here—man made.
The Ground part was just sticking out too far to be at least semi round.
A pretty cool find imho.

[jeslar1976]

13 minutes ago, akroorka said:

X2 now that we can see the poles.

Nice marble this one!!

Marble--On!!

So I have a question the other one I have I really don’t think has mica. I can’t really tell but it appears to only have one pontil spot. Which I’m assuming would mean it’s the first from the rod? Does that make a difference? 

[akroorka]

10 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

Does that make a difference? 

The rest of the marbles that you show are macine made.

They came out of a large furnace containing the same glass, were cutoff by a machine and rounded by a machine.

The "Chalkey" that you show would have been picked out and disgarded by quality control--some were no doubt missed.

It has been observed that this may have been a result of being buried over the years and a result of that--who really knows?\

All Marbles have two cutoff points. Some may look like pontils--but pontils are a handmade term only.

Marble--On!!

[Ric]

50 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

So I have 2 I always thought it was some kind of damage until I started reading more. 

Oh yeah, it's clear from these photos - nice mica. What is this horizontal feature I see in photo #3? I think I see it in photo #1 too. Can you feel it? Is it sort of a groove?

[jeslar1976]

1 minute ago, Ric said:

Oh yeah, it's clear from these photos - nice mica. What is this horizontal feature I see in photo #3? I think I see it in photo #1 too. Can you feel it? Is it sort of a groove?

No I saw it in the picture also it’s feels smooth. Like some of the marbles I have that have weird spots similar to this I can feel or catch with my finger nail. I don’t feel this one. To just look at it you can’t even see it. 

[jeslar1976]

9 minutes ago, akroorka said:

The rest of the marbles that you show are macine made.

They came out of a large furnace containing the same glass, were cutoff by a machine and rounded by a machine.

The "Chalkey" that you show would have been picked out and disgarded by quality control--some were no doubt missed.

It has been observed that this may have been a result of being buried over the years and a result of that--who really knows?\

All Marbles have two cutoff points. Some may look like pontils--but pontils are a handmade term only.

Marble--On!!

I mean on the German one. I have one of those lattice looking ones and you can see the 2 spots. I have 2 of the green German ones the one I shared pictures of and a second one that looks to be in rougher shape but I only see one spot on it. I can share pictures with you. Maybe you be able to see what I can’t. 

[jeslar1976]

4 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

I mean on the German one. I have one of those lattice looking ones and you can see the 2 spots. I have 2 of the green German ones the one I shared pictures of and a second one that looks to be in rougher shape but I only see one spot on it. I can share pictures with you. Maybe you be able to see what I can’t. 

On this one you can clearly tell it hand made but I can’t see a top spot only a bottom. Maybe it was smoothed over better? Thank you for explaining that as well I literally feel kinda dumb about the marbles now. How I have been so infatuated with them for so long and I never really had the time to learn more about them. I’m a little embarrassed to be so clueless. This one has a much prettier green. 

[Ric]

24 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

. . . I can’t really tell but it appears to only have one pontil spot.

There are some hand-gathered marbles that only have one pontil - they are fully hand-made, no machine involved. Some people might call the single cut-off on a transitional marble a "pontil" too - I am not usually one of them. 😉

[Ric]

9 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

On this one you can clearly tell it hand made but I can’t see a top spot only a bottom.

Is it possible there is damage obscuring the other pontil, which should be pretty much opposite the one you can see? It sort of looks that way to me.