YasudaCollector Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Just found this guy today at the same antique shop where I found the limestone marble. It was sitting in a bin of polished rocks, so at first I thought it was a dyed agate or something. But when I picked it up, I saw the lovely translucent purple. The store owner let me have it for a buck. 🙂 I wonder if it's some kind of game piece. The glass itself almost reminds me of some master or akro patches. The grayish color base glass is pretty whispy and translucent. It even glows a little reddish when held up to the sunlight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted April 18 Author Report Share Posted April 18 Oh, I forgot to list the size. It's about 1 inch long and an inch wide. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Possibly spun off the rollers and hit the floor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted April 18 Author Report Share Posted April 18 Interesting. So could it be a piece of cullet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 10 minutes ago, YasudaCollector said: Interesting. So could it be a piece of cullet? Not cullet. You can see the glass ingot shear point. Speculation: At that size - the ingot was too large for the rollers, spun off the too-small rollers half-cooled and finished cooling on the floor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 6 minutes ago, YasudaCollector said: Interesting. So could it be a piece of cullet? Anacortes Washington was once the headquarters of Vitro manufacturing marbles. This one looks like it wanted to be round imho----very cool!! A Keeper for sure!! Marble—On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 I find these in bags at thrift stores. They are intentionally made like this (sort of a pyramid/gum drop shape), not intended to be a marble. They are for flower vases and decoration. Modern. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted April 18 Author Report Share Posted April 18 So probably foreign? I have some cubes of 1970s ish Chinese millefiori glass that I guess could be decorative too. Maybe some of the factories used up spare glass this way? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 I need to dig out my Pyramid and a few Pelts that spin Counter Clockwise on the rollers 🔥 RAR🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Interesting - I wonder how it was made. Is there only a single cut-off? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Mine all have 2 seams like a start/finish of the stream. They look just like the OP photos but different color. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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