Parmcat Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM I have about 8 of these and put them aside as modern, but revisited, and think they might be Yasudas Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted yesterday at 01:49 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:49 AM Those are known as "Figure Eights" but at the moment I forget who made them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parmcat Posted yesterday at 01:54 AM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:54 AM 4 minutes ago, Ric said: Those are known as "Figure Eights" but at the moment I forget who made them. Thank you Modern, or older? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted yesterday at 02:23 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:23 AM All of mine came from Canadian auctions but that doesn’t mean they were made there. As a Newbie I thought they were all Pelts🔥 RAR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted yesterday at 03:09 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:09 AM I do think they are Japanese - Nippon Special Glass Ball MFG Co? @shiroaiko 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted yesterday at 03:21 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:21 AM And yes, they are old pre-WWII marbles. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parmcat Posted yesterday at 03:23 AM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:23 AM 1 minute ago, Ric said: And yes, they are old pre-WWII marbles. Awesome Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted yesterday at 03:28 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:28 AM WHAT? Machine Made post WW1 ??? Not to question but this blows my marble mind.🔥 RAR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiroaiko Posted yesterday at 10:48 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:48 AM Thanks for your help @Ric. I also identify the marble as a pre-war Figure 8. At that time, Naoyuki Seike was producing both transitionals and machine-mades at his factory in Hanaten, Osaka. There is a correspondence in color combinations between the Figure 8s and the transitionals. His business started in 1924 and was known as “Seike Marble Works” before WWII. This advertisement appears in the 1937 edition of New Japan Trademark Directory 「新興日本商標総覧」. In May 1942, a joint company called Nippon Special Glass Ball was formed by Seike, Nakanishi, and Yanagawa. This was part of a wartime industry consolidation effort by the government. The plan was to reduce the number of marble factories to just two—one led by Seike’s group, and the other by Isogami, Yasuda and others. However, as the war situation worsened, only Seike’s group was allowed to continue, while the others were forced to shut down or shift to other business. After the war, Nippon Special Glass Ball was reorganized as a corporation in May 1948. This article from the Official Gazette was provided by Brian Graham to me in December 2021. The name 'Nippon Special Glass Ball Mfg. Co. Ltd.' is the English wording Naoyuki Seike himself used in an export brochure for the Duck Brand, which was produced around 1952. Please refer to the Marble-Related Document section for the details of the brochure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiroaiko Posted yesterday at 11:18 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 11:18 AM 7 hours ago, Fire1981 said: WHAT? Machine Made post WW1 ??? Not to question but this blows my marble mind.🔥 RAR Seike did make machine-mades in the pre-war period. Below is from his earliest patent for a glass crucible designed to provide automatic glass flow from a bottom opening for marble production. Utility Model No. 2564 (Showa 6) was filed on August 7, 1930. The Duck Marble brochure (intended for the Japanese market) features a photograph of Seike’s marble-making system from around 1932. His marble rollers are constructed in layers. Instead of the spiral grooves found in standard marble machines, his use parallel grooves. This results in the distinctive tiered structure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nickel Guy Posted yesterday at 11:30 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 11:30 AM What an interesting and informative thread this is. Neat marbles too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parmcat Posted yesterday at 02:00 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:00 PM @shiroaiko thank you so much for the incredible information and your time to share it. As a newbie, this the of info just blows me away. All the best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 2X with The Nickel Guy🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiroaiko Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago You are welcome.😃🫶✨ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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