A Couple of Leighton's - "Horizontal" and "Navarre"

[IowaMarble]

1.25" Leighton "Horizontal"

 

[IowaMarble]

1.25"+ Leighton "Navarre"

 

[akroorka]

6 minutes ago, IowaMarble said:

1.25"+ Leighton "Navarre"

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[schmoozer]

4 hours ago, IowaMarble said:

1.25"+ Leighton "Navarre"

 

Little sister at 1 inch

[IowaMarble]

That is uncanny how closely they resemble one another! 
 

How would you describe the base glass color on these? I can’t quite put my finger on it.
 

Thanks for sharing!

[Roberto]

[Tommy]

16 hours ago, IowaMarble said:

1.25"+ Leighton "Navarre"

 

All I got is ...

Thanks for posting  theses beauties 🤤

[IowaMarble]

2 hours ago, Roberto said:

Another nice Leighton “Navarre”! Thanks for sharing Roberto! There is some serious early American eye candy in this thread!

[Roberto]

22 minutes ago, IowaMarble said:

Un'altra bella Leighton "Navarre"! Grazie per averla condivisa, Roberto! Questa discussione contiene delle vere e proprie chicche per gli occhi americane d'epoca!

 

👍💪

[Tommy]

Had an old pic available 

[IowaMarble]

Great pattern on that one, Tommy! What size is it?

[Roberto]

This marble of about 0.708 inches (18mm), with obvious fire damage, I got some time ago from a guy who claimed to have found it in a junkyard.

Now, it was claimed to be MFC, but nothing for sure, any opinions?

Here is the boy's statement: "i dug this from an old land fill . Plymouth NH jul 2017 Approx 3-4 feet depth. Also pulled out a bunch of benningtons and mib shards. Land fill was from a massive fire burned 12 homes. Late 40s."

"The soil composition wat predominantly ash/charcoal. Almost all the glass in this horizon was melted. I had to dig through this to get to the pre 1900 dump"

I took some photos and videos,

 

[Roberto]

Video..

[IowaMarble]

100% an American handmade marble from one of Leighton’s many Ohio based business ventures. Note the patented melted pontil. Commonly referred to as a “Navarre” by collectors, although it would be very difficult to prove that it actually came from Leighton’s Navarre factory.

[Roberto]

13 minutes ago, IowaMarble said:

100% an American handmade marble from one of Leighton’s many Ohio based business ventures. Note the patented melted pontil. Commonly referred to as a “Navarre” by collectors, although it would be very difficult to prove that it actually came from Leighton’s Navarre factory.

Thank you! I just wanted to point out that you can see a ring-shaped pontil, typical of Navarre.

[IowaMarble]

7 minutes ago, Roberto said:

Thank you! I just wanted to point out that you can see a ring-shaped pontil, typical of Navarre.

Yes, that is the melted pontil that I was referring to. I have heard some collectors also call it a “belly button” pontil, but I believe melted pontil is the correct terminology here, although admittedly, I am far from being a glass artisan.

[Roberto]

11 minutes ago, IowaMarble said:

Yes, that is the melted pontil that I was referring to. I have heard some collectors also call it a “belly button” pontil, but I believe melted pontil is the correct terminology here, although admittedly, I am far from being a glass artisan.

 

Ahaha, I had never heard this term "belly button", strong!

Thanks again, Chad, for confirming it

[I'llhavethat1]

First one has a really 'clean' look.  Most of the ones I've come across are absolutely beat. 

[IowaMarble]

24 minutes ago, I'llhavethat1 said:

First one has a really 'clean' look.  Most of the ones I've come across are absolutely beat. 

It is by far, one of the cleanest examples in my collection. I agree, I see more examples that have been through the trenches, than those that haven’t.