Guest browse4antiques Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 These are all color-based "crease-pontil transitionals" - the type found mostly in Southern Ontario. The blue, green, and purple are the usual base colors (sometimes yellow). But there is quite a wide range of shades of these colors used, and the striping glass varies a lot too. Because they are so scarce, and made in such variation, the operation that produced them must have been very small, and yet the glass makers, and the gatherers appear to have been very skilled. There were a couple of high quality glass operations in Southern Ontario in the early 1900's. The operations were staffed by a tightly knit community of immigrant German glass-makers. But the sites have been dug, and there is was no sign of any marbles. On a few occasions in the period 1915-1930, factories burned down, each time it took a year or more to rebuild. My theory is that at some point when a factory was down, some of the glass-workers who had experience in marbles, put together a small cottage industry that only operated until the factory restarted. ... Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I LOVE MARBLES Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Hey Roger nice group! I only have one of these marbles a blue & yellow. I'd just bet they made white too, although those will not be as distinguishable. Keep up the good work, you may solve this mystery! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinx Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Interesting information, Roger! Maybe one day you'll be able to write the definitive book on Canadian marble production! Elizabeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinemades Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Very pretty marbles and great coloration. Top left marble has CA colors. Looking forward to hear more info on these. Thanks, Sami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slagmarble Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Roger, what does the upper left hand corner look like on its other end? I don't own an example but was hunting for a CA photo and stumbled across a listing Alan currently has active...I guess he gets a free plug. This color combination also shows up in the 2-seam (and I suppose 1 seam variety) as well. http://cgi.ebay.com/Marbles-5-8-CHRISTENSE...1QQcmdZViewItem I will of course remove all this at Alan's request. -Brad Edit: Sami beat me to it, great minds think alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest browse4antiques Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Scott, yes they did make white-based, and transparent colored ones as well (including red, yellow), and once you catch on to the patterns and cutoffs, they are quite easy to distinguish from the others. Here's a pic of several red/white bottoms. Sami and Brad, I also thought it looked like CA, and I purchased one of the CA striped transparents that, from the pics, looked to be the same, but in hand the colors are different (sorry, I don't have a pic of the CA). Here's the rest of the orange/green crease-pontil. ... Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slagmarble Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Its deceptively electric looking in the photos. I'll take your word for it, but the value and rarity of a CA is hand over fist compared to the mystery company. Heck, if it were mine I'd call it a CA HG just so I could say I had one. -Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.T. Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Awesome selection Roger.... Here's a few to compare:-) BT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlmoriarty Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Roger~~ I'm confused, are you saying your pics are dug examples or found in the wild? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Dog Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 This is one of the transparents I sold awhile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest browse4antiques Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I wish I knew where to dig for them. It's just my theory that there was a site in Southern Ontario where they were made. All these were either from the wild or from eBay. I've been buying up any that I can get my hands on for about 20 years now. ... Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Dog Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Ones I have bought . Alot were from sellers in Canada or near the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjmarble Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Here is one I use to own that had oxblood. The pics are old and not the best quality but it now resides in Hanzels collection. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 From the top, some of those almost look similar to Akro corkscrews. Here's a couple red & whites that tried shining up good. "Mystery" marble companies sound like a scooby doo adventure, let's hear more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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