I've been looking through the guides and can't find anything quite like these 2
The first I'm pretty confident is Vitro, the second could be Akro but I'm also getting Vitro vibes from the curve of the seam!
Apologies for having the seams flipped between images 😅
Appreciate any and all input, as always - thank you!
Been sorting striped transparent marbles recently and would love any additional input!
1-5 are presumed German but they range quite substantially in glass quality, with 1-3 looking 'cleaner' (I don't think it's just condition)
6 I *think* is an Akro slag, as it doesn't seem quite as feathery as I'd expect from Peltier
A few from a recent lot that I'm particularly curious about
Could this be a lazy Akro corkscrew, or 'just' a very basic WV swirl?
Peltier Peerless Patch! Possibly a little more unusual due to 2-tone patch and base colour
Gorgeous Akro Patch! Is this a multicolour patch or do Akro patches not really have many special names?
It's been a year since I found a marble on a local beach, stumbled into a load of marble subreddits, and fell head first down the rabbit hole.
Here is the first of a series of posts where I share what I have catalogued so far. Everything identified was with the help of this sub and the resources it has pointed me towards ♥️*
I'm based in the UK, and most of my lots have come from eBay, with smaller numbers found in antique shops or wild on the beach.
This post captures how many marbles I have found, sorted by type and likely origin. A few caveats:
- I manually 'check in' marbles into a Google sheet, and over time, have stopped measuring every single cats eye, so many are based on groups e.g. '27 red cats eyes'
- For most clearies, solids, and cats eyes, identification is hard; I probably could assign much of them to 'Asia - Generic', but trying to base that on data rather than exclusion!
- 'Identified' means I have some confidence in origin, maker, or type, but there's always more to learn...
- if a lot included multiple marbles of the same type and size, they were included in the same catalogue entry
Happy to answer any questions
The next posts will focus on makers, size, and colour.
Other data points collected include: UV reaction, bubbles/fizz, price per marbles (including postage costs, so a bit of an overestimation) and number of colours in the main design. Not decided the order yet - happy to take requests!
*I confess I am a little behind (having lots that I have washed but not yet catalogued), but if I wait til I'm done with those, I'll never make this post 😅
AI disclaimer: I used AI to generate and edit the charts, to double check my own spreadsheet calculations, and to tidy up data artifacts due to manual entry. Beyond the occasional squiz on Google Lens to help point me at relevant forum posts, I do not use AI to support identification of marbles.
Recent buy that I haven't even washed yet - too curious to know if anyone recognises the colour combo as it seems quite distinctive!
Bit damaged but a keeper