Marvelous Mibs Marbles Collectors Zone

that1 · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 365 Location: here

Any more out there? I was going to type something about pontils, but you know what I mean. lol I really want a blue one

winnie · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 111 Location: netherland

Interesting marbles, i don't have them,I think the earliest American made marbles,do you call them hand-made slags?
winnie

that1 · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 365 Location: here

Yes these have two pontils so I would categorize as handmade.

browse4antiques · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 552

Very nice group. I believe its difficult to find colors other than purple and amber. Here's a pic of 2 marbles that are each 15/16". You can see that the pontils on the handmade clambroth are identical to the pontils on the hand made slag. I believe that they were both made with a base cane, but the handmade slag had the striping added as molten glass rather than as rods. Then they were removed from the cane in exactly the same way. In both cases, the base glass is pretty well black, but the clambroth is actually a deep purple which can only be seen because there are a couple of tiny subsurface bubbles that show up purple. The base of the HMS is pretty well opaque black, but there is more striping that is just barely subsurface, and so the amber in the base color shows up more. ... Roger

jormibnut · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 101 Location: Hartford, WI

Nice slags. Bauman calls them "Chevrons" in his most recent book. I'd call a few of them butterfly chevrons, and very hard to find...........and expensive . Art

that1 · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 365 Location: here

The pontils are a bit different than you'd typically see on most earlier handmades, but do look similar in roughness to the ones posted by Roger. (Not much time spent on polishing or faceting). Whether that indicates a period or area of manufacture I don't know. Nice pics. 15/16, wow!

winnie · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 111 Location: netherland

Now that I know they are hand-made,I'm not sure anymore they have been made in America.
I'm not familiar with them,I woul have had shut my mouth LOL.
Still very nice marbles.
winnie

Road Dog · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 243 Location: North Carolina

I have or had a couple of those. I think they are German. I bought some stuff from german digs and a half of one of these was in the mix. Or one very similar.
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browse4antiques · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 552

I believe they are German. I've seen them with pontil areas that suggest there was a variery of different toos that were used. ... Roger

David Chamberlain · Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 214

Have had a couple of these tucked away for eons and couldn't make hide nor hair out of them. So, German handmade slags.....works for me!

Reference: "Antique Glass Swirl Marbles" by Stan Block (2001) Schiffer Publishing pgs. 148-150.

David