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Doogle
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 Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject: hollow or big bubble |
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5/8", the base color is aqua (like old western glass) with white striping and maybe a vane? It is really beat up and very surprising that this marble has not broken because of the substantial size of the bubble in the center. Was this an accident or was it deliberate? It is the only marble in the bunch with this aqua color.
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roany poany
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Doogle.
The old companies that produced machine made marbles turned out thousands of marbles per day.
given that fact, I'd say the bubble wasnt made on purpose.
neat "bubble marble"
BTW, the old aqua is my favorite color, thanks for sharing
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browse4antiques
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The ones that were intentionally made hollow are handmades (I guess blown), and the surface is very thin and uniform. Here's pics of the one I was lucky enough to find. ... Roger
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Ponkochan
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I've run across a just a few marbles with large bubbles in the center and they seem to have been mostly Pelts. I love 'em! 
I'm not sure about yours without seeing a views of the seams/cut-lines straight on...............but it appears to be one of the transparent Rainbos.
Roger, that's really neat. I've never seen a hand-made with an intentionally made hollow center like that.
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roany poany
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| Ponkochan wrote: | ..........but it appears to be one of the transparent Rainbos.
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I'll give that a second nod.
quote Roger:"the surface is very thin and uniform."
Roger, thanks for showing that. I always scratch my head wondering how those are/were made
I assume' blown' like you guess.
I'm also curious about the German handmades with ghost-cores that look like a kibillion teeny-tiny bubbles.
how did they do that?..
anybody?
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winnie
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| Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:03 am Post subject: hollow marbles |
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Roger,I didn't know they exist hollow "handblown"marbles,always nice to hear something new.
Do you think they're old?
Thanks for sharing.
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browse4antiques
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| I'm quite sure they are old. I bought it from a vendor in Germany. I have seen two others, and there are distinctive characteristics that they all share. The people who had the others had said they had them for a long time and that they were sure they were old also. There was one sold on eBay about a year ago I think, for about $200. ... Roger |
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