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I have to humbly take my hat off again in respect to the old time marble artist that made this one. While working with a size substantially less than 1/2", he was able to place a solid white core in the center of a crystal clear base glass, then, without touching the white core, another layer of six translucent colored bands, three pink separated by two green and a cobalt blue, that run from pole to pole, and finally just below the surface, a cage of yellow lattice-like lines that would have made a gooseberry proud. That is just an amazing amount of work to squeeze into such a small space.
One pontail mark, fifth picture, is unfinished--left just the way it was broken of the cane; and the other, sixth picture, is melted to oblivian. From the visual evidence we have, I am persuaded that the marble was made sometime during the late Victorian era, circa 1880-1910, These were sometimes call ENGLISH STYLE, because so many were made for use in the game board sets that were very popular in England at this time. CONDITION: MINT(+) 9.7 The surface is wet and shiny with no signs of play or wear of any kind. I can't even find any as-mades to describe. Without bragging on my ability as a photographer, these pictures are truly representative of the marble. You may click here to view the grading system I use. Size 12.01mm or 0.473" at the equator. | |||||
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