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Here is a huge old toe-breaker from the earliest history of glass marbles, circa 1850-1880. Evidenced mainly by the exuisitely ground pontail mark in the second picture.
As with all onionskins, the base glass is transparent clear with a "skin" of white surrounding the entire marble except the pontail ends. The skin then has two panels of spots and streaks of cobalt blue alternating with two panels of yellow and red.
This is a truely amazing find when considering the wonderful unplayed with MINT condition. Surely this marble was kept from all the kids in the house(s) of it's 150 plus years. CONDITION: MINT 9.6 The surface is nice and shiny with no sign of play or wear. There is one tiny as-made visible near the center of the sixth picture and it has melted edges so is a part of the manufacturing process. You may notice that, in the fifth picture, there appears to be some sparkles near the top. Close examination reveals them to be reflections from the flash off of sub-surface air-bubbles. You may click here to view the grading system I use. Size 42.93mm or 1.690" at the equator. | |||||
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