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Three yellow and red bands run from pole to pole on the surface of what appears to be a black opaque marble know as an Indian. I was totally surprised when setting up the marble for photographing to see that it cast an amber colored dot when I turned on the bright 200 watt light. I had no idea that it wasn't opaque. So, as you can see in the sixth picture, backlighting shows the truth of the matter.
This three band pattern is uncommon on any of the old handmades, and is used almost exclusively with the Lutz version of the Indians. I haven't seen more than a couple even on the Indian Lutz, and this is the only one without the lutz I've ever seen, much less owned; so, it is an exceedingly rare marble.
CONDITION: NEAR MINT There is a nice shine with just a slight amount of surface wear. Most of the pinpricks and such shown in the pictures are as made; either tiny surface air bubbles or what appears to be a flake there toward the left edge in the second picture, and near the top center of the third. It appears that a flake occurred while the artist was working the marble and he left a tool mark while trying to smooth it out. If you will look closely at the rest of the anomalies, I believe you will find that they also happened while the marble was being made. The marble just hasn't seen much use in the 100 plus years it's been around; even the pontail marks are as clean as the day they were made. You may click here to view the grading system I use. Size 17.34mm or 0.682" at the equatorr. | |||||
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