[Flozeh`s Marbles]

Hi my name is Flo here are some marbles , the large one clear 1 1/4/" it has a bubble like when a glass blower blows a vase stops then starts to blow again leaves a bubble on one end do you think this is hand made . The too orange look like cats with a open center the lines are next to the out side of the marble . the cats in #3 do you know the maker. The green tint marble has a thin red line on it the , there is a what I think is a a mark where the marble was made on the clear ??? ANY HELP HERE THANKS A BUNCH

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[Al Oregon]

The marble with the orange outisde vanes is a cage style cat's-eye marble - foreign made and probably from Vacor in Mexico - especially one over 1 inch in size.

[Flozeh`s Marbles]

Sorry I see the first post no pic,s here they are .

[Al Oregon]

The cat's-eyes in the bottom pic (the 3 color ones) could have been made in Mexico, Japan, Taiwan - many similar over the last 40 years or so.

[Flozeh`s Marbles]

Hi they came out of a box of marbles that I took to an antique person she looked at them said the marbles in the old box were before 50s but would not ID . I have sold some on Ebay ant the bidders were very happy with items .

[Steph]

The 3-vane 3-color cats are definitely from after the 1950's.

Cat's eyes first became the rage sometime around the early 1950's. The first ones as far as I know had 4 vanes, with 1 color.

I'm not sure when the 3-vane 3-color ones came around, and especially unsure when peewees would have come on the scene. My guess would be 1970's or later for the 3-vane peewees.



Cat's eye collectors pretty much have to have a different standard for what is "old" since the oldest cats are still relatively new.

[Steph]

p.s. i would also lean modern and foreign on the middle pic but I don't want to guess which continent it is from. I've lost track of which "cage-like" ones came from which area.