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What are these? - 6/9/2006 9:44:21 PM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline Any ideas? I hope they load ok. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: What are these? - 6/9/2006 10:53:46 PM    JGUIS   Posts: 1712 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline Marble rejects or beads, is there a hole? _____________________________ A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and gives a fool something to stick in his mouth. (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 2

RE: What are these? - 6/10/2006 9:12:35 AM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline Well I don't know, they seem too big for beads, maybe something to do with marbles? Here are some more pics for an idea of size. Attachment (1) (in reply to JGUIS) Post #: 3

RE: What are these? - 6/10/2006 9:14:26 AM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline another Attachment (1) (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 4

RE: What are these? - 6/10/2006 9:16:01 AM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline and another Attachment (1) (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 5

RE: What are these? - 6/11/2006 12:08:03 AM    welddigger   Posts: 572 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline if they were marbles they would be awsome.maybe just some whimsey pieces.if you could tell us were you got them and any history or story that goes with them,unless you dug them then maybe what the age of other stuff you found arpund them was.anyway they a cool looking pieces of glass and thanx for sharing. (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 6

RE: What are these? - 6/11/2006 1:12:26 AM    JGUIS   Posts: 1712 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline Really nice pieces of glass.  Could be decorative eggs, they look a bit too perfect up close to be marble castoffs.  Were they bought or found? _____________________________ A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and gives a fool something to stick in his mouth. (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 7

RE: What are these? - 6/11/2006 2:20:31 AM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 813 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline I think they look like eggs too. Probably some kind of decorative piece. _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to JGUIS) Post #: 8

RE: What are these? - 6/11/2006 7:27:06 AM    Ye Olde Prospector   Posts: 614 Joined: 1/23/2005 From: Bath, Maine Status: offline Hi huffmnd, Look to be decorative glass eggs. They did make egg shaped pieces for darning and repairing socks long ago. Some were just egg shaped, solid or hollow. some had handles of wood or even glass. Cliff  (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 9

RE: What are these? - 6/11/2006 2:06:30 PM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline I bought these because they matched two others that were given to me some time back. I never did find out what the others were, they were black and white and had a solid green core. I had people telling me that they were glass eyes used for taxidermy but I really don't believe that because of the nailsea pattern on them and when I found these that pretty much told me that they are something else. (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 10

RE: What are these? - 6/11/2006 2:19:08 PM    CanadianBoy   Posts: 657 Joined: 7/25/2004 Status: offline I think maybe welddigger is right on the money, they could be whimsey's. Often the glassblower would have a blob left over at lunch time and to clear the stem they would make all kinds of whimsey's, marbles, eggs, canes, paperweights etc, etc. _____________________________ So many Dumps,so little time. So get DIGGING. I've been "DOWN IN THE DUMPS" since 1970. Never dug a dump, I didn't like. "May you all Dig well and Prosper" http://www.nexicom.net/~djackson/ Dave J. Ontario,Canada. (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 11

RE: What are these? - 6/12/2006 12:14:02 AM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline I agree I believe that they are some type of whimsey or end of the day item but I am just trying to find out for sure. Are there any marble collectors out there? (in reply to CanadianBoy) Post #: 12

RE: What are these? - 6/12/2006 8:37:07 AM    Road Dog   Posts: 850 Joined: 6/9/2005 Status: offline Look like newer eggs that are showing up now days.Not end of day stuff.   (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 13

RE: What are these? - 6/13/2006 8:11:25 AM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline I think I may have found the answer I found this on ebay 9 VINTAGE END OF DAY GLASS TEARDROP MARBLES maybe this is what they are anyway. (in reply to Road Dog) Post #: 14

RE: What are these? - 6/13/2006 9:11:17 AM    Road Dog   Posts: 850 Joined: 6/9/2005 Status: offline Not! There is more crap on Ebay than a Carolina Hog Farm. Worst place you can resort to to get an I.D. These are new ,modern glass from China. < Message edited by Road Dog -- 6/13/2006 9:25:23 AM > (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 15

RE: What are these? - 6/19/2006 4:29:46 PM    c.m. arrington   Posts: 9 Joined: 7/11/2004 Status: offline They could be sock darning eggs. They were slipped inside the sock to let the darner repair the hole. (in reply to Road Dog) Post #: 16

RE: What are these? - 9/3/2006 3:38:59 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2031 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline They don't look like anything I would recognize as being old. They aren't marbles though and neither were the ones on abay _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to c.m. arrington) Post #: 17

RE: What are these? - 9/4/2006 8:31:16 AM    bottlecol345   Posts: 96 Joined: 5/21/2006 Status: offline Those look like some kind of decorative egg used on Easter. Those sometime turn up in Bottle dumps... _____________________________ I Buy Insulators! (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 18

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