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CanadianBoy

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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.
 

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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?
 

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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.
 
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They could be sock darning eggs. They were slipped inside the sock to let the darner repair the hole.
 

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Those look like some kind of decorative egg used on Easter. Those sometime turn up in Bottle dumps...
 

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Geez, I kept reading this post thinking.. someone else say it.. I don't want to. I don't want to be inappropriate here or get kicked off but...

If they are Asian made, the chance is pretty good they could be some type of ben-wa balls. Some were elongated instead of simply circular like a round marble.
The fact that you found several together also makes me wonder if I could be correct. Usually, several of slightly different sizes were used together connected by a string.
They were used for both sexual stimulation or exercising to strengthen the kegel muscle
 

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Here is a good site for explaining their use and examples that looks to be like these only made of jade instead.
Notice the shape and sizes as well for comparison purposes.
 

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