A handful of champion furnace scraping marbles

[cheese]

Here are some of mine. For those looking but don't know about marbles, the Champion Agate company in West Virginia made these in the 1980s or 90s. They were thought to have been made from the glass that got scraped off the insides of the furnace but it was later discovered that they used scrap glass from the Wissmach stained glass company located next door. That glass was used as "tankwash" to clean out the tank to the furnace. These are some of the most beautiful marbles ever produced. It is said that they were never released for sale commercially.

 

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[drizzlermibs]

All gorgeous but that mib on the upper row, left certainly is an eye-catcher. As is the one below it a smidge to the right. What color base does that one have?

 

[cheese]

I'll have to go pull it out and look bu tI want to say it has a transparent brown tinted base.