Antique China Marbles

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Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. 22 results for antique china marbles save antique china marbles to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed. May 21 2017 explore james goetz s board china marbles on pinterest. Make offer antique china marbles 3 porcelain marbles 2 small 1 large dug on 1890s dump coil china unglazed 7 16 used pee wee german marble g6054g.

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. This leaves a tiny rough patch on the marble which is known as the pontil. No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts. As they lack an eye appeal collectors prefer glass or china marbles to clay ones.

Commies the name for marbles originated as they were common and used by children in their marble games. This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Collection of 11 vintage clay and porcelain marbles swansongantiques.

Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Unfollow antique china marbles to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Mass production for clay marbles started when sam dyke of akron ohio invented a machine in 1884 to speed up the process of making marbles. Once done the stick is broken on its end.

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