Antique Stone Marbles

Most of these are modern although there are some antique handcut tigereye marbles.

Antique stone marbles.

A number of other mineral spheres are available. Though they weren t as appealing as glass marbles they weren t as rough as the clay ones either. Showing examples and identification of the major american glass marble maker pieces. Agates or aggies by the middle of the nineteenth century marbles made of agate had become so popular that the word aggie a nickname for agate came to be used for all stone marbles.

A new era of art science discovery and empire building was upon humanity. 3 large natural stone toy marbles hand made yard games nearly 1 5 150 00 5 00 shipping. Antique marble floors and walls. This article discusses the beauty and the magic of marbles noting their popularity their uses the materials they are made from and where collectors can find them.

Very old handmade painted stone marbles. Antique marbles of stone pottery and glass. Among the more readily available are tigereye onyx goldstone malachite snowflake obsidian and quartz. Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old.

Many were quarried and ground in germany and then exported to america and other countries. Make offer very old handmade painted stone marbles. These vintage marbles were manufactured using a glassblowing technique inducing characteristics like bubbles and pontils. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

Guided tour and discussion of my antique machine made marble collection. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Watson april 3rd 2009. Ever wondered what life in the 18th and 17th century must have been like.

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. These marble names refer to categories of marbles. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. The design on the stone marbles was a result of the impurities or sand chert clay silt iron oxides.

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. Make offer estate collection of 17 antique hand made natural stone marbles.