Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.
Vintage china marbles.
Patches style marbles are generally opaque.
Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that.
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Vintage marbles are typically more attractive and brighter than modern ones because they were individually made compared to the new ones that were made in high quantities.
In such cases the antique marbles could be machine made.
These vintage marbles were manufactured using a glassblowing technique inducing characteristics like bubbles and pontils.
Most chinas are painted.
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Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
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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.
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China marbles are marbles that are made with a very dense white clay and then fired at a very high temperature.
This may be a little challenging for new collectors but experienced collectors would be able to tell the difference.
It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market.
They feature three to four colors in a rough quilt like pattern.
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Identify marbles manufactured before 1950 by the vitro agate company by their patchwork of colors.
Antique bronze lizard holding large bulls eye agate marble 1920 s very rare.
Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod.
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Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.
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.
This produces a much heavier marble for the size than a clay or crockery marble.
However some vintage glass marbles could be from the transition period when machines were introduced in marble making.
Some of the decorations can be quite intricate.
Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark.
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If you know one you may want to get their help.
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Vintage original box of 90 german handmade china marbles.
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