Antique Marble Names List With Pictures

Many were quarried and ground in germany and then exported to america and other countries.

Antique marble names list with pictures.

Computer games are a favorite with children today and games like ringer marble arch lagging etc playing with marbles are yet to captivate the minds of these young ones. These marble names refer to categories of marbles. If i go in the way back machine seriously who didn t just love rocky and bullwinkle i can remember my article by dinah garcia. Marbles are part of a wide variety 865 lots of toys trains die cast vehicles and figures that was auctioned live on ebay october 26 2003.

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. Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with. Hobbyzeal s collection of marbles reveals some secrets on how to identify antique marbles for your collection. 1 5 8 cobalt and white swirl marble br estimated 300 600 br sold for 130.

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. Whether produced by a device or by hand specific types of marbles possess recognizable. Marble day types of marbles. Just becoming familiar with the many kinds of toy marbles available and different marble manufacturers can be an intimidating process.

Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. With a range of colors measurements and patterns marbles can be tough to identify at times.