Collectable Marbles Restoring Machine

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.

Collectable marbles restoring machine.

Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit. Shooters 3 4 7 8 jumbos 15 16 up. 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. However some vintage glass marbles could be from the transition period when machines were introduced in marble making.

Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. These vintage marbles were manufactured using a glassblowing technique inducing characteristics like bubbles and pontils. Christensen son christensen agate akro agate and peltier glass. 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.

Machine made marbles the mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century. The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f. Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors. The marbles listed on this page are all vintage machine made marbles circa 1910 1960.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. In such cases the antique marbles could be machine made. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that.