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glass ball - 6/30/2005 10:03:03 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi everyone, dug this a couple of weeks ago. it's a solid glass ball. any ideal what it was used for? thanks, rhona Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: glass ball - 6/30/2005 11:32:08 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2020 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline RHONA...some early Victorian furniture had "Ball & Claw" feet...the Claw being made of iron, and the Ball being made of clear glass. Have seen several sizes of these Balls...perhaps your find was one...? _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 2

RE: glass ball - 7/1/2005 2:48:27 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Hi Rhona, At that size it looks like marble. KAT _____________________________ "...Just don't let me mistake you for a mouse." (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 3

RE: glass ball - 7/3/2005 11:28:49 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi whiskeyman and kat, thanks for looking and ideals. i think it's to large for a marble. has any one every found a marble larger then a quarter? thanks rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 4

RE: glass ball - 7/4/2005 8:02:46 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5162 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online There were marbles a lot bigger than a quarter... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=772&item=5982895200&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 5

RE: glass ball - 7/4/2005 4:57:11 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline A friend of mine just dug a marble that's close to two inches across , it's a nice colourfull pattern inside too. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 6

RE: glass ball - 7/4/2005 11:07:19 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi guntherhess & irish, thanks for the information. WOW that marble went for $285. did they ever make clear marbles? i have found about a doz. marbles where i'm digging. how do they date marbles? hey irish, i bet your friend was happy. thanks again, rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 7

RE: glass ball - 7/5/2005 3:32:31 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Hi Rhona, Over here at least,we used to call those big marbles "Bongies". KAT _____________________________ "...Just don't let me mistake you for a mouse." (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 8

RE: glass ball - 7/5/2005 11:17:39 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi kat, the only name i remenber from when i was a kid is "shooters" for the larger ones. i don't remenber any as large as the clear one. this is a pic. of the marbles i found in the 1900 to 1930 dump i'm digging. thanks for looking, rhona Attachment (1) (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 9

RE: glass ball - 7/7/2005 10:39:48 AM    diggerjeff Posts: 555 Joined: 7/4/2004 From: central illinois Status: offline i have collected marbles for 20 years , and the large one is not a marble! i am with whiskeyman, this is the ball from a victorian claw foot somthing! a small table or something of that nature. _____________________________ diggerjeff I DIG, THEREFORE I AM. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 10

RE: glass ball - 7/11/2005 5:28:13 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 528 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline Yep, that's what it be, fo sure. Ball from a furniture foot. Mike (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 11

RE: glass ball - 7/11/2005 9:56:54 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi diggerjeff and mike , thanks for looking and information on the glass ball. do you know anything about the marbles i found? thanks rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 12

RE: glass ball - 7/12/2005 8:56:00 AM    diggerjeff Posts: 555 Joined: 7/4/2004 From: central illinois Status: offline the light blue and light green are game marbles. chines checkers. the big white one is a china shooter. the orange and green at top is called a helmet.the red and white is a christiansen flame .the light blue and yellow i think is a peltier.the deep purple and the deep blues are slag glass . cant tell on the rest. the china is oldest followed by the slags. the rest date 1920-1940 or so. _____________________________ diggerjeff I DIG, THEREFORE I AM. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 13

RE: glass ball - 7/12/2005 10:41:37 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi diggerjeff, thanks sooooo much for the information. it's almost as good as finding the marbles. went digging today for a while, the only thing i found that wasn't broken was a pretty green and mustard yellow marble. thanks again, rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 14

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