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    First real marble find

    Those are marbles used for the manufacture of fiberglass....
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    A bunch of broken Pontiled locals, and what they taught me

    These bottles were puntied up on the blow pipes they were created on - you see it on puffs, flasks, etc. Note that the pontil diameter and thickness is always the same as the bottle top. I have stuck up pieces like this before - glass blower for 20+ years.
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    X-CEL Dairy quart - where from?

    I just found a "X-CEL DAIRY INC" quart milk bottle. I cannot find anything on the internet or this site about it. Any help would be appreciated. Has a "X" on the base.
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    2300 year old glass bottle (alabastron) for sale.

    Eastern Mediterranean glass core-formed alabastron. $2500 Size: Measures 133 mm tall. Body diameter is 27.8 mm. Neck diameter is 17.6 mm. Top flared lip has a diameter of 33.1 mm. Opening is 9 mm. Comes with a museum display stand made of wood and metal - shown in the first image. Age...
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    When were the clay marbles made?

    Clay marbles were made as toys into the 1940's. They are still manufactured for industrial applications today. In the 1890's and early years of the 20th century - the US plants made over a million a day. Most clay marbles are not as old as people believe they are.
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    Father/Son Wood Liner

    Yes...akronmarbles is my website. The company made lots of different ceramic toys.
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    Father/Son Wood Liner

    The boot was made in Akron, Ohio by the American Marble & Toy Manufacturing Co, sometime between 1891 and 1904. Originally came with a cork in the hole. All of these were found at the factory site including the two rejects that are glazed together.
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    Some of my Marbles

    Looks like an MFC to me....
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    Ancient Digs! + In Situs!

    Digswithstick - that's a nice bi facial blade you show there. It looks to be made out of Plum Run chert from Alliance, Ohio. Where exactly are you located in PA?
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    Ancient Digs! + In Situs!

    RE: Ancient Digs! Here's an Adena projectile point I found last weekend while digging an old farm dump. It was mixed right in with toc trash. It's made of nice Coshocton flint and measures 3.5" long.
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    BETTER PICS HAND BLOWN BOTTLES

    I have one exactly like yours. I always interpreted it as a cologne.
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    Ceramic Dog...

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    Ceramic Dog...

    It was made in Akron, Ohio in the early 1890's. It was a toy and not a cane topper. I have this same figure in Albany slip brown and mustard yellow but am missing the blue - want to sell it? lol There is also a cat figurine - I have it in the blue, brown and mustard already. The blue dog...
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    Talk about a crier

    It's called a diamond or pineapple mold - I have two of them in my glass shop. They are tricky to use..... Here's what one looks like on the inside: http://steinertindustries.com/osc/product_info.php?cPath=24_38&products_id=43 The ones I have are not split.
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    Today's goodies

    It is a piece of a sagger. These are ceramic containers used to fire smaller ceramic items
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