glass ball

[Trying not to break it]

hi everyone, dug this a couple of weeks ago. it's a solid glass ball. any ideal what it was used for? thanks, rhona

 

[whiskeyman]

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...?

 

[bigkitty53]

Hi Rhona,
At that size it looks like marble.

KAT

 

[Trying not to break it]

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

 

[GuntherHess]

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

 

[IRISH]

A friend of mine just dug a marble that's close to two inches across [] , it's a nice colourfull pattern inside too.

 

[Trying not to break it]

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

 

[bigkitty53]

Hi Rhona,
Over here at least,we used to call those big marbles "Bongies".

KAT

 

[Trying not to break it]

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

 

[diggerjeff]

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.