Marble Help?!?!?!

[brianwi]

thanks for all the helps guys, i really appreciate it
I'm also wondering, how old is it?

 

[diggerjeff]

it's about 100 years old or so.

 

[Monsonant]

Hey you guys are good ! Thats all good info . I always put a $2 "Pick " bowl of Marbles on the table when selling at flea markets The Benningtons always sell very well at that price . They also sell well if you save up a bunch and put them in a wooden bowl and sell the marbles and bowl as a lot . It has a great county look . They (along with the colored "Commies " Common Clays ) are the Non-collectors marble of choice. The pinks are pretty difficult to find and the greens are even scarcer . There are also "Specials" which are multicolored combinations of all of the above colors. Pee Wees (Under 1/2" ) are a little scarce . Anything above 1 1/2 in. is a good find.

d.e.a.
Just wanted to add that these were made a 100 years ago as jeff noted and production continued well into the 1930s.

 

[IRISH]

Anyone know the truth behind the story that Benningtons where put in the cooking pot to stop stuff sticking when it was left to simmer for days ? I've been told this by a few diggers and it would help explain the amount of them in some tips.
Photo is of a few of my ones found all around the country, largest one is a bit over an inch across and there is a tiny one in blue and another in brown, one of the brown ones is flecked with little bits of mica or some other metallic looking stuff in the glaze.

 

[kumtow]

My goodness Irish,.........you've lost your marbles.

 

[IRISH]

[] Too true kumtow [] , (they ARE all over my bedroom floor at the moment, note to all=never tip a jar of marbles onto a wooden floor [] ).

There is also four old Chinese marbles in that lot above.