Marbles 101 Pix

[Clam]

These are jaspers or varigated clay marbles, white & reddish brown jaspers are as early as the 1770's. Jaspers made with blue or green could not have been made until after 1858 because thats when the technique for making blue & green clays were developed.

 

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These are lined crockery marbles and they date to the 1860's. these were made by rolling "blank" crockery marbles across canvas soaked with blue or green dyes.

 

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These are mica marbles a form of handmade glass marble....

 

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Here are a variety of German handmade marbles. The first patent for making glass marbles was applied for in Germany in 1848....

 

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And last but not least here are a bunch of machine made marbles.....The first patented design of a automatic marble making machine was in 1902 by M.F Christensen

 

[Clam]

I almost forgot these and thats strange because these are my favorite. Here are some painted china marbles. The first of these appeared around 1780 in southern Germany and most of those were unglazed. Painted chinas did not appear in America until the early 1840's. These marbles are valued anywhere from $5 to $11,500

 

[JOETHECROW]

ORIGINAL: Clam

Here is a pic after I polished them.....

Did you use a rock polisher Clam? Those look great. Thanks for posting your marbles. Very nice.

 

[Clam]

I just used a dremel tool and some polishing compound...

 

[LC]

Super nice collection of swirls ! I like most of the others as well , but the swirls always seem to catch my eye more for some reason .

 

[idigjars]

Nice collection. Thank you for sharing it with us. Paul