Vintage Clay Marbles

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Vintage clay marbles.

There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. Vintage collection of clear yellow red marbles 6 jar mixed lot. This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. Foil clays are small usually less than 1 2 diameter clays with a metallic coating on them.

Lot 72 vintage clay marbles striped china bennington blue brown purple red. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Only 1 available and it s in 2 people s carts. Well you re in luck because here they come.

Vintage glass and clay marbles lot of 150 germany. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. Clay marbles were first made in america in 1884 by the akron toy company. Glazed or unglazed they were colored in tans reds and browns of the clays they were made.

Make offer 146 antique vintage clay marbles hand made in new haven connecticut never used. Vintage clay marbles over 20. Despite being antiques these clay commies are still common today and not really collectible. Favorite add to collection of 11 vintage clay and porcelain marbles swansongantiques.

Colored clay marbles were referred to as polished. There are 83 antique clay marbles for sale on etsy and they cost 38 71 on average. Clay marbles are usually found in their natural tan color but they may also be dyed. 146 antique vintage clay marbles hand made in new haven connecticut never used.

The dyed marbles are usually found in red blue brown green or yellow. No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts. The most popular color. Time left 1d 20h left.

The most common antique clay marbles material is metal. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Beginning around 1840 a factory in ohio was producing clay marbles at a rate of 100 000 per day. Billions of the plain clay marbles were made in the usa from 1884 until about 1950.

Originally clay marbles were the least expensive marbles. Prior to 1884 they were imported from germany.