Marble Ponti L

After the marble was made the creator ground the pontil mark down to create the.

Marble ponti l.

Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in. During this procedure a stick is used where the marble is attached. The glass was a little too cool when it sheared off into the machine. Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child s play.

Once done the stick is broken on its end. Rare peltier 7 8 saturn bloodie w milky clear base rainbo opalescent. The pontil is characterized by a tiny finger of glass that is folded over at the cut off point and partially melted into the marble surface. 3 4 black and blue marble br estimated 20 40 br sold for 40.

Rare mint alley agate 5 8 monochromatic yellow flame w aventurine. Most vintage marbles were made by hand through the process called glassblowing. The marbles are rare. Marbles are part of a wide variety 865 lots of toys trains die cast vehicles and figures that was auctioned live on ebay october 26 2003.

Almost all have a transparent clear base. After the marble was made the creator ground the pontil mark down to create the slightly rough yet flat mark on the bottom. Pontil marks are rounder and do not follow a pattern. Look for the pontil.

1 5 8 cobalt and white swirl marble br estimated 300 600 br sold for 130. This leaves a tiny rough patch on the marble which is known as the pontil. Fold pontil transitionals are also rarer than melted pontils. 1 3 4 jenny lind bust rare german marble mint condition faceted pontil.

A confetti marble is a transparent glass base with small flecks or chips of colored glass forming a layer near the pontil of the marble. The single pontil will not be as evident as on most other types of transitional slags and will be evident as an irregularly smooth area on one pole. This pontil is formed by a similar process to the pinpoint pontil. Feel the pontil mark and determine how rough it is.

Feel the pontil mark and determine how rough it is. Round pontil marks with a slightly rough texture that are still fairly smooth indicate what is known as a ground pontil mark according to akron marbles 1. I have only seen one with a transparent colored base and that one was blue. Round pontil marks with a slightly rough texture that are still fairly smooth indicate what is known as a ground pontil mark according to akron marbles.