Marbles Handmade Or Machine Made

A few marble companies remain in the united states today including marble king and jabo inc.

Marbles handmade or machine made.

Shooters 3 4 7 8 jumbos 15 16 up. This increased the prices of handmade marbles. 5 out of 5 stars 46 46 reviews 9 99. Separate marbles into groups of hand made or machine made.

Christensen son christensen agate akro agate and peltier glass. The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f. Handmade art glass marbles machine made player black clay marbles from 1 2 5 8 game marbles lot 440 marbles for games and crafts after9marbles. As those prices began to move up at a rapid rate collectors found that they could acquire many beautiful and colorful machine made marbles for the price of a single handmade marble.

A pontil is a rough mark on a handmade marble which was caused when the marble was cut off of the cane the glass rod they were formed on. The marbles listed on this page are all vintage machine made marbles circa 1910 1960. Machine made marbles 1980 current. Most marbles however are manufactured in mexico and china.

Favorite add to. To determine if they were handmade look for the pontil mark to determine how they were created.