American Toy Marbles

Antique cane cut glass marbles though some speculate that glass spheres produced near ancient rome were used as marbles the earliest glass toy marbles were made in germany in the middle of the nineteenth century.

American toy marbles.

Favorite add to 50 colorful marbles swirl marbles vintage marbles oldfoundtreasures. Vintage metal tin toy marble scoring game w luminescent glass marbles. Dyke in 1891 in akron. Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.

Toy marbles what are some of the differences between antique and modern marbles. The museum displays a wide range of marbles and other toys and tools from the industry. These marbles were sold both dyed and undyed. In 1846 a glassworker in the town of lausche invented the marbelschere or marble scissors a tool that rounded a marble in one step.

The american marble and toy manufacturing company was founded by samuel c. It mass produced a million marbles a day and turned out dozens of other toys including the blue santa. In the mid 1890s. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.

Make offer vintage marble game in wooden box with handle 1 2 glass wood marbles small. Cat s eye marble green glass clear vintage toy game strand colored set marbles strand cat vane old crystal multi brown gold minnesotajunker. The following year the two brothers consolidated their companies and operated as the american marble and toy manufacturing company until 1904. Marbles more 7634 highway 69 s springville tn 38256.

The dyed examples were most frequently red green yellow and blue. Arizona xiamen cwxstone co ltd unit 1702 33 hubin. This company was the first toy marble factory in the usa. From shop oldfoundtreasures.

Manta has 23 companies under toy marbles manufacturers in the united states. Vintage marble whacker game american toy company rare marble toy. They soon had their machinery producing approximately 1000 marbles per hour. The american toy marble museum is located in akron ohio where some of the earliest american marbles were produced.

American toy marble museum. Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod.