With the hundreds of marbles that are distinct in color size and patterns three common toy marbles stand out.
Toy marble types and colors.
A sulphide with a colored glass sphere or with a painted figure inside is also very rare and brings a high price.
The beautiful colors ribbons and patterns made them popular among children in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Clouds like end of day marbles these marbles were individually made.
Like other types of antique marbles sulphides have been reproduced and faked in large quantities.
Cat s eye superman and onionskin.
Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.
Manufactured by the peltier glass company in the 1940s and jabo inc.
Green marble is widely used in bedrooms bathrooms and kitchens.
Shooter any marble but in a bigger size.
Part one of our marble series presents the basics on this ancient and ever popular toy including the types of marbles and its history.
Non glass marbles marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.
Cat s eye superman and onionskin.
Glass marbles are famous among marble collectors today.
Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.
A modern type of marble gob fed in red green sometimes white colors.
Visit this section for a brief history of handmade marble manufacture and to see an image library to help you identify various types of handmade marbles.
Whereas with dark green combined with creams or greys we achieve more elegant ambiences.
The interior colors blue red yellow white or green are in the shape of a hot air balloon and seem to float like a cloud in the transparent marble.
A players name for a popular glass marble.
Whether produced by a device or by hand specific types of marbles possess recognizable colors and designs.
They are clear glass spheres with bits of colored glass suspended within.
With the hundreds of marbles that are distinct in color size and patterns three common toy marbles stand out.
Intense green combined with a white marble conveys freshness to its setting even managing to soften it.
These are the most sought after type of marbles.
Color is added to the main batch and additional glass streams are combined with the main stream in a variety of ways.
Green marble presents in different shades.
Whether produced by a device or by hand specific types of marbles possess recognizable colors and designs.
