Antique Crock Marbles

Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod.

Antique crock marbles.

All crock values discussed below are in usd. Saved by anita brewer pulley. Antique toys vintage toys vintage antiques antique glass marble art glass marbles jolie photo glass paperweights glass ball. Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old.

Find multi colored marbles with clear distinctive lines. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. 146 antique vintage clay marbles hand made in new haven connecticut never used.

Each crock is unique and often symbolizes the time period in which is was designed. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. Make offer lqqk. Rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality.

Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. While most historians believe that the first crocks were made in france and germany they became very popular in colonial america where they were used for a variety of kitchen storage methods including fermenting canning and pickling in a brine especially for turning cabbage into sauerkraut and cucumbers into pickles. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide.

1 blue decorated stone wear crock. Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors. Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide. Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. 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.

This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit. A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too. 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.

Antique crock marbles have not heard of these before homemade for children s games perhaps. People also love these ideas. A collection of popular and valuable antique crocks can be found below. Make offer 146 antique vintage clay marbles hand made in new haven connecticut never used.