Lot of 21 vintage popeye corkscrew purple blue ish 1 lilac lavender marbles.
Marbles with air bubbles in them.
If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles.
Older marbles will have certain bubbles or flaws caused by the glass blowing process.
Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
Newer marbles will have slightly different colors in their designs and the designs themselves often look different.
Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.
Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s.
Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.
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.
Does air have a similar coe to glass.
Second the christensen agate version tends to have tiny air bubbles inside it which the akro version does not.
However this flaw was the distinguishing feature in recognizing antique marbles.
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.
Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.
Air bubbles are fairly common in certain machine made marbles and ive seen them used a lot in contemporary marbles as well.
These guidelines will help you identify rare antique marbles and add them to your collection.
Im a little unsure of how they can exist without cracking the marble though.
These are transparent color base marbles with opaque white swirls in them.
Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.
Marbles with air bubbles in them marbles with bubbles what does bubbles in marbles mean why are there bubbles in some marbles why do marbles have bubbles why do some marbles have air bubbles.
Bubbles were created as a result of blowing into the round blob of molten glass which was considered a flaw.
Hold the marbles up to the light and look for subtle flaws or marks that indicate the age.
Christensen agate produced slags in a variety of colors.
Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that.
Compare the colors of one type of marble to another.
Make offer lot of 21 vintage popeye corkscrew purple blue ish 1 lilac lavender marbles.
Vintage akro agate popeye corkscrew red yellow and orange 64 nm.