The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt.
Antique handcut marble pictures.
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.
Antique handmade marbles are works of glass art and old world craftsmanship highly prized by marble collectors.
Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles.
Early handmade examples produced in germany are particularly sought after.
Size quality and design.
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Identifying glass marbles glass quality.
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For this reason they are sometimes called german swirls but most collectors refer to them as handmades.
Earlier marbles were collected and used for playing games.
Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
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Antique marbles are collected the world over with rare examples traded for thousands of dollars.
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Modern marble is simpler and slicker while vintage marble tends to offer more opulent marbling and ornate colors.
Block with over 500 pictures of different marbles is an excellent guide to refer to.
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Therefore high quality glass was used in old glass marbles.
Most were made in germany from the late 1840s until around about 1915 and most are the swirl variety.
Usually they are machine made or contemporary.
Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer.
Unlike the newer ones these marbles did not shatter.
