American Bottle Marbles

Handmade clay agate and other stone marbles from germany date to around 1850 1900.

American bottle marbles. Posted on september 27 2012 by abastaff in marbles photo gallery. Others like some of the very large 2 onionskin s or joseph s coat marbles were made by a master glassblower as a gift something that was too big to play with but rather to be displayed. View calendar featured bottle. Leave a reply cancel reply.

Well basically although marbles were meant to used as a toy some like occasional bottles were only brought out once or twice and thrown in a drawer. Your email address will not be published. These marbles come generally in the standard 5 8 and and are considerably harder to find in the larger shooter size. There are no upcoming events.

The earliest north american marbles were found in ancient earthen mounds. 2015 american bottle auctions. There are no upcoming events. Required fields are marked name email website.

In 1870 hiram codd created codd soda bottles in england to preserve carbonation. Home photo gallery marbles. Elias grenier patented the first marble making scissors in 1849. Discovering a miller shooter in the larger size with adventurine is quite a prize for the peltier collector in today s marble collecting world.

26 comments read more. No comments read more. Posted on may 3 2019 by abastaff in 2019 galleries 2019 marbles. View calendar featured bottle.

We buy consign and sell antique bottles in our online auction including old whiskeys bitters sodas mineral waters beers inks flasks medicines historical flasks fruit and pickle jars utility barber bottles gin dutch onions nippers and more. I come by here every few days jeff looking for more beautiful glass in every shape marbles are a passion as are bottles i find i search for bottles now as much as vintage marbles the hunt is the key perhaps your website never ceases to amaze me looking forward to auction 60 i believe you were at 49 when i first found you i will be back and ready for the next one jeff take care. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. 2015 american bottle auctions.

See more ideas about bottle antiques antique bottle. 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. 2015 american bottle auctions.