Marble Collecting Terms

A glossary of marble terms.

Marble collecting terms.

Marbles are categorized by many factors including condition size type manufacturer artisan age style materials scarcity and the existence of original packaging which is further rated in terms of condition. Non glass marbles marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. 3 4 black and blue marble br estimated 20 40 br sold for 40. Know the difference between handmade individually crafted machine made ceramic or glass manufactured on a machine and contemporary modern marbles made by glass artists.

A marble collectors term for the american cornelian marble manufactured by the m. Narrow down the design of the marble and know the designs to which terms such as peppermints ribbon swirl or gooseberries refer. Christensen son company from 1905 to 1917 in akron ohio. Marbles are part of a wide variety 865 lots of toys trains die cast vehicles and figures that was auctioned live on ebay october 26 2003.

1 5 8 cobalt and white swirl marble br estimated 300 600 br sold for 130. It is a hand gathered machine made marble using the rare oxblood color of glass.