Name/Title
Glass MarblesDescription
A collection of five glass marblesCataloged By
Courtney MahlerResearch Notes
Research Type
ResearcherPerson
Courtney MahlerDate
Oct 27, 2024Notes
Archaeologists speculate that the small clay balls found in the pyramid tombs of Egyptian kinds were produced for marble games.
Toward the end of the nineteenth century American entrepreneurs began to vie for a share of the German-dominated marble industry. Early attempts to compete with Germain production of handmade marbles provided commercially unsuccessful.
James Leighton, who founded and worked for a variety of turn of the century marbles companies, developed a new tool, a mold on a pair of tongs. This tool made it possible to create glass marbles that had only one pontil, the rough mark left on the glass when it was removed from a long steel rod called the punty. These marbles, today known as transitions, were a first step on the path top producing machine made marbles. They were made between 1896 and 1901.
Most marbles for sale online claiming to be from the Civil War era are fraudulent, they are reproductions painted clay with a star design.
It if difficult to know if these five marbles are modern artifacts (although they show signs of wear_ or glass marbles that were brought over from Germany. The United States did not begin mass production of glass marbles until after the Civil War ended.
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https://www.imarbles.com/historyofmarbles.php
https://www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/clay-marblesCreated By
anthropologyandsociology@uno.eduCreate Date
October 28, 2024Updated By
anthropologyandsociology@uno.eduUpdate Date
November 1, 2024
