Marbles over the years

[chukers]

Here are some of the marbles I have found over the years while detecting... any ideas? I have no clue... I know a few are old one is even brass I think (is that even a marble?) the big one is some kind of clay?

age? value? Any comments welcome.

Chukers

[jdsarasin8194]

It looks like the one in the top right of the pic isnt a marble, but a musket ball

[chukers]

It looks like the one in the top right of the pic isnt a marble, but a musket ball

its not metal its like a light stone or clay

[jdsarasin8194]

It looks like the one in the top right of the pic isnt a marble, but a musket ball

its not metal its like a light stone or clay

Then I have no idea, looked like lead

[mastereagle22]

They did make clay marbles. But they also made clay Pie weights

I wonder if Danglangley is still around he knew about marbles.

[Felinepeachy]

I like the red one

[chukers]

I am more interested in finding info on the 3 marbles on the right... the blue one looks hand made I dunno about the clay one the red one is pretty to look through...

[duffytrash]

hard to tell with that pic but the bigger blue one looks like a bennington...is it glass...more pics would help

[Marbleguy]

There's basically three types of old marblers...clay,Bennington and the catch-all description West Virginia Swirls. It's possible to become a marble collector rocket scientist in which case minuatae matters. But for the average folk who find marbles and know they wer'nt dropped there yesterday but 50 or so years ago the pleasure is envisioning an era during which children played innocently. America indeed the world was a far different environment back then. That innocence has been lost and today's children are at great danger from an increasingly monstrous society.

[chukers]

hard to tell with that pic but the bigger blue one looks like a bennington...is it glass...more pics would help

First looks and feel like some kind of clay
Second is a Glassy and Translucent
Third looks like a painted hand rolled porcelain marble

Now theses are observation from an untrained eye... so I really don't know...

Chukers

[chukers]

Anyone?

[duffytrash]

clay....clearie or purie...everybody made them and the third is a bennington...marble guy was you being insultingifn you was it didnt take...

[chukers]

clay....clearie or purie...everybody made them and the third is a bennington...marble guy was you being insultingifn you was it didnt take...

any ideas on the age of those three?

[duffytrash]

after the invention of the marble rollin machine in the latter teens it became not cost effective to make clay or bennington marbles...glass marbles could be made cheaper and by more volume by less people....(sound familiar??)...the clearies were made since then til now so theres no way the marble can be dated unless you have provenance.....the clays and bennington were made in the 1870s til the 20s...benningtons are simply glazed clays....lots were made in germany and a plant in akron ohio made them...google akron marbles for more info...