Anyone know about marbles

[jtw1313]

I found this bag of marbles inside four of them were wrapped and tied in tissue..........the ones to the right of the bowl.........tgat blue one is crazy looking

 

[Old Pueblo]

Great question, I was thinking about starting this thread myself earlier today. I found some marbles today I wanted to know more about. One is clay, so its old, and the others are old too but how old is the question. You can see them here, and hopefully someone can tell us more. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/546204-more-fun-arizona-sun-need-id.html

 

[Old Pueblo]

I see there are some clay ones mixed in. They're probably pretty old, then. I think the marble glass cutter was first patented about 1902, but I could be wrong. Glass marbles did exist before that, though.

 

[jtw1313]

I put a pick of just the clay ones........it looks like some of the glass ones were blown

 

[Old Pueblo]

Check this out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(toy)

 

[Old Pueblo]

And are you in the USA? Canada? Europe?

 

[jtw1313]

USA they were all tied up in lil sock/bag in a Attic

 

[SteveOrygun]

Those are mine, I lost them years ago or so some say..

 

[jtw1313]

Lol

 

[longcut]

we have a marble forum ,,,,,,,, smart guys on there ..........

 

[trdking]

Kids books Pirates lore always had tales of Pirates hiding gemstones in Clay balls. I squashed every clay marble I found! Alas No Diamonds

 

[jtw1313]

Thank I posted over in marble fourm to I didn't know there was one

 

[sawmill man]

Not to hijack the thread ,but i know a story about some Indian marbals , a guy traded for about a half a sack full one time years ago. he then carried them home ,pored them in a big wash tub of water to clean them and they dissolved ,found out real quick they were goat poop.

 

[sawmill man]

I do believe you have some nice older ones there.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Thank I posted over in marble fourm to I didn't know there was one

Me neither

 

[jtw1313]

I think they are all asleep on that fourm lol........

 

[bill_wabo]

They usually answer pretty fast, moxie and cheese know their stuff.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Where is this marble forum located?

 

[NOLA_Ken]

For some reason I'm not sure I even knew there was a marble section here.... I've got a can of really neat ones that I pulled out of an estate dumpster I need to post there. I know pretty much zero about marbles other than I find them every time I dig.

 

[bill_wabo]

under Artifacts forum, you'll find the marbles category. Click Forum--> Artifact Forums --> Marbles. Sorry for the delay, was on vacation. Good luck!