Bennington Marble - Mid to Late 1800s

[Montana Jim]

This is a marble I found and posted a long time ago... I'll share it here too. It was Identified by DuffyTrash, T-Net's own marble king.

I'll add some text from that original post as well...

From DuffyTrash:

hey jim that there is a bennington marble..a better one with the multi color...the "eyes" on it were made by the mibs touchin each other during the salt glazing..probably made in germany in the mid to late 1800s...some were made in akron ohio,but by then the glass marble industry was beginnin...nice antique marble but not too valuable, maybe 2-5$ for the fancies..bigger the better..that one looks to be less than 3/4 inch...ive seen em 1-3/8 plus...

From Montana Jim:

It's a 3/4"er. It actually has two eyes, I was wondering about them. I believe it to be lost between 1866 and 1910. The marble is NOT perfectly round and I just think it's awesome. While the value thing is cool - I have no intention of getting rid of it... it's one of my favorite finds from this area. Thanks for your help with identifying it and letting me know more!

 

[MEinWV]

Nice looking marble there, Montana! Thanks for showing it again.

HH

 

[treasurefiend]

Now that is cool, I didn't even know marbles were around that long...

 

[Pepper2004]

Very cool marble, Jim.

 

[mistergee]

neat! looks like a jaw breaker

 

[duffytrash]

some of the larger bennington or stoneware spheres were used as stop valves around oil wells or during sewer construction....