Old marbles Ive been totin around

[deepskyal]

Old marbles I've been totin around

Been in and out of this forum...I like looking at marbles..the glitter, glass, styles..etc. Not a collector by any means....I just think they're neat.
I knew I had some in a coffee can somewhere I found some years back....but you know how age is...just kept losing my marbles.
Finally made an all out effort and found them in the basement in the coffe can.

There's a couple I am curious about if you can ID them or tell me something about them.

The clear ones, greenish with the deep ridges in them. They're like shooters in size. Haven't seen any in my general browsing here. Odd I think for a marble and it seems to be made that way.
I did recognize that clear one with the lattice in it as the german made....latticino?

The ones thats really dark, almost black is opaque. In a good light you can see thru it.

I think the pearl looking one is kinda neat...
My fav is the one that says neat swirl...orange and black.

I labled the pics best as i could figure them out. Chinese checkers...sure looks like em anyhow...the catseyes....and just some misc ones.

I will say a few of them I found at a house I had some years back on the Southside Of Pittsburgh in an area called Hunky Hollow because of all the Polish people that settled there. The old man I bought the house from told me how him and his friends played marbles in the shanty the used to sit where I put in a garden and found them. I'm guessing a couple of the marbles got to be old...lol

Enjoy,
Al

 

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[duffytrash]

Re: Old marbles I've been totin around

ya got some neat mibs there...those large green clearies you mentioned are fiberglass ingots....they would make em for ease of transport...generally found around railroad tracks ....they could fill a car up and some would escape en route....google libby ford in wv....condition is the key on the others...i saw some vitro ....my brain haint workin too good this mornin.....

 

[allen]

Re: Old marbles I've been totin around

that is a nice assortment of marbles !

 

[silvercop]

Re: Old marbles I've been totin around