Potential Marble IDs/Info

[fieldsjoe89]

Would anyone happen to know anything about the following marbles, such as age and make? The orange looking marble I found in a ditch dug next to a 1910-1920s home and I believe it may be fire cracked on the inside. The blue and white marble I found in a city stream while looking for bottles.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

DR.ÖTEK Metal Detector, Waterproof Gold Detector, Pinpoint & Terrain Modes, Professional Metal Detector - Grab it through Amazon!

[vpnavy]

Until a member pipes in - I pulled this reference from another TN thread it might help ID the marble(s)...

The Marble Collectors Society of America
Online Marble Identification Guide

​

 

[fieldsjoe89]

Until a member pipes in - I pulled this reference from another TN thread it might help ID the marble(s)...

The Marble Collectors Society of America
Online Marble Identification Guide

​

Thanks for the response, that is a really great resource.

 

[cheese]

The first is a "fried marble". They were sold in kits in the 60s, you woul dput the marble in an oven and then in ice water and it would crackle like this. The blue and white marble is a West Virginia Swirl from the 40s or 50s.

 

[pepperj]

As a kid we'd take the crystal marbles, put them on the wood stove, then throw them into the cold water. We traded them for a premium at school.