American Toy Marbles

It mass produced a million marbles a day and turned out dozens of other toys including the blue santa.

American toy marbles.

Dyke in 1891 in akron. Marbles more 7634 highway 69 s springville tn 38256. In the mid 1890s. Make offer vintage marble game in wooden box with handle 1 2 glass wood marbles small.

The dyed examples were most frequently red green yellow and blue. This company was the first toy marble factory in the usa. 5 out of 5 stars 151 151 reviews 12 00. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.

Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. The american toy marble museum is located in akron ohio where some of the earliest american marbles were produced. Antique cane cut glass marbles though some speculate that glass spheres produced near ancient rome were used as marbles the earliest glass toy marbles were made in germany in the middle of the nineteenth century. Toy marbles manufacturers in the united states.

It was manufactured on the site by the american marble toy manufacturing co. Favorite add to 50 colorful marbles swirl marbles vintage marbles oldfoundtreasures. The following year the two brothers consolidated their companies and operated as the american marble and toy manufacturing company until 1904. These marbles were sold both dyed and undyed.

Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. The american marble and toy manufacturing company was founded by samuel c. From shop oldfoundtreasures. Toy marbles what are some of the differences between antique and modern marbles.

American toy marble museum. They soon had their machinery producing approximately 1000 marbles per hour. Manta has 23 companies under toy marbles manufacturers in the united states. Vintage marble whacker game american toy company rare marble toy.

In 1846 a glassworker in the town of lausche invented the marbelschere or marble scissors a tool that rounded a marble in one step. The museum displays a wide range of marbles and other toys and tools from the industry. Cat s eye marble green glass clear vintage toy game strand colored set marbles strand cat vane old crystal multi brown gold minnesotajunker.