Olde good things is proud to offer a constantly changing range of antique marble slabs in various colors and finishes.
Antique handcut marble pictures.
Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.
Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles.
Following the outbreak of world war i sales of american machine made marbles grew as german exports were banned.
Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.
Antique handmade marbles are works of glass art and old world craftsmanship highly prized by marble collectors.
Ever wondered what life in the 18th and 17th century must have been like.
A red vintage marble standing out of a crowd of blue marbles isolated on white collection of hand cut ground banded vintage agate marbles r.
Unlike the newer ones these marbles did not shatter.
Antique marble floors and walls.
Earlier marbles were collected and used for playing games.
Block with over 500 pictures of different marbles is an excellent guide to refer to.
For this reason they are sometimes called german swirls but most collectors refer to them as handmades.
A popular material for kitchens bathrooms and living areas marble is unique and offers untapped design potential.
The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt.
Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
Early handmade examples produced in germany are particularly sought after.
Identifying glass marbles glass quality.
3 4 black and blue marble br estimated 20 40 br sold for 40.
Therefore high quality glass was used in old glass marbles.
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Etro quartz stone speres sitting on white sand with game pouch toy bag green red orange.
1 5 8 cobalt and white swirl marble br estimated 300 600 br sold for 130.
Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer.
Millions of marbles with.
Marbles are part of a wide variety 865 lots of toys trains die cast vehicles and figures that was auctioned live on ebay october 26 2003.
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Usually they are machine made or contemporary.
The marble collectors handbook by robert s.
A new era of art science discovery and empire building was upon humanity.
Most were made in germany from the late 1840s until around about 1915 and most are the swirl variety.
