American Toy Marbles

Toy marbles manufacturers in the united states.

American toy marbles.

Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. This company was the first toy marble factory in the usa. Manta has 23 companies under toy marbles manufacturers in the united states. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.

It was manufactured on the site by the american marble toy manufacturing co. In the mid 1890s. The dyed examples were most frequently red green yellow and blue. 5 out of 5 stars 151 151 reviews 12 00.

The american marble and toy manufacturing company was founded by samuel c. The museum displays a wide range of marbles and other toys and tools from the industry. From shop oldfoundtreasures. These marbles were sold both dyed and undyed.

Dyke in 1891 in akron. They soon had their machinery producing approximately 1000 marbles per hour. Marbles more 7634 highway 69 s springville tn 38256. The american toy marble museum is located in akron ohio where some of the earliest american marbles were produced.

Arizona xiamen cwxstone co ltd unit 1702 33 hubin. Toy marbles what are some of the differences between antique and modern marbles. 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. It mass produced a million marbles a day and turned out dozens of other toys including the blue santa.

Vintage metal tin toy marble scoring game w luminescent glass marbles. The following year the two brothers consolidated their companies and operated as the american marble and toy manufacturing company until 1904. Vintage marble whacker game american toy company rare marble toy. American toy marble museum.

In 1846 a glassworker in the town of lausche invented the marbelschere or marble scissors a tool that rounded a marble in one step. Cat s eye marble green glass clear vintage toy game strand colored set marbles strand cat vane old crystal multi brown gold minnesotajunker. 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.