Antique Crock Marbles

There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.

Antique crock marbles.

Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit. Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye. Rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. While most historians believe that the first crocks were made in france and germany they became very popular in colonial america where they were used for a variety of kitchen storage methods including fermenting canning and pickling in a brine especially for turning cabbage into sauerkraut and cucumbers into pickles.

Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library.

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Antique crock marbles have not heard of these before homemade for children s games perhaps. 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. Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide.

Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. All crock values discussed below are in usd. Hamilton and jones 1870 s. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

Make offer 146 antique vintage clay marbles hand made in new haven connecticut never used. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Find multi colored marbles with clear distinctive lines. Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide.

Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors. Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts. A collection of popular and valuable antique crocks can be found below.

Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. A basic guide to antique ceramic and porcelain crocks. 1 blue decorated stone wear crock. Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old.

Saved by anita brewer pulley. Each crock is unique and often symbolizes the time period in which is was designed. Make offer lqqk. A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too.