Marbles With Animals Inside

Antique sulphide marble 1 1 2 horse.

Marbles with animals inside.

5 out of 5 stars 114 114 reviews 23 99. 1 16 of over 10 000 results for animal marbles price and other details may vary based on size and color. 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. An original sulphide marble in fine condition with small shallow scratches and scattered flat shallow fractures is shown in fig.

Large antique german sulphide marble 1 92 light purple with goat. Favorite add to. A sulphide has a transparent base with a sulphide figure inserted inside it. Sulphide marbles which feature animals and other figures inside clear glass are very rare as they have not been produced for around 100 years rarer still are those featuring human figures.

In fact a sulphide marble featuring teddy roosevelt sold for 4 500 in a 2011 sale. Caterpillar game net set 25 piece glass mega marbles. The scanning electron microscope was also used to gather 3 d images of the marbles surfaces. Barnyard animals household pets squirrels and birds are most common.

Antique german sulphide marble frog inside rare 1800s large shooter 2 175 00. Sulphides or figure marbles are large translucent marbles manufactured in germany from the mid 19th century up until the 1930s usually 1 1 2 or more in size they always feature a figure encased in the center which early collectors mistakenly thought was made from sulfur. They are single gather single pontil marbles. Only 10 left in stock order soon.

They are still inexpensive and within reach of the average marble collector. 3 is in only good condition and shows wider and deeper scratches plus larger irregular shaped fractures. Crockery marbles most crockery or stoneware marbles were brown with a blue glaze. They are called benningtons because their glaze resembles that of the brown and blue glazed bennington ware pottery produced in bennington vermont during the nineteenth century.

Rare light purple glass sulphide marble of a dog lying down 1 7 8 190 00 1d 3h. Fast free shipping on many items. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Antique commies are still fairly common.

Antique running dog. Make offer huge rare old german sulphide marble with hog figure inside. 5 years and up. Modern ceramic pet bowl white rust marble dog bowl animal food bowl cat dish dog food bowl water bowl dog marble pet bowl ceramic momochardostudio.

The most common figure found in a sulphide marble is an animal. Great deals on antique sulfide marbles. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.