Lined Earthenware Marbles

Crockery marbles are a type of clay marble that is made from two or three different colors of clay.

Lined earthenware marbles.

They are differentiated from their earlier counterparts by not only their harder paste but also by their blue green or even green bands or veins as compared to the brownish mottling or banding of the earthenware examples. Guaranteed by wed jul 22. 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. Vintage large handmade bennington brown glaze clay shooter 1 25 19 99.

These marbles are made in the same manner as salt glazed stoneware crocks and jugs and may very well have been made by the same makers. Lined crockery marbles were introduced in the late 1850s in germany. Ending jul 19 at 3 02pm pdt 3d 5h. Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in.

Lot of 6 antique vintage china clay ceramic marbles lined bullseye. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives. Collecting marbles is a game and the person with the greatest skill is the winner. There are also some lined crockery that are opaque white with thin blue and or green swirls mixed in.

Some are merely opaque white or off white marbles that were fired at a higher temperature than clays making them somewhat denser. Earthenware marbles stoneware marbles are a dense fired clay marble with salt glaze on them. Some lined crockery marbles are glazed. May 21 2017 explore james goetz s board china marbles on pinterest.

From the late 1500s through the early 1700s salt glazed stoneware marbles were made first by the dutch and then later by the germans. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. See more ideas about paperweights marble glass marbles.