Lutz Marble Company

Opaque lutz marble 25 000 this unique vintage marble was estimated to fetch 6 000 at auction and it ended up selling for triple that amount after a bidding war.

Lutz marble company.

In 1993 they purchased vitro agate s machinery and name thereby becoming the jabo vitro agate company. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. Is the new kid on the block who began producing industrial marbles in 1987. The most common base glass is transparent clear.

The navarre glass marble and specialty company operated in navarre ohio around the close of the nineteenth century ca. Co founder dave mccullough formerly of champion agate produced several limited runs each year marketed as classics which are unique and collectible. Rose gold lutz marble. The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f.

The mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century. The lutz is usually flanked by narrow strands usually white in color. This handmade 1 14 inch glass marble with beautiful opaque multi color swirls swirl colors as shown this marble is initialed with the letters l signifying lutz and the marble is signed with the abbreviation of the year it was made signed 16 this marble is completely handmade and gorgeous. My photo s don t come close to doing it justice.

Christensen son christensen agate akro agate and peltier glass this section. This really is a. Usa display case company po box 627 valley ne 68064 0627 or 687 county rd. A banded lutz is a marble with a single colored base glass and two sets of two bands alternating with two lutz bands.

Basically a ribbon lutz swirl is a naked ribbon core swirl with a wide thick ribbon edged on both sides by lutz or goldstone. This marble is completely handmade. 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. The lutz bands are usually edged by opaque white strands.

Accordion color base color quantity. Top base top only. Lutz is finely ground copper flakes or goldstone.