Old Marble Terms

An alley can be a marble made of alabaster but it can also be another term for a shooter or taw the large marble used to knock around the smaller ones which are sometimes called mibs or.

Old marble terms. Shooter or taw a larger marble used to shoot at the marbles. Marbles are part of a wide variety 865 lots of toys trains die cast vehicles and figures that was auctioned live on ebay october 26 2003. The result of a simple coloring process patented by a l. 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.

To explain how to play marbles you should know the terminology. Marbles regular sized marbles. I have defined some of the most basic terms below. A term coined by collectors to identify stoneware marbles glazed in multiple colors and in abstract patterns appearing in some cases like random stripes of different colors.

Most new mass produced marbles are distinguished by an inner colored streak resembling a cat s eye this is a telltale sign that your marbles are not very old. Old marbles tend to exhibit complex inner streaks in glass marbles faded outer markings in solid colored or clay marbles and a light. Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals most commonly calcite or dolomite marble is typically not foliated although there are exceptions in geology the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone. Ring the playing field.

As if inspired by the artist painter jackson pollock. Know the difference between handmade individually crafted machine made ceramic or glass manufactured on a machine and contemporary modern marbles made by glass artists. Evaluate your marble collection in detail. 1 5 8 cobalt and white swirl marble br estimated 300 600 br sold for 130.

Narrow down the design of the marble and know the designs to which terms such as peppermints ribbon swirl or gooseberries refer. A glossary of marble terms. 3 4 black and blue marble br estimated 20 40 br sold for 40. Aside from the obvious all the marbles there s knuckle down and play for keeps here s a rundown of more popular terms used by marbles players and a brief description of the many games people play with marbles.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. A surprising number of terms in the american lexicon come from marbles.