I LOVE MARBLES Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Anyone? http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Vintage-Large-China-Marble_W0QQitemZ380213304315QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMarbles?hash=item58867a9bfb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 I've never seen a china that looks like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Me neither. Is that more carpet bowl size? Doesn't look like any carpet bowls I've seen either, but that's not saying much . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Carpet ball? or maybe crochet? I just can't make out the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Having never seen one like that The bled out black looks strange to me. I wouldn't bank any money on it being old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I LOVE MARBLES Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Looks 38mm that's just shy of 1 & 1/2". My friend Greg was thinking of bidding, kind of glad he didn't! He thought it looked like yellow ware, i see stoneware. i see signs of old....but that bleeding black, and the fact that i've never seen one, leads me to believe this is a new repro! Thank you all for your reply's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Somewhere, in the cobwebs at the back of my head, I seem to remember seeing balls like that... But, only in that tan-ish (base) color, with the slight speckles... 'Seems like they were about that size, too... Other than that, I'm drawing a blank.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Opp Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Someone paid a lot for it...I hope it turns out okay. The tan stripes look old, but those sloppy black stripes don't even come close to the quality of the tan. I think it has been fudged with. Too bad. I think someone tried to make it look like a target type ball for some lawn game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 It's an Akron made stoneware marble. I have seen two others very similar to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Here's a cousin.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Nifty. Was that found at the AMT excavation site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Norkamarbles is correct. I have seen and recall antique authentic ones like this. Still Carskadden and Gartley in their books CHINAS-HAND-PAINTED MARBLES OF THE LATE 19th CENTURY and COLONIAL PERIOD AND EARLY 19th-CENTURY CHILDREN'S TOY MARBLES show and describe remakes with similar characteristics. Sloppiness in the images or concentric patterns was not confined strictly to modern remakes and visa-versa when it comes to intricate precision. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinemades Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Nice old American stoneware. Sami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Great info, Love learning something new!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I LOVE MARBLES Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 It's an Akron made stoneware marble. I have seen two others very similar to it. Thanks Brian! Great information, i also learned from this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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