winnie Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Was on vacation in Normandy and Picardie in France,visit the glassmuseum in Blangy-sur Bresle. An employee has done some research in the archief of the museum and told me,there has been made hand made marbles from 1890 till the WW11,and after the war there have been made lots of machiene made marbles. This link shows some info about the history of the glass plants in this area. http://www.la-glass-vallee.com/en/the-glass-valley/historical/history Here are some pic- of the museum. Edited June 3, 2013 by Steph fixed date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Here are the molds for the bottles,right is a Donald Duck mold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 And Here you can see the parfum bottles And here the chemist And this marbles i've bought there in an antique shop,was told they are French. They are 13/16 The base is milkish white and almost opaque. When backlighted with a strong light,hardly any light passes through. I've never seen them before. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Neat pictures! Thanks for sharing those. The 'model' making the marbles does look like a French version of Sammy Hogue...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Fascinating. What a great display. In your opening post you said 1980 ... did you mean 1800? 1880? How many more countries will we find marbles were made in? I can hardly wait to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 thanks for the tour!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Steph,stupid me it's 1890. I'm not able to change it in the opening post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest browse4antiques Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I think I have some like those. I believe I thought they were Akro because of the base. I'll go digging in the marble jungle. ... Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyball Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Very cool! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted June 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Roger,did you found them already?? I wonder if they are made in other colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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