"Italian Marble" marbles in 1928

[bumblebee]

I am curious what "Italian Marble" marbles were in this ad from the March 1, 1928 Waxahachie Daily Light?

I have found a California Agate or two but cannot recall finding any mystery "marble" marbles next to German agates except for the much older "blood alleys".

My hunch is it was a limited import of some sort of plain milled stone marbles.

[akroorka]

Da Roberto is from Italy--lets check him out on this.

A PM is in order for sure.

Marble--On!!

[hdesousa]

Very interesting observation.  You find the neatest ads!

Your hunch is probably correct; this description could be spin for plain stone marbles, as "Italian marble is considered to be superior by many due to its purity, durability, and beautiful white color."   https://www.marbleandgranite.com/blog/2016/november-2016/what-s-so-great-about-italian-marble

However, in Jeff Carkskadden's book, top of page 76, he mentions a "white alley", a "marble fashioned from real marble", described 110 years before this ad from the Harmon Drug Co.

Perhaps at some time, marbles were made from Italian marble.

[Da Roberto]

Probably, yes, it is possible that they made marbles with Italian marble,.... from that document.

 

 

[Ric]

I was under the impression that some stone, maybe even marble, was imported to Germany. Does anyone else have ideas about this?