Oddly Labeled

[AvvaRae]

👀These were in a local estate auction. They were labeled as Marbles and with a lot of other marbles (ones the I could visibly recognize as marbles) 

✨My question is did they use Banded Onyx for marbles? 

✨Would they have been this large? 

✨Or is this a mis-label from the auctioneer? 

 

I collect Minerals so I am used to seeing spheres but being labeled as a Antique/Vintage marble is something I've never seen with minerals this far. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated 😊

 

 

 

 

[akroorka]

Here is a link to some images of what were sold as marbles and used for playing the game.

https://marbleconnection.com/topic/32644-agate-hunting/#comment-282961

Many glass marble makers used the name agate in the company name or the names of individual marbles that they made.

The stone agates were the big competition when glass marble making started to expand. They were produced in germany, on our west coast and possibly a few other arenas as well.

I will post an image below of one that has been used and used and used. They were hard to break and they beat up the the glass marbles quite frequently.

All of the little eyes on the marble in the image are hit marks.

The brighter image is backlit.

I think that yours are orbs--not marbles, or designed to be played in the game--imho.

Marble--On!!

[AvvaRae]

Thank you for all this information!!! Very interesting!!! Puts a little depth into the agate title I appreciate that. 

I peaked at the post with the really agate beautiful marbles ... 

 

Have a an awesome day 🤗

 

[Nantucketdink]

Some might call them stone spheres instead of marbles no matter the size