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Can hand made marbles be hot glued without damaging them?


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These marbles were found in our family's ancestral farm house (it dates back to 1804 and was built by a Revolutionary War veteran). I'd like to mount them in shadowbox frames for my cousins and myself, as keepsakes (because otherwise, they're just sitting in an old pouch in an old box).  I would hate to do anything that would damage them, and was wondering if anyone knows if using hot glue would be ok?

I suppose I should try to identify them and attach value to them, but that's a secondary concern.

Thanks for reading!

 

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Hi.  Welcome.  I think it would be a nice idea.  I don't think hot glue would damage this particular version of ceramic marbles.  And they're not particularly valuable so you don't need to worry about that.  Capturing the sentiment and charm in shadow boxes would be lovely. 

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These old styles look good grouped together in an antique bowl or crock.

One of the joys of old marbles is being able to handle them and hear them click together, or even play with them, so I personally wouldn't glue them to anything.

As Steph said, these aren't particular valuable in the raw but given the sentimental and real historical association of them with your people and that property, they're pretty invaluable.

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