akronmarbles

When I get my shop squared away I would love to have you visit.

I spent hours cleaning the grooves on the Miller Machine. I used stainless steel wool scrubbing pads followed up with lots of emery cloth. I haven't used the machine since October of 2021. I coated the rolls with food grade mineral oil after the last use. It is currently in a storage unit. I need to get it moved into my garage before winter sets in.

Most likely Akro IMHO. The fine line drizzle is visible on many excavated examples from the factory site.

That would be me. lol

Not sure on the blue but the others look just like the Bulgarian marbles that can be found on ebay.

Yes it is.

Do you have photos?

They were a rubber manufacturer in the early 20's that made men's belts. Purchased the Century Rubber (Toy Balloons - Wadsworth, Ohio) plant in the 1927 - moved equipment and tooling to Ky. Made toy balloons up to about 1960 in Kentucky. Looks like they didn't get into the toy trade till after the 1927 purchase. Probably clay marbles - I would imagine they were coming out of JE Albright in Ravenna - clay marbles were made in Ravenna up till the 90's.

Yes - blown glass.

I am not sure where it is squirreled away presently. It is hollow and has a hole on one end. If I run across it soon I will snap a few more views.

Blown glass egg from the S.C. Dyke & Co. James Harvey Leighton helped get their glass marble making division started in November 1890. This was also the first factory where JH Leighton made glass marbles in the US. This piece may have even been made by Leighton as there were no glass blowers in Akron that I am aware of prior to this shop starting operations.

Here is one that I own - measures around 3/4". Has green, red, and yellow on a black base glass.

It was the "broken gold lutz" that turned into the oxblood. Large copper crystals in glass = "gold lutz", while smaller sized crystals = oxblood. I have made both colors from scratch and they exist on a continuum. Very small size grains produce opaque orange.

You are brave to display like that. Between kids and pets, I have always kept my marbles and hand blown glass bottles boxed up. Would love to have a room with built in glass door display cabinets.