akronmarbles

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.

Scott was a character. He came up and played in my glass shop several times. He had been dealing with health issues for years. I always told Scott that he was a walking miracle. Glad I was able to talk with him a several weeks ago before he passed. RIP bud.

90% of my marble related collection would fit in this category. I have had things packed up for 10+ years. It will be fun to rediscover my hoard.

That is an American made stoneware marble from Akron. The other 4 in your group shot could be from anywhere. I found ZERO examples of these in Akron during my numerous excavations - nor am I aware of any from original packaging. There is indeed a patent that describes decorating marbles in a process that would create designs like this - for sure there are glazed specimens and I found plenty of these - but only solid colored "painted clays" were ever excavated.

This is The Standard Toy Marble Co. The founder and owner was Frank J. Brown. He is the gentleman standing on the right in the first image. Frank Brown first started making marbles while employed by Sam Dyke. After Sam partnered up with his brother and formed American Marble & Toy Mfg - Frank went off and formed his own company in his back yard in East Akron.