Antique Stone Marbles Value. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. They are called benningtons because their glaze resembles that of the brown and blue glazed bennington ware pottery produced in bennington vermont during the nineteenth century. Crockery marbles most crockery or stoneware marbles were brown with a blue glaze.
They are still inexpensive and within reach of the average marble collector. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality.
Most of these are modern although there are some antique handcut tigereye marbles.
The design on the stone marbles was a result of the impurities or sand chert clay silt iron oxides. Many marble sellers do not know that there is a difference in value and the asking price. No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts. Condition is directly related to the value of vintage collectible marbles.
