Just becoming familiar with the many kinds of toy marbles available and different marble manufacturers can be an intimidating process.
Different types of toy marbles.
The process for making marbles has changed over the years as new materials and technologies spread.
With a range of colors measurements and patterns marbles can be tough to identify at times.
Around 1950 companies in japan began to make cat eye style marbles which were so popular and inexpensive that most.
Marbles have been made of all kinds of materials throughout history.
A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
Vintage marbles were made by a variety of manufacturers in many different colors patterns and styles.
Marbles have been a toy since the 1800s and became collector s items starting in the 1940s.
More recently they have been made of actual marble clay porcelain glass and steel.