A pontil is a rough mark on a handmade marble which was caused when the marble was cut off of the cane the glass rod they were formed on.
Marbles handmade or machine made.
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Christensen son christensen agate akro agate and peltier glass.
A few marble companies remain in the united states today including marble king and jabo inc.
As those prices began to move up at a rapid rate collectors found that they could acquire many beautiful and colorful machine made marbles for the price of a single handmade marble.
To determine if they were handmade look for the pontil mark to determine how they were created.
The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f.
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This increased the prices of handmade marbles.
Separate marbles into groups of hand made or machine made.
Machine made marbles 1980 current.
The marbles listed on this page are all vintage machine made marbles circa 1910 1960.
Machine made marbles the mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century.