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Marbles with animals inside.
A sulphide has a transparent base with a sulphide figure inserted inside it.
Sulphide marbles which feature animals and other figures inside clear glass are very rare as they have not been produced for around 100 years rarer still are those featuring human figures.
They are still inexpensive and within reach of the average marble collector.
An original sulphide marble in fine condition with small shallow scratches and scattered flat shallow fractures is shown in fig.
Crockery marbles most crockery or stoneware marbles were brown with a blue glaze.
Barnyard animals household pets squirrels and birds are most common.
Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.
Make offer huge rare old german sulphide marble with hog figure inside.
Sulphides or figure marbles are large translucent marbles manufactured in germany from the mid 19th century up until the 1930s usually 1 1 2 or more in size they always feature a figure encased in the center which early collectors mistakenly thought was made from sulfur.
Rare light purple glass sulphide marble of a dog lying down 1 7 8 190 00 1d 3h.
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.
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Caterpillar game net set 25 piece glass mega marbles.
Modern ceramic pet bowl white rust marble dog bowl animal food bowl cat dish dog food bowl water bowl dog marble pet bowl ceramic momochardostudio.
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Large antique german sulphide marble 1 92 light purple with goat.
1 16 of over 10 000 results for animal marbles price and other details may vary based on size and color.
Antique running dog.
Great deals on antique sulfide marbles.
Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
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Antique german sulphide marble frog inside rare 1800s large shooter 2 175 00.
Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.
Large 1 5 8 mint german hadmade lion sulphide.
The original marble in fig.
The most common figure found in a sulphide marble is an animal.
The scanning electron microscope was also used to gather 3 d images of the marbles surfaces.
Antique sulphide marble 1 1 2 horse.
In fact a sulphide marble featuring teddy roosevelt sold for 4 500 in a 2011 sale.
