This is important when buying and selling marbles as collectors base price on the size.
Toy marble size chart.
He also obtained a license to use matthew lang s injection molding process to make porcelain marbles.
Most templates measure to 16ths of an inch.
Founder of the standard toy marble company in akron ohio in 1893.
Brown got his start in the marble business as sam dyke s protégé and used a license to manufacture clay marbles obtained from dyke.
Grade marbles with guidelines from the marble society of america.
Identification and price guide 5th edition after i approved the final draft of the book the publisher changed two of the images without my consent.
Lay a marble template on the tissue and try the marble in the different holes until you find the one closest to the size of the marble.
In 1846 a glassworker in the town of lausche invented the marbelschere or marble scissors a tool that rounded a marble in one step.
Small and large marbles are peewees and shooters in marble terminology and they are scarcer than 5 8 inch marbles.
Smoking punch cigar advertising figure.
Size examples 12mm is about 1 2 inch across very small 14mm is the size of a traditional chinese checker game 16mm is about the size of a dime the size of a player marble 25mm is about the size of a quarter the size of a shooter marble 35mm is about the size of a 50 cent piece 42mm is about the size of a silver dollar 50mm is about 2.
Use a caliper to determine the size of a marble since size affects the price.
To help determine what size to order please refer to our tips below.
Tip 1 use a caliper micrometer tool if available.
Bennington pottery marbles are brown or blue or a combination of brown and blue and are common in small sizes.
Indian mag lite marble.
So here s a copy of one i produced.
This chart is printable and should be a close measurement guide.
Deep cobalt blue with strong outer bands of yellow blue white purple green and orange.
Along with superb american toys and folk art the top selling toy was a spectacular circa 1885 william demuth co.
Write down the measurement.
Erratum sheet for marbles.
A comparable marble is one of similar size color and quality made by the same manufacturer.
Commissions and fees charged by the auction house are responsible for the lowered price.
Use the ruler in the image to make sure the printed image is scaled to life size.
Tips for sizing machine made marbles.
Watch for unusual sizes of marbles.
A manufacturer of ceramic marbles.
They have refused to put an erratum sheet in the book.
