Antique Ballot Box2 Drawer Clay Marbles

Clay marbles were produced extensively in the 1800s and 1900s.

Antique ballot box2 drawer clay marbles.

Make offer 146 antique vintage clay marbles hand made in new haven connecticut never used. 5 out of 5 stars 586 586 reviews 18 80. Dropping a white marble yes or a black marble no gave everyone a turn to secretly vote for admission into a club. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

An antique ballot box with 29 ballot marbles circa 1915. Mar 19 2013 antique ballot box with handmade clay marbles. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about antique clay marbles.

Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide. Lot of 44 rare 19c clay marbles many breakers estate find. This is the type of voting boxes used by fraternal organizations. Well you re in luck because here they come.

Antique clay marbles large size set of 6 beige colours games toys kids collectible vintage display prop art natural cyclopaedia. Ballot boxes were used in secret societies fraternities and lodges during the turn of the century. Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide. 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.

The most popular color. From shop rusticandfine. 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. The most common antique clay marbles material is metal.

There is a little lip under the marble hole and the divider slides up so that the marbles can easily be positioned to the front of the box. Favorite add to antique clay marbles nice colors various sizes free shipping rusticandfine. They were popular because they were inexpensive to produce requiring none of the special equipment or knowledge necessary for the production of glass marbles which made them inexpensive to purchase. There are 83 antique clay marbles for sale on etsy and they cost 38 71 on average.

The nicely made box is 12 25 x 6 and 4 tall. Today s listing is for. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.