Identifying Akro Agate Marbles

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Identifying akro agate marbles.

Alley agate 1929 1947. Champion agate 1938 2005. Flames are usually older and collectible. The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f.

The akro agate co. Check the condition of the marble too. A nicely corked marble was likely made by akro agate co which began making marbles in the u s. The first marbles by peltier were produced by miller machinery and were single stream slags and swirls.

We have a wide variety of marbles for sale that were manufactured by the akro agate company. Examine the marble for a logo from a comic strip. The mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century. Currently we are having a sale on superman corkscrews red yellow blue.

The company originally repackaged marbles bought from the m f. Master glass master made 1930 1974. Ravenswood 1928 1955. Other styles and patterns include moonies oxbloods and corkscrews with three or more colors.

Vacor 1930 present. Christensen agate 1925 1933. Many peltier marbles especially early examples have as made blow out holes that appear on the surface of the marble as tiny pits. Perhaps the best way to identify an akro agate slag is not by any particular feature but rather by its lack of features early akro slags like those of m f.

Christensen and son company. Christensen and christensen agate were hand gathered and therefore may exhibit the nine shaped pattern of the white where the marble was twisted out of the glass furnace. Look for a corkscrew pattern when identifying marbles manufactured by akro agate. The akro agate company was formed in 1910 in akron ohio.

The vitro agate co. Corkscrew patterns generally have a white base with a second color twisted into a helix. Like akro agate and christensen early peltier marbles are often composed of brilliant combinations of color. Akro agate slags will lack the seams seen in christensen agate and peltier examples the fine feathering of the white seen in peltier examples and the nine and tail of the white as well as the cut off mark of m f.

The peltier glass co. Perhaps the best way to identify an akro agate slag is not by any particular feature but rather by its lack of features. Alox late 1930 s late 1940 s. Welcome to the akro agate collectors corner.

It was moved to clarksburg west virginia in 1914 where it remained until its bankruptcy in 1951.