Toy Marble Names

Incorporated july 1891 with 100 000 capital stock.

Toy marble names.

The names of games are legion. Bombies elephant stomps knuckle down bunny hole kunchey leaning tops and grids are just a few of the hundreds of games played. A peawee is the name used for any very small marble. Alleys or allies get their name from alabaster which is a soft stone related to marble.

Benningtons got their name from bennington pottery in vermont which made some spotted pottery that resmebled these marbles. Employed 350 hands mostly women and children to make marbles and toys. He was a world war ii veteran and purchased an old alley agate marble making machine from corning glass. Benningtons are blue or brown glazed marbles that aren t completely round.

For instance the onionskin is a toy marble that has a color pattern making it look like a pealed or sliced onion. He was a world war ii veteran and purchased an old alley agate marble making machine from corning glass. For instance the onionskin is a toy marble that has a color pattern making it look like a pealed or sliced onion. Marble day types of marbles.

Handmade marbles usually aren t perfectly rounded or smooth and will include cut off markings on either or both poles ends of each marble. Alleys have come to mean very good marbles or marbles in general. Article by dinah garcia. 1891 1904 this akron ohio company was the largest toy company in the united states during the 19 th century.

Decide whether the marbles are made by hand or machine. However as with most games there is a time and a place where all is at stake where an opportunity is on offer to win one s place in the pantheon of marble greats. If i go in the way back machine seriously who didn t just love rocky and bullwinkle i can remember my marbles images marble games marble toys marble machine marble art glass marbles glass paperweights glass ball vintage toys. Bumbo bumboozer or bowler are names applied to very large marbles of any description.

American marble toy manufacturing company the. Wilson davis founded the davis marble works in 1947 in pennsboro west virginia. Is a general name applied in many parts of the country to all glass marbles including opals glimmers bloods rubies etc. Other abalone board game a board game in which white and black marbles try to knock each other into a gutter that lines the.