Marbles With Figures Inside

Huge rare old german sulphide marble with hog figure inside.

Marbles with figures inside. Crockery marbles most crockery or stoneware marbles were brown with a blue glaze. Make offer antique german sulfide marble with horse figure 42mm diameter 23423 antique german sulphide marble sheep or lamb only 1 original surface 85 00. Electronic battery wind up. The most common figure found in a sulphide marble is an animal.

74 99 3d 4h 7 85 shipping. A sulphide has a transparent base with a sulphide figure inserted inside it. They are single gather single pontil marbles. The interior figures are made of white clay or kaolin and appear a silvery color due to light refraction.

Diecast toy vehicles. Barnyard animals household pets squirrels and birds are most common. A sulphide with a colored glass sphere or with a painted figure inside is also very rare and brings a high price. 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.

Like other types of antique marbles sulphides have been reproduced and faked in large quantities. 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. Wild animals including razorbacks elephants and lions are a little less common. Make offer huge rare old german sulphide marble with hog figure inside.

Antique commies are still fairly common.