Antique Pontil Mark On Marbles

These marks are called pontil marks and were created when the glassmaker cut the glass rod from which the marble was made.

Antique pontil mark on marbles.

This will allow you to better see how rough the texture is and see if the mark appears to be on the surface which is characteristic of handmade marbles or deeper down which may indicate a machine made marble. A pontil mark is a variable size and type of scar or roughage left on the base of a bottle by a pontil rod a typical pontil rod aka ponty punty or punte was a long 4 6 feet rod which was securely attached to the base of the just blown hot bottle trowbridge 1870. Single pontil navarre marbles for sale transitional marbles for sale vintage navarre marbles for sale mf christenson transition marbles for sale melted pontil marbles for sale. Look at the center design.

Rare joseph s coat onionskin german swirl handmade antique vintage pontil marble. Examine the pontil mark under a microscope if possible. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique. Transitional is the term used to collectively describe a variety of slag type marbles that have pontils or shear marks on them.

Rare marbles have small white figures of people or animals in their center and are very collectible. Rare huge 1 5 16 german handmade. Examine the pontil mark under a microscope if possible. Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process.

Ending friday at 6 00pm pdt 4d 21h. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. 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.

Collect matching pairs or twins. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. Amongst this type are the earliest german marbles the earliest american made marbles as well as marbles from japan and china the term transitional applies to most slag type marbles that have one pontil. Extremely smooth marks may indicate a melted pontil where the area was melted after creation to hide the original pontil mark.

Tranistion marbles for sale page 4. Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. Look for single pontil handmade art glass marbles as these marbles were at the top of the cane and there was only one for each cane that produced several marbles with two pontil marks. Extremely smooth marks may indicate a melted pontil where the area was melted after creation to hide the original pontil mark.