More recently they have been made of actual marble clay porcelain glass and steel.
Different types of toy marbles.
A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
With a range of colors measurements and patterns marbles can be tough to identify at times.
Around 1950 companies in japan began to make cat eye style marbles which were so popular and inexpensive that most.
Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.
Marbles have been a toy since the 1800s and became collector s items starting in the 1940s.
Vintage marbles were made by a variety of manufacturers in many different colors patterns and styles.
Marbles have been made of all kinds of materials throughout history.
The process for making marbles has changed over the years as new materials and technologies spread.