Info on civil war marbles.
Civil war glass marbles.
The centuries old composition of glass used for handmade marbles sand soda ash and lime is the same basic glass used for machine made marbles.
Other ingredients added include zinc oxide aluminum hydrate and various coloring agents.
The glass display case is also included.
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The different sizes and not perfect shape attest to them being hand made.
Some of these type of marbles would be painted with designs but playing with them in the dirt quickly wore off the paint.
Civil war period clay marbles 53 clay marbles in this lot most are approimate 1 2 in diameter they vary in size as they are hand made.
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This video features 9 clay civil war used marbles that were discovered digging around a confederate camp in saltville va.
The most common are clay marbles said to be dredged from a river from the tennessee area civil war marbles etc.
Limestone marbles were manufactured by first being cut into small cubes.
Civil war era glass marbles delahyde.
This occurred when the union ship the essexattacked the confederate ship arkansas using a mixture of stone earthenware and glass marbles as shot.
Civil war era glass marbles delahyde.
Some are glass and try to mimic old machine made or german handmade marbles.
Games of marbles were highly popular with the usually young civil war soldiers.
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These cubes were then placed into grooves in.
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