Clay marble?

[Older The Better]

I don’t come to the marble section but I’ve been organizing and I had this kicking around a back room, I don’t remember where I found it but I was curious if there was anything to tell from it. Age, history, maybe where it was made… or maybe it’s just a marble, or ball. I don’t know much about these things. I took multiple pictures to try to show it’s not perfectly round. The smaller one is a round ball but it’s about the size of what I would consider a standard marble.

 

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I don’t come to the marble section but I’ve been organizing and I had this kicking around a back room, I don’t remember where I found it but I was curious if there was anything to tell from it. Age, history, maybe where it was made… or maybe it’s just a marble, or ball. I don’t know much about these things. I took multiple pictures to try to show it’s not perfectly round. The smaller one is a round ball but it’s about the size of what I would consider a standard marble.
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Back in '89 we did a dig at a Swedish cabin purportedly built in the 1650's here near Philly. We found many clay marbles. The kids would roll the clay into marbles,toss them into the fireplace and come morning.....voila!

 

[tamrock]

Back in '89 we did a dig at a Swedish cabin purportedly built in the 1650's here near Philly. We found many clay marbles. The kids would roll the clay into marbles,toss them into the fireplace and come morning.....voila!

Huh, I've never heard of that before.