Marble Makers Ohio

Jabo is the last marble maker in ohio.

Marble makers ohio.

Working with molten glass is quickly becoming a lost art. Mccullough hopes to produce up to 120 000 one inch marbles for a group of collectors from across the united states and canada. From the moment you enter our showroom you will experience the difference. The first mass produced toy was made by samuel c.

American toy marble museum. Welcome to tower industries. Dyke in 1891 in akron. If you re anywhere near northwest west virginia take a side trip to this guy s home and workshop.

It mass produced a million marbles a day and. The original blue santa pictured here was found at lock 3 park in akron ohio during an archeological dig by the american toy marble museum. There were 32 toy marble companies located in the greater akron area between 1884 and 1951. The american marble and toy manufacturing company was founded by samuel c.

The american toy marble museum is located in akron ohio where some of the earliest american marbles were produced. The collectors put up the money to run the beat up furnace for one last time. Dyke in 1884 at his akron toy company later incorporated as the american marble toy manufacturing company now the site of lock 3 park in akron ohio. Akron oh 1911 1914 then moved to clarksburg wv 1914 1951.

He s a real hoot and you ll be fascinated watching him make glass marbles. Hillybilly marble maker sam hogue. The kokomo opalescent glass company was founded in 1888 in kokomo indiana and continues to operate today. In the mid 1890s.

The asterisks indicate marbles that were made during demonstrations at the moon marble company. In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store. The company produces rolled glass which is used in windows lamps etc. It was manufactured on the site by the american marble toy manufacturing co.

Akro agate company location. See it while this old timer is still around to do it. In the late 1930s kokomo purchased a marble making machine from peltier glass company and used it to produce marbles made from the glass rejected in their rolling process. Hereafter is an alphabetical list of the widely known makers of machine made marbles.

Handmade glass art marbles made by contemporary glass artists in the u s a. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm. The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks. The museum displays a wide range of marbles and other toys and tools from the industry.

Elegant durable quartz.