Antique Ballot Box2 Drawer Clay Marbles

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Well you re in luck because here they come. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about antique clay marbles. 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. Ballot boxes were used in secret societies fraternities and lodges during the turn of the century.

This is the type of voting boxes used by fraternal organizations. From shop rusticandfine. The most popular color. Dropping a white marble yes or a black marble no gave everyone a turn to secretly vote for admission into a club.

Make offer lqqk. There is a little lip under the marble hole and the divider slides up so that the marbles can easily be positioned to the front of the box. Make offer 146 antique vintage clay marbles hand made in new haven connecticut never used. The nicely made box is 12 25 x 6 and 4 tall.

The most common antique clay marbles material is metal. Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide. Included are old white clay marbles and glossy black marbles or black balls. Today s listing is for.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Favorite add to antique clay marbles nice colors various sizes free shipping rusticandfine. Mar 19 2013 antique ballot box with handmade clay marbles. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. They were popular because they were inexpensive to produce requiring none of the special equipment or knowledge necessary for the production of glass marbles which made them inexpensive to purchase. 5 out of 5 stars 586 586 reviews 18 80. There are 83 antique clay marbles for sale on etsy and they cost 38 71 on average.

An antique ballot box with 29 ballot marbles circa 1915. Over 50 antique marbles 6 clays you decide. Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.