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Description:
This is a collection of old marbles.In this collections there are three larger marlbes, 5 small solid marbles and one clear glass marbles. Ceramic marbles have been produced for thousands of years all around the world. Potters and even small children would roll some clay between their palms to form marbles and would then harden them in a kiln or fire. It wouldn't be till the 1880's in Akron, Ohio, that the scale of these activities would achieve monumental proportions. There were without a doubt potters in Germany and even in the US prior to this date making clay marbles. This was done as a side line and was not the bread and butter of the business. Their production numbers would probably amount to a few thousand pieces annually. This would all change when Sam opened his company in Akron to exclusively manufacture clay marbles at the rate of over one million a day. This production scale was never seen before in toy marble making or in any toy manufacturing for that matter. There was never a toy company in history prior to Sam's that truly mass produced an item specifically for children.
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