Machine made marbles typically lack the small rough patch called a pontil which is often used to identify older marbles.
Cat eye marble identification.
Look for the pontil.
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Marble king and vitro agate are the most common american cat s to find.
The older bubbly master marble translucent 1 color cat s and later 11 16 3 vein master glass and gladding vitro cage cat s eyes most common in the late 1960s to early 1980s are among the easiest american made cat s eyes to identify.
The peltier glass company s use of a clear glass.
During this procedure a stick is used where the marble is attached.
By the time cat s eyes were invented most marble companies used machines to manufacture their products which adds to the challenge of dating cat s eye marbles accurately.
If you saw one you saw them all so naturally nobody really cared to play for keeps with them.
Although cat s eye marbles were popularized by japanese manufacturers they were first produced in america in the 1930s by the peltier glass company.
Once done the stick is broken on its end.
Here are some ways to determine if a marble is vintage or not.
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