Marble Maker In West Virginia

These enthusiastic marble collectors were ron shepherd paula shepherd gary traugh and the late tim wyer.

Marble maker in west virginia.

See it while this old timer is still around to do it. But children don t play with marbles much anymore. The west virginia marble collectors club wvmcc was the inspiration of four wood county west virginia residents. In the first half of the 20th century ohio was the marble producing capital of the world with dozens of companies making millions of marbles for schoolchildren.

Production ended in 1948. The marbles below are what we had in stock as of 4 27 18. If you re anywhere near northwest west virginia take a side trip to this guy s home and workshop. At the bottom of the page are some larger marbles and a cane he did.

Akro agate was founded in ohio in 1910 and moved to clarksburg in 1914. Sammy lives in ellenboro west va. He was a world war ii veteran and purchased an old alley agate marble making machine from corning glass. Like other glass producers the company was attracted to west virginia because of the abundance of glass sand and natural gas.

They are signed and dated. He makes some beautiful abstract swirls flames and sulphides. They recognized a need to preserve the history of marbles and to promote the collecting and identification of marbles. Built his glass shop in his back yard.

Map to recommended offbeat attractions and road trip sights museums monuments tourist traps folk art pet cemeteries. Discover for yourself why we are known for our tradition quality and history with a visit to our interactive museum and expanded gift shop. There are still a few companies mass producing toy marbles. Howdyshell the 63 year old owner of marble king inc says an abundance of glass natural gas and cheap labor attracted the earliest marble makers to west virginia.

Working with molten glass is quickly becoming a lost art. The museum of american glass in west virginia this museum celebrates wv s rich glass heritage a big part of which is marbles. Established in the late 1940 s marble king marbles are highly recognized and respected worldwide. He s a real hoot and you ll be fascinated watching him make glass marbles.

Like jackson marble company davis marble works did not operate for long. Hillybilly marble maker sam hogue. Akro agate was among the nation s most productive marble makers remaining in business until 1951. Glasfirma formerly vacor de mexico general informational sites.