Marble Makers Ohio

The museum displays a wide range of marbles and other toys and tools from the industry.

Marble makers ohio.

The american toy marble museum is located in akron ohio where some of the earliest american marbles were produced. Jabo is the last marble maker in ohio. Akron oh 1911 1914 then moved to clarksburg wv 1914 1951. From the moment you enter our showroom you will experience the difference.

Welcome to tower industries. 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. The american marble and toy manufacturing company was founded by samuel c. Working with molten glass is quickly becoming a lost art.

Akro agate company location. You ll see the attention to detail and the exquisite craftsmanship in our beautiful granite and quartz countertops and our luxurious and worry free. The kokomo opalescent glass company was founded in 1888 in kokomo indiana and continues to operate today. The first mass produced toy was made by samuel c.

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. Elegant durable quartz. He s a real hoot and you ll be fascinated watching him make glass marbles. The collectors put up the money to run the beat up furnace for one last time.

The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks. It mass produced a million marbles a day and. It was manufactured on the site by the american marble toy manufacturing co. Hillybilly marble maker sam hogue.

Dyke in 1891 in akron. Mccullough hopes to produce up to 120 000 one inch marbles for a group of collectors from across the united states and canada. Handmade glass art marbles made by contemporary glass artists in the u s a. Hereafter is an alphabetical list of the widely known makers of machine made marbles.

The asterisks indicate marbles that were made during demonstrations at the moon marble company. In the mid 1890s. American toy marble museum. If you re anywhere near northwest west virginia take a side trip to this guy s home and workshop.

The company produces rolled glass which is used in windows lamps etc. There were 32 toy marble companies located in the greater akron area between 1884 and 1951. In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store. 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.

This company was the first toy marble factory in the usa.