Marble Making Factory

The asterisks indicate marbles that were made during demonstrations at the moon marble company.

Marble making factory.

The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks. In the early 1920 s peltier glass company began to make a line of marbles producing brightly colored slags swirls corkscrews and agates. A few marble companies remain in the united states today including marble king and jabo inc. In addition we carry traditional toys games as well as gift items for all ages.

It was one of 32 local toy marble companies and one of over 150 local toy companies. The company compound of the m f. But children don t play with marbles much anymore. The five buildings making up the compound are still in near original condition.

The glass factory of the m f. Moon marble company peltier glass gompany sellers and joseph peltier learned glassmaking from their french immigrant father victor who specialized in stained glass. In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store. Besides jabo there is only one other marble factory in the united states in west virginia.

Christensen son company 1903 1922 building no. Handmade glass art marbles made by contemporary glass artists in the u s a. 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. Filmed in 2004 at the jabo vitro marble co.

While these are all very colorful and beautiful marbles they hold no particular value to collectors other than current face value. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm. Below are examples of some new marbles. See how glass toy marbles are made.