Leighton Oxblood Marble

You can feel the raised glass where it is flopped off the 9 over onto the side of the marble.

Leighton oxblood marble. Leighton transitional oxblood marble. Typical as made to appraise similar items instantly without sending photos or descriptions. Harry heinzelman formerly of the navarre glass marble and specialty company was hired as the company s glass master. It is also known that glass formulae were purchased from j h.

Recently some reproduction transitionals with oxblood have appeared. Leighton transitional oxblood slag. One very rare unique early multi colored leighton oxblood transitional handmade vintage marble with a clear base glass with four colors mixed in which are rare oxblood egg yolk yellow opaque white a rare unusual unique smokey transparent amethyst purple sitting over the top of the colors nearer to the surface giving it a amethyst base apperence but inside the nine pattern on the top. Leighton transitional oxblood slag.

These are referred to as leighton marbles because it was popularly believed that an early marble maker named james leighton developed the colors used in these. Green glass base with whipped white with yellow and oxblood. Agate swirls were made from 1927 to 1929 and can be valued as high as 600. The navarre glass marble and specialty company operated in navarre ohio around the close of the nineteenth century ca.

Description ground pontil green translucent base with great number nine pattern of oxblood and white. This is now known not to be true but the name has stuck. The leighton transitionals are very rare. Values for leighton transitional oxblood marble.