Leighton Style Marble

It measures approx 27 32 850.

Leighton style marble. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate. It has some tiny nicks fleabites minor surface wear and as made marks. 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. Marbles 5 8 vintage cac christensen single seam cobalt guinea marble.

Make offer super rare old pink leighton transitional w 9 really nice marble old and rare rare color combo cac christensen agate 5 color swirl mint marble 60 105 389 99. Excellent condition this marble grades out at a 9 8. A 69 inches 1 8 m marble replica was carved by frederick pomeroy for carl jacobsen s ny carlsberg glyptotek in copenhagen. Unusual purple and white with a great 9 pattern.

The four legs are classic ball and claw chippendale styling. This is a 98 diameter leighton style transition marble. This is a made to order chippendale ball and claw traditional mahogany coffee table made in the leighton hall shop. 1 case approx 24 pounds of jabo aces 2008 approx.

Description this is an awesome rare old handmade german leighton style transitional marble with a delicate color combo of lavender and frosty white wrapped horizontally around the surface. These balls vary in size. Single faceted pontil surface is original condition not polished or buffed. Hand made glass marbles were invented in lauscha germany in the late 1840s.

They were produced until the early part of the twentieth century when world war i and the invention of marble producing machinery in america effectively ended the hand made marble industry. This early example has a fantastic vibrant 9 pattern of rich red oxblood electric egg yolk yellow and opaque white swirled on a transparent green base. It features a field crotch mahogany with a solid mahogany ogee shaped edge it has a hand rubbed and polished semigloss finish. Badger contract run collector tin.

Leighton counselled against the reproduction as the marble is less able to hold its own weight but eventually acquiesced and adapted the composition adding supports for the legs. There is a single ground faceted pontil. Available in various sizes and finishes.