Marbles Left Twist

Two wide white panels and two narrow yellow panels.

Marbles left twist.

Naked solid core swirls marbles without an outer layer are rare but are more common than found in latticinio or divided core swirls. Left twist marbles are always a premium. These marbles have a twist to their design that goes to the right of the viewer rather than to the left as is much more common. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

Examples with a left hand twist are also more highly prized but often go undetected. Some marbles are left hand twisted. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Surface has been polished some remnants of chips remain.

Marbles with mica are also rare although again not as rare as in swirls. Onionskins will sometimes be found as left twist marbles meaning a counterclockwise twist to the marble when viewed from the pontil. Left twist onionskins are found more commonly than any other types of german handmade marbles for some unknown reason. Marbles 3 4 rare mint akro agate 4 color corkscrew.

23 32 strong left twist dark blue white onionskin with 1 pink white panel. Examples with three or four layers are also rare. This is rare although not as rare as in swirls. Marbles 3 4 see price.

See more ideas about marble glass marbles paperweights. A very bold look and a difficult to find marble with such an extreme left twist. German onionskin marbles with left twist. D50 rare see price.

Bb marbles rare huge left twist onionskin. This is one of the largest left hands i have ever seen. 4 panel with a very tight left hand twist. Still very very rare.

Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s. Left twist examples are rare as they are for latticinio core swirls and divided core swirls. In some cases the mica floats in a thick layer above the core these are known as blizzard onionskins. Apr 7 2020 explore cindy stewart s board marbles followed by 229 people on pinterest.

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