Marble Maker In West Virginia

Akro agate was founded in ohio in 1910 and moved to clarksburg in 1914.

Marble maker in west virginia.

Map to recommended offbeat attractions and road trip sights museums monuments tourist traps folk art pet cemeteries. They recognized a need to preserve the history of marbles and to promote the collecting and identification of marbles. But children don t play with marbles much anymore. The museum of american glass in west virginia this museum celebrates wv s rich glass heritage a big part of which is marbles.

He makes some beautiful abstract swirls flames and sulphides. At the bottom of the page are some larger marbles and a cane he did. Hillybilly marble maker sam hogue. The national marble museum is now part of this museum.

Established in the late 1940 s marble king marbles are highly recognized and respected worldwide. Discover for yourself why we are known for our tradition quality and history with a visit to our interactive museum and expanded gift shop. The west virginia marble collectors club wvmcc was the inspiration of four wood county west virginia residents. Besides jabo there is only one other marble factory in the united states in west virginia.

He s a real hoot and you ll be fascinated watching him make glass marbles. Like jackson marble company davis marble works did not operate for long. Production ended in 1948. Glasfirma formerly vacor de mexico general informational sites.

Like other glass producers the company was attracted to west virginia because of the abundance of glass sand and natural gas. The marbles below are what we had in stock as of 4 27 18. These enthusiastic marble collectors were ron shepherd paula shepherd gary traugh and the late tim wyer. He was a world war ii veteran and purchased an old alley agate marble making machine from corning glass.

They are signed and dated. Built his glass shop in his back yard. See it while this old timer is still around to do it. Sammy lives in ellenboro west va.

Wilson davis founded the davis marble works in 1947 in pennsboro west virginia. Working with molten glass is quickly becoming a lost art. Akro agate was among the nation s most productive marble makers remaining in business until 1951. There are still a few companies mass producing toy marbles.