Pontil Marks On Marbles

These marks are called pontil marks and were created when the glassmaker cut the glass rod from which the marble was made.

Pontil marks on marbles. A pontil mark or punt mark is the scar where the pontil punty or punt was broken from a work of blown glass the presence of such a scar indicates that a glass bottle or bowl was blown freehand while the absence of a punt mark suggests either that the mark has been obliterated or that the work was mold blown. Look at the center design. Rough pontil mark raised sometimes sharp mark or scar on the bottom of a blown glass item caused by the removal of the item from the glass blowing rod. Feel the pontil mark and determine how rough it is.

Pontil marks are rounder and do not follow a pattern. Round pontil marks with a slightly rough texture that are still fairly smooth indicate what is known as a ground pontil mark according to akron marbles 1. Collect matching pairs or twins. Rare marbles have small white figures of people or animals in their center and are very collectible.

Round pontil marks with a slightly rough texture that are still fairly smooth indicate what is known as a ground pontil mark according to akron marbles. Amongst this type are the earliest german marbles the earliest american made marbles as well as marbles from japan and china the term transitional applies to most slag type marbles that have one pontil. Find handmade marbles that likely came from the same cane. Leighton in the late 1800s in ohio.

Transitionalis the term used to collectively describe a variety of slag type marbles that have pontils or shear marks on them amongst this type are the earliest german marbles the earliest american made marbles as well as marbles from japan and china melted pontil transitionalswere made using a process patented by j h. More specifically glass tipped blowpipe and sand pontil marks may all be found on most all bottles dating well before bottles were even made in any quantity in the new world i e. After the marble was made the creator ground the pontil mark down to create the. A pontil mark is a variable size and type of scar or roughage left on the base of a bottle by a pontil rod a typical pontil rod aka ponty punty or punte was a long 4 6 feet rod which was securely attached to the base of the just blown hot bottle trowbridge 1870.

Some utilitarian bottles though a. After the marble was made the creator ground the pontil mark down to create the slightly rough yet flat mark on the bottom. After many years of trading and playing for keeps pairs of marbles. Found on blown and blown mold items.

Feel the pontil mark and determine how rough it is. Before the late 18th century and continued to be common on a large majority of bottles up until the american civil war.