Like other types of antique marbles sulphides have been reproduced and faked in large quantities.
Marbles with figures inside.
The most common figure found in a sulphide marble is an animal.
Antique commies are still fairly common.
They are called benningtons because their glaze resembles that of the brown and blue glazed bennington ware pottery produced in bennington vermont during the nineteenth century.
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Electronic battery wind up.
Diecast toy vehicles.
They are single gather single pontil marbles.
Barnyard animals household pets squirrels and birds are most common.
They are still inexpensive and within reach of the average marble collector.
A sulphide with a colored glass sphere or with a painted figure inside is also very rare and brings a high price.
In fact a sulphide marble featuring teddy roosevelt sold for 4 500 in a 2011 sale.
Wild animals including razorbacks elephants and lions are a little less common.
Crockery marbles most crockery or stoneware marbles were brown with a blue glaze.
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The interior figures are made of white clay or kaolin and appear a silvery color due to light refraction.
Sulphide marbles which feature animals and other figures inside clear glass are very rare as they have not been produced for around 100 years rarer still are those featuring human figures.