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marrrlee
Joined: 09 Aug 2007
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Location: ca
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 Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: Foreign |
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Found these while browsing...must be foreign...I didn't know they "blew" glass marbles??? oh it says hand blown?/ which makes me more confused..
Solitaire Di Venezia, 25mm hand-blown Venetian glass Marbles - Historic Game Classics
[Item 3453] $63.00
Hand turned solid mahogany boards. Solitaire games come with 38 unique marbles, includes two spares. Highly decorative, no two marbles are alike. Tabletop games are highly popular; this game serves as an upscale home décor piece as well.Hand blown glass marbles, solid black stained hard wood game board.
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browse4antiques
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| modern Chinese. ... Roger |
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Ponkochan
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I've seen those 'sets' sold by numerous companies and they all seem to advertise them as "Venetian"............but they're identical to the modern handmade ones made in China.  In fact, here's a link to the results from googling "Solitaire Di Venezia".
Clcik this link for Google results-"Solitaire Di Venezia"
Here was a description from one of the sites, "Tradingstories.com", for "hand-blown". I got a chuckle out of it.
| Quote: | Authentic Models Solitaire Di Venezia, 25 mm Marbles
Venice has long been known for its creative and magnificent glass production. From mirrors to champagne glasses, chandeliers to writing pens, these items found their way to every corner of the world. They were well made and often highly colorful. Marbles have been one of the less appreciated products of the Venetian glass makers, probably because of their prohibitive cost. Handmade marbles are now highly collectible. The difference between machine-made and hand-blown marbles can be seen by the small hole in the glass, a tell-tale sign of the glass rod used by the glass-blower to hold and turn the glass sphere in the kiln.
11.75 x 2"
$74.95
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Here's a link to marblealan's site where he identifies them as "modern handmade Chinese marbles" and he was selling them for $1.00 each.
Click here for archived page of marblealan's "Modern Chinese Handmade Marbles 4 Sale"
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