So pink and sellers peltier one of peltier s owners set up a separate marbles only plant in the former alley agate marble factory in st.
Alley agate marble company.
Jackson was a machine operator at champion agate company prior to venturing out on his own.
Unfortunately for him this was a time of declining american marble sales and he was soon forced to close the factory doors.
As well as moving around the company changed its name several times during its existence.
Paden city 1929 1932 sistersville 1932 1934.
The jackson marble company was founded by carol jackson around 1945 near pennsboro west virginia.
Wilson davis founded the davis marble works in 1947 in pennsboro west virginia.
Collectors often lump them together under the name west virgina swirls.
A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
These pages were left out by mistake and are in the new printing.
Production ended in 1948.
Like jackson marble company davis marble works did not operate for long.
The alley agate company owned by lawrence alley was very itinerant during its existence 1929 1949.
Alley agate company.
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Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.
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Alley agate company was founded by lawrence alley in 1929 in paden city west virginia.
Free marble appraisals and identification.
Several companies produced swirl marbles in west virginia and it can be difficult to tell them apart.
See revised book 5 above.
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It was located in four different west virginian cities.
In 1949 he sold the st.
They were first believed to have been made by either christensen or champion but now are widely.
Pistachios by alley agate company pistachios have a fluorescent green base with black stripes and were made in the 1930s or early 1940s.
Paden city 1929 1932 sistersville 1932 1934 pennsboro 1934 1937 and st.
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Variously it was known as alley agate company lawrence glass novelty company and alley glass manufacturing company.
Alley himself designed his marble making machines which for the time were capable of producing more marbles per minute than any.
The alley agate company owned by lawrence alley was very itinerant during its existence 1929 1949.
