Marble Making Factory

Moon marble company peltier glass gompany sellers and joseph peltier learned glassmaking from their french immigrant father victor who specialized in stained glass.

Marble making factory.

In the early 1920 s peltier glass company began to make a line of marbles producing brightly colored slags swirls corkscrews and agates. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm. The five buildings making up the compound are still in near original condition. Filmed in 2004 at the jabo vitro marble co.

The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks. In the first half of the 20th century ohio was the marble producing capital of the world with dozens of companies making millions of marbles for schoolchildren. The asterisks indicate marbles that were made during demonstrations at the moon marble company. Besides jabo there is only one other marble factory in the united states in west virginia.

In addition we carry traditional toys games as well as gift items for all ages. Christensen son company. The glass factory of the m f. See how glass toy marbles are made.

The company compound of the m f. But children don t play with marbles much anymore. Christensen son company 1903 1922 building no. Most marbles however are manufactured in mexico and china.

In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store. Below are examples of some new marbles. Most of these are 10. A few marble companies remain in the united states today including marble king and jabo inc.