Handful of Antique Clay Marbles in Old Fabric Pouch Longfellow poems It measures 10" in diameter

It measures 10" in diameter and 3 3/4" deepest (at hub)

and bands of pattern around neck and base

with its eyebrows

Margareta Hennix (b

Handful of Antique Clay Marbles in Old Fabric Pouch Longfellow poems It measures 10" in diameterWell, I've mostly passed old marbles by, not knowing enough to know what is what. However, I happened to give these old clay ones (plus one large one made of wood) a close look at a recent flea market, and I must say they completely captivated me with their beauty; I am converted! I believe these date to the mid to late 19th century, and I believe several of them, with shiny salt glazes, are "Benningtons", which were made in Germany. (They are