Marble Making Factory

The glass factory of the m f.

Marble making factory.

Christensen son company 1903 1922 building no. The asterisks indicate marbles that were made during demonstrations at the moon marble company. Most marbles however are manufactured in mexico and china. The five buildings making up the compound are still in near original condition.

But children don t play with marbles much anymore. In the early 1920 s peltier glass company began to make a line of marbles producing brightly colored slags swirls corkscrews and agates. Besides jabo there is only one other marble factory in the united states in west virginia. Handmade glass art marbles made by contemporary glass artists in the u s a.

Christensen son company. A few marble companies remain in the united states today including marble king and jabo inc. Below are examples of some new marbles. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm.

In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store. The company compound of the m f. The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks. Filmed in 2004 at the jabo vitro marble co.

It was one of 32 local toy marble companies and one of over 150 local toy companies. 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. In addition we carry traditional toys games as well as gift items for all ages. Moon marble company peltier glass gompany sellers and joseph peltier learned glassmaking from their french immigrant father victor who specialized in stained glass.