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Collecting Early Machine-Made Marbles : The M. F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company

Collecting Early Machine-Made Marbles : The M. F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company

Collecting Early Machine-Made Marbles : The M. F. Christensen & Son Company

Collecting Early Machine-Made Marbles : The M. F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company

by Block, Robert

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2003. 158 pgs. Fine condition glossy hardcover, New.. Detailed color photos. Text by renowned marble authority. From the cover: With this book, readers will discover machine-made marbles from the early 1900 to the 1930's that revolutionized the glass marble industry. Over 700 beautiful color photos display marbles produced by the Ohio-based companies M.F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company. Among those displayed are bricks, cobras, guineas, opaques, slags, single pontil slags, swirls, hand-gathered swirls and early slag traditionals. Text includes descriptions, history and methods of manufacture. ISBN 0764318276. #1735.. Glossy Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
1735
Title
Collecting Early Machine-Made Marbles : The M. F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company
Author
Block, Robert
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
ISBN 10
0764318276
ISBN 13
9780764318276
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Place of Publication
Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published
2003
Size
8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inch
Keywords
MARBLES, Marble, Glass, Identification, History, Price Guide, Robert Block, Christensen, Agate, Bricks, Cobras, Guineas, Opaques, Slags, Pontil, Swirls, Transitionals, Glasswork, Lampwork, Artisan, COLLECTING ANTIQUES NOBN
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