They were popular because they were inexpensive to produce requiring none of the special equipment or knowledge necessary for the production of glass marbles which made them inexpensive to purchase.
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Clay marbles are usually found in their natural tan color but they may also be dyed.
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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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There are some marbles that have either a brightly colored base or brightly colored bands.
Foil clays are small usually less than 1 2 diameter clays with a metallic coating on them.
Marbles with multi color bands are rarer as are marbles with a color base glass rather than the white base.
The dyed marbles are usually found in red blue brown green or yellow.
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Clay marbles were produced extensively in the 1800s and 1900s.
Colored clay marbles were referred to as polished.
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