Marble Making Factory

In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store.

Marble making factory.

The company compound of the m f. The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks. Besides jabo there is only one other marble factory in the united states in west virginia. While these are all very colorful and beautiful marbles they hold no particular value to collectors other than current face value.

But children don t play with marbles much anymore. The glass factory of the m f. Christensen son company 1903 1922 building no. 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.

A few marble companies remain in the united states today including marble king and jabo inc. It was one of 32 local toy marble companies and one of over 150 local toy companies. Christensen son company. Filmed in 2004 at the jabo vitro marble co.

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. In the early 1920 s peltier glass company began to make a line of marbles producing brightly colored slags swirls corkscrews and agates. Handmade glass art marbles made by contemporary glass artists in the u s a.

Most marbles however are manufactured in mexico and china. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm. The asterisks indicate marbles that were made during demonstrations at the moon marble company. Most of these are 10.