Clay Marbles
Clay marbles is a players’ term that described just about every type of ceramic marble, though normally refers to the cheaper earthenware marbles. Common clay marbles were also called commies, combos, commas, commy, commons, commoney, commony, clayeys, clayies, crockies, dabs, dabbers, dibs, doughies, doggie, kimmie, predab, stookie, tooser, etc. Clay marbles are likely the oldest toys made in world history and are found in the archeological record of almost all ancient civilizations. (read more below listings)
 Vintage Marbles Includes a Clay Marble $2.99 |
 Antique Marbles Handmade w Clay China Crockery Lot of 30 B223 $16.06 |
 Vintage Marbles Old Antique Clay Handmade Bennington China Crockery Lot B629 $6.00 |
 90 VERY OLD CLAY MARBLES VARIOUS SIZES COLORS $13.49 |
 25 Old Antique Vintage Hand Made Clay Marbles $14.99 |
 Lot of 195 Vintage Clay Marble Marbles Very Old Hand Rolled Made Nice Assortment $59.99 |
 300 OLD VINTAGE ANTIQUE SWIRL CLAY MARBLES SG 327 $179.95 |
 MARBLES150+VINTAGE HANDMADE CLAYLINED CROCKERY NO RESERVE TAKE A LOOK $13.49 |
 STUNNING VINTAGE 10PC BENNINGTON PAINTED CLAY MARBLES $14.00 |
 125 OLD VINTAGE ANTIQUE SWIRL CLAY MARBLES SG 329 $149.95 |
 NICE OLD LOT OF ANTIQUE MARBLES CLAY $5.00 |
 Lot of 6 Antique Clay Large Marbles NR $1.04 |
These marbles were first manufactured in the United States by Samuel C. Dyke in 1884; US Patent Number, 432,127. All the commies made in the United States were made in area of Akron, Ohio from 1884 to 1942. Commies can be dyed, painted different colors or plain showing the color of the clay used. In 1884, these were the very first mass-produced toys and their introduction radically changed the American childhood experience. They were the first toys that all children could afford to buy with their own money. One penny could buy upwards of 30 commies. Trillions of commies were made and sold in the United States, probably more than all other types of toy marbles combined up to the present time.
