Antique clay marble with hand-painted rings as made

This is an example of a hard-to-find, hand painted clay marble. Ringed marbles like this were typically placed on a rotating stand with the coloring agent applied with a brush.

This example is unusual in that the marble appears to have been first rolled in a tray with a thin layer of blue dye, creating an irregular lined pattern, then hand painted with a red stripe or ring. This marble just passes through a 9/16-inch ring.

This is a genuine antique clay marbles with original coloration. It is not a lined porcelain marble. It is not to be confused with the fakes sometimes sold on ebay where a genuine antique clay marble have been hand-decorated with flowers and other designs using felt markers.