Marble (toy)

A marble is a small toy often made from glass, clay, steel, plastic, or agate. They have different sizes. Most often, they are about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). in diameter, but they may be less than Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). to over 8 cm (3 in), while some glass marbles for art are over 30 cm (12 in) wide. Marbles can be used for games called marbles. They are often collected, both for fun and for their colors. In the North of England, the toys and the game are called "taws", with larger taws being called bottle washers after the use of a marble in Codd-neck bottles, which were often found for play. These toys can be used to make marble runs, a form of art, or they can be used in marble races, a kind of race using marbles.

Marble (toy) Media

German handmade marbles dating from the 1850s – 1880s on an antique solitaire gaming board
Kids playing 'Kancha' Marble (toy) game near Shambhunath Temple, Nepal
Game of Marbles, Karol D. Witkowski
An illustration demonstrating the position one must take when shooting a marble in Indian marble games: the finger that is held back has the marble held against its tip, with the marble launched upon release of the finger.
A clay marble, found in a field in the East Midlands
An orange and white toothpaste marble
Glass marbles from Indonesia
A green glass marble in India
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