A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
Images and names of marbles.
Agates or aggies by the middle of the nineteenth century marbles made of agate had become so popular that the word aggie a nickname for agate came to be used for all stone marbles.
Block with over 500 pictures of different marbles is an excellent guide to refer to.
No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts.
These marble names refer to categories of marbles.
A peawee is the name used for any very small marble.
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Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.
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Is a general name applied in many parts of the country to all glass marbles including opals glimmers bloods rubies etc.
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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.
Radiant and aesthetic in appearance with patterns materializing from different countries each one of these handmade marbles were skillfully made.