Marble (toy) of marble games to a meadow outside the town. It is unknown where marbles were first manufactured, but the "original" marbles were designated "made in Germany". The game has become popular throughout the US and other countries. Ceramic marbles entered inexpensive mass production in the 1870s. A German glassblower invented marble scissors, a device for making marbles, in 1846. The first mass-produced toy marbles (clay) made in the US were made in Akron, Ohio, by S. C. Dyke, in the early 1890s. Some of the first US-produced glass marbles were also made in Akron, by James Harvey Leighton. In 1903,
Elgin Marbles the missing elements clearly marked and space left should they be returned to Athens. Outside Greece a campaign for the Return of the Marbles began in 1981 with the formation of the "International Organising Committee - Australia - for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, and in 1983 with the formation of the ""British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles". International organisations such as UNESCO and the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, as well as campaign groups such as, Marbles Reunited, and stars of Hollywood, such as George Clooney and Matt Damon, as well