Marble (toy) individual artists such as Josh Simpson. Art marbles are usually around 50mm marble (a size also known as a "toe breaker"), but can vary, depending on the artist and the print. Marble (toy) A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass, clay, steel, plastic or agate. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about in diameter, but they may range from less than to over , while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over wide. Marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. They are often collected, both for nostalgia
Elgin Marbles an increased interest in classical Greece, and in June 1816, after parliamentary hearings, the House of Commons offered £35,000 in exchange for the sculptures. Even at the time the acquisition inspired much debate, although it was supported by "many persuasive calls" for the purchase. Lord Byron strongly objected to the removal of the marbles from Greece, denouncing Elgin as a vandal. His point of view about the removal of the Marbles from Athens is also mentioned in his narrative poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", published in 1812, which itself was largely inspired by Byron's travels around the Mediterranean and the Aegean