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The Art and Science of Marbles

by Peter Rock
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781914591099
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Oscar Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Oscar Publications
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 172
  • Original Price: USD 14.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 236 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Glass & Glassware

The Art and Science of Marbles is not a nostalgic glance at a childhood toy.

It is a serious, meticulously crafted exploration of marbles as objects of design, history, and material culture-written for collectors who want depth, clarity, and lasting knowledge.

This book approaches marbles with the same rigor traditionally reserved for coins, antiques, and fine art. Each chapter is built to sharpen the collector's eye, moving beyond surface beauty into structure, origin, manufacture, aging, rarity, and intent. Glass is examined not only as a medium, but as evidence-revealing how time, technique, and human hands leave unmistakable signatures.

Inside this volume you will discover:

  • How marbles evolved from handmade craft to industrial production
  • Clear principles of classification and identification
  • The visual and structural cues that distinguish authentic examples
  • How condition, aging, and rarity shape long-term significance
  • Why informed restraint is the collector's greatest asset

Written in a refined, timeless voice and designed as a lasting reference, The Art and Science of Marbles is meant to be revisited-not skimmed. It belongs on the shelf of the serious collector, the historian of material culture, and anyone who values objects shaped by skill, intention, and time.

This is not a book about marbles alone.

It is a book about learning to see clearly-and collecting with purpose.

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