The game is played with 49 glass or ceramic marbles grouped together on a 2m-diameter concrete cylinder raised 7cm off the ground and covered in sand.

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In Devon, the House of Marbles is a traditional working games and glass factory, which stocks approximately 25 million marbles.

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The exhibition, entitled Marbles United, includes a computer simulated walk through the museum, showing the reunited marbles displayed in glass cases.

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