Remove all items from marble table or marble countertop, with a dry clean soft cloth, clean the marble to remove debris and food crumbs.
After she died in 1881, more than 200 marble statues, bronze sculptures, items of fine furniture, and paintings in the house were donated to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
'Don't bid against yourself, madam, it'll only be more expensive,' advised auctioneer Neil Duckworth, from Smith Hodgkinson, as he sold the first item, a marble bench.
Tourists may also find these polished marbles attractive collector's items.
Get smaller items, like marbles or painted balls of paper or clay to be your planets.
Have children count out sticks, pencils, cubes, marbles, or other small items.
Traditionally, in probability problems you are asked to pick items, such as marbles or cards or socks, out of a bag or deck or jar that contains items of different types.
After applying the final touches to a shoe, Mr. Miyerov would walk to the counter to deliver it to a waiting customer, slapping the resurrected item on the marble slab, where he would admire it before walking back to finish the other shoe in the pair.
Items such as marbles and bouncy balls can choke dogs or if eaten harm their health.
This exhibition of about 500 objects includes recently excavated marble statues, frescoes, gold jewelry, household items, body casts and skeletons of doomed inhabitants.
