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Do you have any astrophysicists visiting to discuss the universe over a bottle of wine? Or maybe some aliens, or even some smartly dressed men in black suits?

Make it more special with this One-of-a-kind glass marble stopper. Made by hand by melting borosilicate glass (pyrex type glass) direct in a superhot propane & oxygen flame.

Inside this one I have formed a small swirling spiral galaxy hovering over a nebula of yellow gases, sat at an angle onto a chrome stopper. The galaxy has some very pale moonstone blue-yellow coloured gases and some bubbles along with some touches of black sparkles which all help catch the light and make the stars. The nebula has various tints of yellows and pale greens and even tinges of etherial blue moonstone colours, and is backed with some speckled blue to help generate a stary background.

What makes this fun is the odd way borosilicate colours work, which means you'll also find the colours change in different lights, bringing out hidden colours (and making it difficult to capture in a photograph!) This has to be seen in real life!

The marble is just over 28mm in diameter, and the stopper will fit most standard bottles with a rubber collar to help make a good seal.

The marble has been annealed in a digitally controlled kiln, although it is glass so rough handling is NOT recommended, but handwashing is recommended!