Billes & Co

Rediscover the magnificence of marbles, the ones that have always made the eyes of children and adults shine!

Billes & Co. brings an original, authentic, and creative concept to life with their incredible line of marbles. Curated and carefully packaged in beautifully illustrated boxes, these marbles are real little treasures to admire, play with, and collect.

You know marbles, those little glass balls that all children have played with – us, you, your mom, your granddad, even your ancestors. We like to contemplate them in the light, touch them and roll them around. So, as we really liked marbles, we wanted to know where they came from and how they were played…
And we wondered how this game had made its way through the ages, across countries, and into your pockets. Especially nowadays, in France and many other countries around the world, the beautiful marbles are sold loose in nets or large plastic pots. And nobody ever sees how beautiful they really are.

Intrigued and curious, we set off to discover a world of our own... and came back with a head full of ideas!

As researchers, we went to see how marbles were used elsewhere, and in other eras. We met with enthusiasts, players and manufacturers, and did a lot of research… A real adventure! And we discovered some incredible things!

In the United States, marbles used to be offered to children in beautiful boxes, arranged in rows and sorted by marbles type. They were like “treasures of precious stones”. It was a sight to behold. We wanted these boxes for ourselves, right here, right now! So we thought we’d create some boxes to hold the most beautiful marbles. And we thought we’d organize the marbles into “universes”. Why? Because they are in fact like little pieces of the world, “molecules”. They make us dream and think of 1,000 and 1 things: animals, landscapes, stories…

We arrange them by color, by texture, according to the worlds they inspire. Next, we create beautiful illustrations to decorate the boxes.

And we build these “mini-worlds” in boxes made from natural products: cardboard and paper. No plastic!

These marbles are boxed by hand, checking that they have no defects and are the right size.