Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer Hiram Campbell Merrill drawing (I'll clean the glass before

(I'll clean the glass before sending

both of which would scurry around the seashores of Maine

the monogram TT in red thread at the center

which I purchased from a dealer who had a dozen or so different ones clearly all done by the same person long ago

I love a pencil box

Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer Hiram Campbell Merrill drawing (I'll clean the glass beforeA bit of a challenge to photograph, but to my eye and sensibilities rather a magical thing! There is a fascinating history of wax modeling on the British blog, Gardens Trust (https: thegardenstrust. blog 2019 08 24 the agreeable occupation of imitating nature), which includes discussion of Victorian wax valentine dioramas like this one, which were created largely by women of leisure and which grew out of earlier 19th century wax modeling of flowers