Snow globes
My globe is glass, but many modern globes are made of plastic, and are often produced as souvenirs. Some include musical boxes and moving parts. The ultimate may be the ones with electric motors which mean that the owners no longer have to turn the globe upside down to initiate the ‘snowfall.’
Snow globes NOT made in Chna, not made of resin...the good old glass sort are wonderful. I had one when I was little- I played "I am the god of weather" with it.
ReplyDeleteGlass globes break, sadly.
DeleteThat's a gorgeous snow globe. I have 3 lantern style globes that are battery operated. They have Christmas scenes so I only have them out during the holidays. They make nice night lights. I'd love to have a couple of true snow globes.
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Janie
The lighted ones sound nice - a gentle light on a winter's night.
DeleteI love snow globes, that lovely moment when you start the snowstorm. Right now I'd like to see snow only in globes ..
ReplyDeleteToo much for the severely winter-bound, I'm sure.
DeleteYour snow globe is beautiful, including the base. I had a little plastic globe when I was a child but I loved it. The glass globes are so elegant.
ReplyDeleteSnow globes fascinate me as much as musical boxes.
DeleteAs I saw the headline, I hoped to find out who made the first one, and I did. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAll ready for your next quiz night . . . 😀
DeleteI always have been fascinated with snow globes. I had one in my room growing up and I just loved to shake it and see all the snow moving around inside. Thanks for all the information about it.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure.
DeleteThey are very nice. I have one with me.
ReplyDeleteThere's something very special about them.
DeleteI love snow globes and have several Christmas themed ones. My main problem with the modern ones have the snow falling and landing too quickly. When I played with mum's snow globe as a child the liquid was thicker and the snow took much longer to fall and settle.
ReplyDeleteI agree - the snowfalls seem much more rapid than they used to be.
DeleteThis one with the little wintery scene is nice.
ReplyDeleteIn the late 1980s and early 90s, my Mum used to collect Schneekugeln. She still has a few on display, but most of her collection is in a box in the attic. Some were really beautiful, but there are also some plastic souvenir ones, the kind we bought as kids with our pocket money when we went somewhere.
How nice to have a collection of these lovely things.
DeleteThe Snow Globes look so beautiful. I like the good old classic glass one. Snow themed looks absolutely stunning.
ReplyDeleteThey are nice, aren't they?
DeleteFor some reason I have never owned a snow globe but I do love them
ReplyDeleteMaybe next Christmas ...
It amused me to discover that snow globes are not shipped in really cold weather, in case the water/liquid freezes and breaks the globe. It makes sense, really.
DeleteI have three, I probably would have more, but every time I stop to look at them hubby rolls his eyes. The younger grandchildren love them, I love the simplicity of yours.
ReplyDeleteOh, the eye-roll . . . it dampens all enthusiasm. 😀
DeleteI used to use my snowglobe to calm an ADHD piano pupil before starting the lesson. Watching the flakes fall settled him down nicely, for a really productive session, otherwise his wits were everywhere and he was pretty much unteachable!
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful story, Kirsten! How did you know that a snowglobe was so helpful?
DeleteThat is most interesting, Kirsten, and has given me an idea for one of the little children in my family. It won't have to be glass, though, which limits choice.
DeleteI've always liked snow globes. Yours is very nice
ReplyDeleteThank you. I've got a very small companion globe - it has just one deer in it and no trees, and actually very little 'snow.'
DeleteWhat a pretty snow globe. I think they always catch children's imaginations, Jack's fascinated by mine and he's only nineteen months.
ReplyDeleteLovely age - the age of observation and discovery.
DeleteA glass snow globe is always prettier than the plastic. Something about the way the light hits the glass. I like yours with a deer in it that would be so appropriate here. How are poor heard is plotting through 24 in of snow and have nothing to eat right now but tree branches. So bitterly cold it's simply is not going to melt for weeks.
ReplyDeleteIt makes you wonder how these poor animals survive. Of course, they're adapted to it and those that don't survive were not intended to - survival of the fittest and all that. Your cold weather seems to last forever.
DeletePart of the fun is shaking the globe!!!
ReplyDeleteQuite so!
DeleteI agree with Bob, I'm thinking that shaking the globe must be at least half the fun... (Don't think I ever had one, though.)
ReplyDeleteIt's never too late . . .
DeleteI love snow globes. -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThey are such fun.
DeleteI love snow globes, particularly the glass ones
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
I think they're quite magical, really.
DeleteHow can anyone resist a snow globe? I prefer the kind you have to turn. The turning is relaxing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the history of them!
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DeleteI suppose our winter snowy thingie with cardinals is a non-globy snowglobe. It works when it is plugged in. It’s a very pretty display.
ReplyDeleteI bet it gives a lovely, gentle light - very relaxing.
ReplyDeleteI love snow globes. I have which the grandkids brought back from the island of Paris many years ago. It's so old the snow no longer falls but I love it anyway
ReplyDeleteIt will always be special because it was a gift from your grandchildren.
DeleteAt one time I had a collection of snow globes. Not sure what happened to them. They are probably packed away in the attic somewhere.
ReplyDeleteWho knows what gets tucked away, but what a pleasure it can be to rediscover forgotten treasures.
ReplyDeleteI like snow globes, and have a couple of souvenir ones, but in my experience if you keep them for too many years, the water evaporates out of them perhaps one that is very well made won’t have that happen
ReplyDeleteI suppose there's no way of refilling them, either.
ReplyDeleteI love snow globes. My daughter found a Christmas one outside that someone has throw out, but the Santa inside it had come unglued from the bottom and was floating in the water. so she pulled the plug out the bottom, glued it back together, washed it, put more water and glitter in it and put it back together. Now it's perfect again.
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing, and encouraging, too.
DeleteThat is very interesting about their inventor. Thanks for the link and for those lovely snow globes.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be lovely to be inventive?
DeleteYour snow globe is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI can remember being given one for Christmas (as a child) and used to really enjoy shaking it up :)
All the best Jan
They seem to be a reminder of childhood.
DeleteI have one that I bought in New York 20 years ago. I love the craftmanship
ReplyDeleteThey are intriguing, rather like ships in bottles.
DeleteI love a good snow globe.
ReplyDeleteMe, too.
DeleteThey are quite magical.
ReplyDeleteI think so , too.
DeleteI liked them when I was a child and always asked for a Schneekugel. I even found them in St. Petersburg with a lot of souvenirs inside. Some were really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to have been quite a feature in many people's childhoods.
DeleteBeautiful snow globe. Very calming.
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