snowglobes? snowdomes?

[Wilson Gray]

Snow-globes. We had some on the whatnot shelf, as a paperweight on
the desk, on the hall table, and elsewhere around the house in the
'40's and '50's.

-Wilson Gray

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>Subject:      snowglobes?  snowdomes?
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>You know.  Those things that your grandmother had, the glass ball on a =
>stand, that had stuff inside that, when inverted or shaken, caused the =
>snow to fall through the liquid, perhaps around a scene.
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>We have a column by Unca Cecil over at Straight Dope and some comments =
>from members there.  =
>http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=3D307759
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>My question is:  What were these things commonly called in the 1900-1950 =
>period, and are they known as something else in the last 20 years.
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>Sam Clements