snowglobes? snowdomes?

Joanne M. Despres jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
Wed Mar 23 18:40:29 UTC 2005


The earliest citation in M-W's files for "snowglobe" is 1986, and for
"snowdome" is 1990.  However, here's an interesting (solo) cite for
"snowstorm":

Pleasanter it is to contemplate such franker, non-injurious toys as
the miniature 'snowstorm' in its water-filled glass glove containing a
white sediment which, when the glove was shaken, swirled around
in a manner uncommonly like the real thing.  In each globe there
was fixed an object on which the 'snow' could settle, a chalet or
castle for choice, before which stiffly stood a tiny figure flying a
balloon of coloured cork. . . . Not that many of the real old
'snowstorms' can have survived the stress of years and frequent
shakings, if only because the 'castle' had a knack of coming adrift
from its foundations and whirling around its little world in a manner
unbefitting any soberly disposed fortress.

p. 153
F. Gordon Roe
Victorian Furniture
Roy Publishers, Great Britain
1952

Joanne Despres
Merriam-Webster



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