Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer Hiram Campbell Merrill drawing Really a great duck

Really a great duck

all in excellent condition

and with one large ear open as if just waiting to hear what we have to say

and I believe it was most likely made by a Napoleonic prisoner of war while in captivity

I've acquired (and happily sold

Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer Hiram Campbell Merrill drawing Really a great duckA 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