Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer Hiram Campbell Merrill drawing which I purchased from a

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

all in excellent condition

the monogram TT in red thread at the center

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

Really a great duck

Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer Hiram Campbell Merrill drawing which I purchased from aA 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