Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer painting of water visible in a few spots

visible in a few spots

or really for making an occasion of lighting anything

I thought this sweet little painting--Victorian era

It really did take me a mirror to decipher the backwards writing on this old wooden t-square

which he executed in Taden (a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France)

Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer painting of water visible in a few spotsA 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