The Snow Globe / myLot

Boise, Idaho

February 4, 2026 5:33pm CST

The snow globe first appeared at the 1878 Paris Universal Exposition in France. It received little attention at the time. It was not until 1900 when Edwin Perzy, Sr. went to fix a dim light bulb that it was recreated and really took off. Perzy noticed that a water-filled glass globe would full an entire room with light. He went on to fill a globe with semolina flakes (coarse flour) hoping for the same outcome. It didn't work but it did remind him of snow. He played with it until it came out the way he wanted. He went on to patent it and it caught on quickly The image is from crazylaura.com

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (39511)

• Toccoa, Georgia

4 Feb

I think snow globes are beautiful.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (185649)

• Boise, Idaho

6 Feb

I do too.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (129743)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Feb

They are pretty

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (185649)

• Boise, Idaho

6 Feb

I think so.

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@DaddyEvil (168169)

• United States

5 Feb

We had some snow globes at our last house. Pretty put them out with the trash when we were getting ready to move here.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (185649)

• Boise, Idaho

6 Feb

What a shame.

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@DaddyEvil (168169)

• United States

6 Feb

@celticeagle We had a full house with 2,000 sq ft of space. We moved into a house with 750 sq ft of space. A LOT of our stuff had to go. Some went to a charity shop and some was piled by the trash cans in the alley for trash pickup.