GLOBAL VIEWS Shaken, Not Stirred

Snowglobes, snowdomes, waterglobes, waterdomes; these are all commonly used terms for the same thing, a miniature world in a glass or plastic orb filled with water and traditionally, white powder. A quick shake would produce a swirling whirlwind of apparant snowflakes enveloping the scenery encapsulated in the make-believe world. Often souvenires of places visited, or special Christmas holiday keepsakes, snowglobes evolved into a pop culture icon and fond childhood memory.

Snowglobes were in its earliest form originally glass spheres set in a separate base, most often made of bakelite or wood. As time passed and they become mass-marketed, they were made out of a seeming one-piece plastic oval shape with a flat, legged base. But companies and orgaizations have always used snowglobes as promotional and marketing tools in all forms. Character shapes have been used which either both hold the globes and/or form the base. Snowglobes have been combined with other functional or imagery-based items such as calendars, salt and pepper shakers, and jewelry. The white snowflake powder has also at times been replaced with gilt glitter, colored powder, or other "stuff" only limited by one's imagination, including tiny paper money (see filthy rich dome). Variations of the snowglobe idea have also been developed including the popular "floating pens".

Snowglobes in my Sphere

Last updated 11/6/97.

TITLE	GLOBE	Miscellaneous
Route 66
Atomium Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Days Inn Flintsones1
Days Inn Flintstones2
Dali Museum
Filthy Rich
Florida
Angel		older
Algonquin Hotel, NY		Limited edition 1996
Masonic		older

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Other Globes In Various Hemispheres

Let It Snow

Mountie
Chicago
Elvis
Santa		old