A Very Rare 19thC Glass Domed Snow Globe sub-Antiques The morocco leather writing-surface hides

The morocco leather writing-surface hides the two internal compartments for storing stationery

Frederick August Otto Schwarz opened his "Toy Bazaar" in NYC in 1870

and they remain un-cleaned so most of them are half blackened with ink

though there is wear to the brass work plate

along with hornbooks

A Very Rare 19thC Glass Domed Snow Globe sub-Antiques The morocco leather writing-surface hidesOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1890 1900 Height: 4 inches Diameter: 2. 75 inches (at base) The early lead glass domed snow globe with knob finial on an ebonised circular ceramic plinth base with remnants of gilding having a ceramic(?) ebony representation of a church amongst water within, survives from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The globe has not been repaired or restored in any way, the gilt