Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer treen apple measuring tape Best of all are Skeaping's

Best of all are Skeaping's graceful diagrams and beautiful full fledged drawings

one in 1907 and one in 1912

with a glued repair to an old split there

Perhaps more loudly than any other I've had

including a bit of paint loss along the top right edge where a second word is written in large pencil letters and a little roughness at lower right—but to me that doesn't matter a bit

Elaborate Victorian Waxwork Valentine Diorama: Glass Domed Forest Scene with Man and Deer treen apple measuring tape Best of all are Skeaping'sA 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