Magical Feeling, Much Decorated Victorian Domed Glass Jewelry Box with Interior Mirror antique hand-carved balls are 1 1/2" in

balls are 1 1/2" in diameter

so have been keeping a close eye out for others--and then along came this one

I purchased this small pot yesterday from one of my favorite dealers in NH (and really anywhere) and know it is Mississipian

4 3/4" tall x 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/2" deep

Magical Feeling, Much Decorated Victorian Domed Glass Jewelry Box with Interior Mirror antique hand-carved balls are 1 1/2" inTo my eye and sensibilities, this box is pure delight, and a gift that keeps on giving, as its many layers of charming details are revealed. And to me it possesses about it the same sort of magical ness as an ornate victorian wax diorama under glass I recently bought and sold a sort of a miraculous world unto itself. Encased forever in the domed glass on top is a garland of flowers and leaves, fabric and brass and foil it looks to me, attached by