1926 6 Dec. 13/7 (advt.) We have a Snow Globe, a small thing, but what a whirlwind of a snowstorm it does enclose... All you have to do is move it a bit and the snow starts.
1988 (Nexis) 5 June vi. 48 The New York City Snow Globe (filled with black snow instead of white).
2002 A. Sebold Pref. 3 Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf.