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Loves phonographVictorian illustration depicting fairies listening to Edisons wax cylinder phonograph introduced at the end of the 19th century. Date: 1898
Christmas at Windsor Castle 1846Interesting engraving of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in the drawing- room, presenting gifts to her guests in 1846. The room was surrounded by several German Christmas trees nearly eight feet in
Women working in a large factory making wax candles with a foreman standing watching them
Mrs Salmons Waxworks in Fleet Street, London, the Madame Tussaud. Waxworks of Kings and Queens. There was a figure on crutches at the door and Old Mother Shipton, a witch from the 16th century
Interior view of under three spans of roof of Prices Candle Company, with their new substance of crude petroleum from Burma
German candle-makers 1669Two German men from the 17th century making candlesticks. Date: 1669
MRS SALMONS WAXWORKS, Fleet Street, London : a favourite haunt of William Hogarth Date: 1711
BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERS BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERSWomen boxing wax vestas at the Bryant & May factory. Date: 1888
FUMARIA OFFICINALISFUMITORY, or EARTH SMOKE, or WAX DOLLS Date: early 20th century
SEALING LETTER WITH WAXSealing a letter with wax. Date: circa 1840
Wax figures in the AbbeyThe effigies - life-sized figures made of wax and wood, and lavishly dressed in robes and jewels - were often carried during funeral processions
Mrs Salmons waxworksEquivalent to todays Madame Tussauds. Owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Salmon. She made and sold toys had modelling skills and taught wax portraiture In addition
Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888Selection page of Victorian household hardware items for everyday use. 1888
Envelope with sealing wax and one penny stamp, 1848Envelope with sealing wax from Woodbridge, Suffolk, date stamped 2 June 1848, addressed to J W Candler, 23 Liverpool Terrace, Liverpool Road, Islington, North London
Naval orders for capture of Cherbourg, WW2WW2/MARITIME: Important archive relating to Sub Lt. David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class
Sealing wax and seal with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Last Will and Testament with verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Envelope with red seal on a greetings postcardEnvelope with red seal and a four-leaf clover on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a wooden crate. Date: circa 1890s
Alice in Wonderland, frog and fish footmenAlice in Wonderland, the frog and fish footmen. Date: early 20th century
Planes (1940). Wax drawing by Henry Moore. Drawing. Private Collection
Benincasa hispida, wax gourdFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cucurbita pruriens
Chamber of Horrors waxworks damaged by water, 1925Wax models of Dr Crippen and other criminals from the Chamber of Horrors being covered with tarpaulins by salvage men after suffering water damage after fire ravaged the Madame Tussauds waxworks
17 Fleet Street, London, England, possibly 17th century
Charred wax figures after fire at Madame Tussauds, 1925Charred and mutilated wax figures in the sports group after fire ravaged Madame Tussauds waxworks exhibition in the building on Marylebone Road, London. Date: March 1925
Te Heuheu, Maori chief and warrior, New ZealandHepi Te Heuheu (probably Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V, 1865/1866-1921), Maori chief and warrior, New Zealand -- portrait surrounded by stamps and a red seal. Date: 1906
Coming out of the Post Office by Charles RobinsonIllustration captioned Coming out of the Post Office. The scene shows a young girl holding a letter and licking the stamp as she leaves a crowded post office. Date: 1906
London Trade Card - Dorothy Mercier, Printseller and Stationer, at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, facing Silver Street, Golden Square. 18th century
Transporting cheeses - Alkmaar, the NetherlandsTransporting round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s
Candle and two mice on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Candle holder and mouse on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Robins and envelope on a New Year cardThree robins and an envelope on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
New Year card in the shape of a candle in a bottle, with two mice. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a candle in a bottle, with two mice. Date: circa 1890s
An 18th century Mortgage Bond from Mr William Cupper to Archdale Williams. Date: 1762
Birds, flowers, fruit, figures under glass shades, Plate 76Birds, flowers, fruit, figures etc under glass shades, Plate 76. Date: circa 1880s
Chandlery. 18th Century. Encyclopedie Diderot et d Alembert. Engraving
Workshop handmade candles. Engraving of the eighteenth century in the Encyclopedie Diderot et d Alembert. Colored
Nice, France - Le Petit Nicois Newspaper and inset view. Date: 1904
Fairy postman riding grasshopper on a Christmas cardFairy postman riding a grasshopper on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Madame Tussauds, Marylebone Road, LondonMadame Tussauds waxwork museum in Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1920
Madame Tussauds museum, Marylebone Road, LondonMadame Tussauds waxworks museum, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1905
Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, LondonMadame Tussauds waxwork museum, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1905
Aerial view, Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, LondonAerial view of Madame Tussauds waxwork museum and Baker Street underground station in Marylebone Road, London. circa 1910
Wax celebrities in Paris shop windowsCelebrities of 1928 cast as wax mannequins in Paris shop windows. From top left clockwise, tennis stars Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills, Josephine Baker, Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan
Parisien wax-modellers at work in the TatlerImage depicting the art of the Parisien wax-modeller, showing artists colouring the faces and supplying heads with hair. The wax models were often required to represent a fashionable woman for
Owl in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: 1891