Wax Collection (page 2)

Loves phonograph
Victorian illustration depicting fairies listening to Edisons wax cylinder phonograph introduced at the end of the 19th century. Date: 1898

Christmas at Windsor Castle 1846
Interesting 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 1669
Two 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 MATCHMAKERS
Women boxing wax vestas at the Bryant & May factory. Date: 1888

FUMARIA OFFICINALIS
FUMITORY, or EARTH SMOKE, or WAX DOLLS Date: early 20th century

SEALING LETTER WITH WAX
Sealing a letter with wax. Date: circa 1840

Wax figures in the Abbey
The effigies - life-sized figures made of wax and wood, and lavishly dressed in robes and jewels - were often carried during funeral processions

Mrs Salmons waxworks
Equivalent 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 1888
Selection page of Victorian household hardware items for everyday use. 1888

Envelope with sealing wax and one penny stamp, 1848
Envelope 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, WW2
WW2/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 postcard
Envelope 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 footmen
Alice in Wonderland, the frog and fish footmen. Date: early 20th century

Planes (1940). Wax drawing by Henry Moore. Drawing. Private Collection

Benincasa hispida, wax gourd
Finished 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, 1925
Wax 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, 1925
Charred 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 Zealand
Hepi 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 Robinson
Illustration 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 Netherlands
Transporting 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 card
Three 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 76
Birds, 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 card
Fairy postman riding a grasshopper on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Madame Tussauds, Marylebone Road, London
Madame Tussauds waxwork museum in Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1920

Madame Tussauds museum, Marylebone Road, London
Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1905

Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, London
Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1905

Aerial view, Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, London
Aerial view of Madame Tussauds waxwork museum and Baker Street underground station in Marylebone Road, London. circa 1910

Wax celebrities in Paris shop windows
Celebrities 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 Tatler
Image 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

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